MEP Engineering Manager / Lead Project Engineer is required to work within the Client Organisation responsible for the multi-billion-pound New High-Speed Rail project in the UK

Working for the client organisation HS2 you will be responsible for overseeing the construction & delivery of £60m MEP package on 16km of twin bore tunnels, the primary system being the tunnel ventilation system.  This role works on the most successful HS2 main works civils contract – Lot C1 - The C1 lot includes the UK largest rail viaduct - 3.4km long Post Tension Segmented Colne Valley Viaduct, as well as the 16km long Chiltern twin-tunnels, the Align JV team is responsible for this section (Bouygues Travaux Publics, Sir Robert McAlpine, and VolkerFitzpatrick).

Reporting to the Head of Engineering on the project, the Lead Project Engineer is responsible to execute legal and contractual technical duties on project engineering issues within the Integrated Project Team (IPT), leading risk-based assurance of asset design and construction, assuring that it is in accordance with HS2’s technical requirements, standards and policies including CDM, in a timely and cost-efficient manner.

High Speed 2 are looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, Senior / Lead Project Engineer or indeed engineering focused Project Manager with delivery / construction experience.  They will be MEP experienced, ideally with tunnel ventilation system experience although open to a range of large scale MEP projects  - Station fitout, MEP Airport fitout, LUL MEP fitout etc.   The contract is in construction (Delivery) phase and will involve ensuring and assuring the design & construction meets the requirements, quality, CDM,, solving technical problems, through to commissioning & handover.  Commercial acumen is also required managing the change on the project (NEC3),

The C1 project has 18 months to complete, after which you will have a range of contracts to move onto either other main works civils – such as the CSC tunnels with a completion date 2030, multiple stations projects or work within one of the 12 rail system contracts includes – MEP Systems, Power, Scada, Telecoms, etc with an expected delivery date of 10 years.  Therefore, huge opportunity to develop your career on this landmark project.

Working Relationship – Co-located & Hybrid

The client team are working alongside the main contractor (Co-located) in the same site offices, the role requires individuals with the correct behaviours – collaboration, engagement, stakeholder management skills who are able to drive the best from the relationship, pick up on problems as they arrive and resolve quickly rather than waiting and reviewing once the problem has manifested. 

Role is site office based from Maples Cross site offices coupled with Hybrid working – expectation is to work 2 - 3 days a week from the site office and the rest of the time at home. 

Senior Project Engineer, Maple Cross                £90 – 99,288 + Pen (12:6) + health + 25 + hybrid

Duties and responsibilities 

• To lead the risk based engineering technical assurance within the IPT, as per the HS2 assurance requirements, through engineering review, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates;
• To assure that the design and construction of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews and “spot-checks” of Contractor’s deliverables;
• To discharge the duties of NEC3 Supervisor and Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) Representative as directed by Head of Engineering and Environment.
• To support Head of Engineering and Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of engineering matters;
• To represent the Head of Engineering and Environment as requested in matters relating to CDM Principal Designer, NEC3 Supervisor or any other technical duty.
• Manage and communicate HS2 Engineering requirements to the IPT contractor;
• Provide guidance on design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within the IPT
• Work alongside Heads of Commercial and Project Clients to determine the impact of trends, progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
• Work alongside other technical specialists, engineers and environmentalists to identify and develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions, contributing to successful system integration between station, railway systems and other delivery contracts
• To assure the technical coordination and integration of the supply contracts with other neighboring contracts, station contracts, railway systems contracts and others.
• To be the discipline engineer in technical areas for which they have the recognised technical competence.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures in EDI.

Candidate Criteria

Looking for an experienced Engineering Manager, Senior / Lead Project Engineer or indeed engineering focused Project Manager with delivery / construction experience.  They will be MEP experienced, ideally with tunnel ventilation system experience although open to a range of large scale MEP projects  - Station fitout, MEP Airport fitout, LUL MEP fitout etc.   The contract is in construction (Delivery) phase and will involve ensuring and assuring the design & construction meets the requirements, quality, CDM,, solving technical problems, through to commissioning & handover.  Commercial acumen is also required managing the change on the project (NEC3).

Must have strong stakeholder engagement skills ability to work in a collaborative co-located project team whilst navigating a complex matrix environment.  Open to client, consultancy or Main Contractor background – a mix being the ideal.

Would also consider a Heavy civils Engineering Manager (tunnels, earthworks, bridges) with major project experience and an appreciation of MEP.

Skills: 

• Problem solving – Able to identify complex problems and review related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple workstreams and the competing demands of stakeholders
• Decision Making – Able to gather and synthesise information, identifying options and applying sound judgement based on logic and reason, making use of a variety of analytical approaches to provide relevant information to suppliers, stakeholders and decision makers using key facts and data
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on most discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles but, knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others
• Technical Leadership - Specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific analysis, problem solving and design techniques but, knowing when to seek further guidance from Subject Matter Expert or others
• Technical Communication - Able to communicate some discipline-specific technical ideas to colleagues, based largely on examples of application
• Technical Leadership - Able to apply 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 Subject Matter Expert

Knowledge: 

• Applicable UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• Understanding of the Regulatory/Legislative Framework relevant to HS2
• Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.
• Chartered Engineer/Membership (or working towards) of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience.

Type of experience:  

• Experience in managing multi-disciplinary engineering and safety standards, activity on large complex major projects/ programmes within a complex infrastructure delivery programme.
• Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.
• Experience technically managing MEP projects on major infrastructure projects – Tunnel ventilation, MEP fit out of Stations, Airports, Tunnels etc
  • Would also consider a Heavy civils Engineering Manager (tunnels, earthworks, bridges) with major project experience and an appreciation of MEP.