Head of Natural Environment - Flexible Leadership

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 79,000 - 93,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits fund (20% of base)

Job summary

HS2 Ltd is seeking a Head of Natural Environment to lead the environmental disciplines across the Environment Technical Services. You will set technical requirements and standards, guide landscape and ecological work, and ensure compliance with legal and HS2-specific frameworks.

You will manage delivery teams, engage with external stakeholders, and drive high-quality environmental outcomes while maintaining budget and schedule.

Qualifications

• Leadership of multi-disciplinary environmental teams.
• Strategic and technical leadership in landscape design and ecology.
• Ability to influence stakeholders and negotiate outcomes.
• Strong communication of discipline-specific ideas to internal and external partners.

Responsibilities

• Accountability for professional leadership to natural environment disciplines within Environment Technical Services.
• Act as professional lead for Landscape Design; deliver HS2 Green Corridor strategies and outputs.
• Ensure landscape and ecological requirements meet HS2 Act, EMRs and external standards.
• Maintain technical standards to support design, construction and operation of the railway.
• Provide specialist environmental advice to support Delivery and Rail Development and assurance of evidence.

Skills

Complex problem solving

Decision Quality

Technical Leadership

Technical Communication

Influencing & Negotiation

Organisation & Planning

Job description

HS2 Ltd is seeking a Head of Natural Environment to lead the environmental disciplines across the Environment Technical Services. You will set technical requirements and standards, guide landscape and ecological work, and ensure compliance with legal and HS2-specific frameworks.

You will manage delivery teams, engage with external stakeholders, and drive high-quality environmental outcomes while maintaining budget and schedule.