Head of Disciplines

EKFB; Milton Keynes; Presencial; GBP 90.000 - 120.000; Jornada completa

Descripción de la vacante

EKFB is seeking a Head of Disciplines in Milton Keynes to lead structures, drainage, geotechnical, rail systems, and environmental teams. You will ensure technical competence, drive cross-disciplinary handover documentation, and coordinate with design consultants and clients to resolve issues.

You will also manage resources, reporting, and meetings with client and suppliers, ensuring contractual entitlement and balance between efficiency and adequate resourcing for programme delivery.

Formación

• Degree-qualified in civil engineering or related discipline.
• Chartered (CEng MICE) or equivalent professional qualification.
• Ability to lead and manage teams, maintaining focus on priorities.
• Evidencable negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• NEC3/4 Project Management Accreditation or extensive NEC contract experience.

Responsabilidades

• Lead and coordinate disciplines: structures & drainage, geotechnical, rail systems, environmental.
• Drive programme across disciplines for handover delivery documentation.
• Own relationships with design consultants and client representatives; manage specialist consultants.
• Maintain reporting to senior leadership and chair client/supply meetings.

Conocimientos

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Negotiation

Communication

Cross-project coordination

Educación

Degree in civil engineering or related

Chartered engineer (CEng MICE) or equivalent

Herramientas

NEC3/4 Project Management Accreditation

Descripción del empleo

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineer and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall.

We’re looking for a Head of Disciplines to join our team based in Milton Keynes.

In this role you will lead and coordinate structures & drainage, geotechnical, rail systems, environmental discipline and maintain and foster the technical competence within the discipline teams to ensure adequate ability to meet programme needs through construction and into handover delivery phases. You will also support and provide direction to project teams across the programme with non-standard, complex and/or cross-project technical challenges, utilising subject matter expertise within discipline teams.

Part of this role is to drive the programme across the disciplines for key technical handover delivery documentation being produced to enable compliance to be demonstrated, including geotechnical feedback reports, durability verification reports, system safety and NTSN compliance. You will own key relationships with design consultants and client representatives to enable resolution of issues that cannot be solved by discipline leads alone. You will also manage specialist consultants as required.

In addition, you will ensure contractual entitlement for discipline-related matters are managed both upstream to the client and downstream to the supply chain. You will maintain weekly and monthly reporting to the senior leadership team and chair various meetings involving client and suppliers. You will also manage resource levels and forecasts, maintaining balance between efficiency and sufficient resource to maintain programme.

Company: EKFB Salary: Not specified Hours: Full-time Location: Milton Keynes, MK9 2EA Job type: Permanent Posting date: 30 Oct 2026 Closing date: 28 Nov 2026

About The Candidate

• Extensive experience in major engineering project management, with considerable experience managing technically complex challenges to conclusion
• Degree-qualified in civil engineering or a related engineering, construction or infrastructure discipline.
• Chartered (CEng MICE) or equivalent professional qualification.
• Ability to lead and manage teams, maintaining focus on key priorities and achieving ‘best for project’ outcomes.
• Evidencable negotiation and stakeholder management skills.
• NEC3/4 Project Management Accreditation or extensive experience managing NEC contracts with both suppliers and clients.
• Strong communication skills that can be applied at various organisational levels, both internally and externally.
• Structural/bridge background desirable, but not essential.
• Previous experience working on HS2 desirable.
• Full driving licence and access to a vehicle is essential for this role.

About The Company

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing, and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe’s latest high speed rail projects.

EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work.

In return, we’re offering a competitive salary & benefits.

Inclusiveness & Diversity

We are committed to, and strongly believe in, inclusiveness and equality of opportunity.

Everyone who works with EKFB has a contribution to make; we welcome applications from all backgrounds, experiences, and abilities. Our aim is to be an exemplar employer of choice and to continue to strengthen our inclusive working environments, where everyone feels they truly belong and are able to bring their whole and authentic selves to work. Many of our people work flexibly and we will be happy to talk with you about how this could work for you.

Pre-employment checks

We are committed to making reasonable adjustments to support our people throughout their employment journey. Please contact us if there are any reasonable adjustments or additional support you might require for making an application.

Please note your CV may be shared with joint venture partners on this project.

It’s worth remembering that we’ll undertake the relevant/standard employment checks if you’re successful in the selection process. This includes applying for references, as well as checking your ID, driving licence (if appropriate) and your right to work in the UK. Some roles may also be subject to further pre-employment checks.

Baseline Personnel Security Standard (BPSS) security clearance will be required (to be undertaken as part of onboarding process)

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