Senior CCS Engineer

Role: Senior CCS Engineer Location: London or Birmingham (Hybrid) Grade: G18 Base Salary: £59, 268 - £76,700 per annum In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefits - check them out in the Benefits section on HS2's website. Close Date: 28th September 2026 Job Description: HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities. About the role: The Senior CCS Engineer is responsible for delivering significant CCS engineering activities in accordance with the CCS strategy and for developing the technical standards and specifications to which the systems will be designed and constructed. The job holder will be required to engage with programme stakeholders and, under the leadership of the Lead CCS Engineer, provide strategic direction for business critical workstreams. The key duties will include but are not limited to: * Engaging and managing stakeholders to ensure a holistic approach for development of engineering solutions. * Support in providing technical assurance for the CCS engineering discipline. * Working closely with the wider engineering disciplines to develop CCS solutions that consider all relevant systems and sub-systems. * Developing requirements, specifications and standards which deliver railway capability, while mitigating environmental impacts, within the programme and budget. * Contributing to the management of technical risk for CCS engineering works. * Providing technical expertise and advice relating to CCS engineering to the wider project organisation and external stakeholders. * Conducting work in accordance with strategies for management of interfaces between CCS and other infrastructure systems, Network Rail and other 3rd party infrastructure. * You will be expected to actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI. About You: Skills: * Provides specialist technical support and leadership on all discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to those working directly with project development / delivery teams in area or phase. * Capable of being a Standard Discipline Owner / Subject Matter Expert for area or phase. * Provides technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support those working directly with project development / delivery teams in area or phase. * Ability to communicate most discipline-specific technical ideas to stakeholders and colleagues, based on examples of application. * Ability to apply the full range of principles relating to standards, safety and the environment. * Applies principles and methods that ensure effective information management, modelling and data security; understands the approaches and consequences to data creation, transformation and visualisation and knowing when to seek guidance from other Subject Matter Experts or others. Knowledge: * Knowledge of the Common Safety Method (CSM) for risk evaluation and assessment and its relevance to CCS projects. * Understanding of Control, Command and Signalling Systems and their relationship to railway operations, with in depth knowledge in numerous areas of CCS. * Basic understanding of the specific technical issues associated with high-speed rail, the European Train Control System (ETCS) and Automatic Train Operation (ATO). * Understanding of development, design and construction of similar CCS Systems * Application of technical standards, both national and international, which apply to Traffic Management