Senior Project Engineer

Great British Energy Group; Milton Keynes; Hybrid; GBP 62,000 - 77,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible benefits 15%

Pensionable salary

Job summary

HS2 Ltd in Milton Keynes/Bicester Hybrid is seeking a Senior Project Engineer to lead risk-based engineering assurance within the IPT, ensuring assets meet HS2 standards and schedule. You will discharge NEC3 Supervisor and CDM roles, and align design with sponsor requirements while guiding the integration of complex contracts.

The role requires Chartered Engineer status and experience on large infrastructure programs.

Qualifications

• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering and safety standards on large infrastructure projects.
• Understanding of UK construction regulations including CDM requirements.
• Right to Work in the UK; sponsorship not provided.

Responsibilities

• Lead risk-based engineering technical assurance within the IPT and submit assurance evidence for technical stage gates.
• Ensure design and construction of assets comply with standards and sponsor requirements; support Technical Assurance Reviews.
• Discharge NEC3 Supervisor and CDM Principal Designer responsibilities as directed.
• Report and identify risk; communicate engineering requirements to IPT contractor.
• Coordinate technical integration of supply contracts with other contracts and projects.

Skills

Problem solving

Decision making

Technical leadership

Technical communication

Education

Chartered Engineer

Job description

Role: Senior Project EngineerLocation: Milton Keyes/Bicester (Hybrid)Grade: G19Close Date: 20th October 2026Job Description:Salary Base salary £61,622pa to c.£77,028pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% 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 our website.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.As a Senior Project Engineer at HS2 you will have a key role in: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, in a timely and cost efficient manner.About the role:• The Infrastructure Directorate is accountable for specifying requirements that result in an operational railway and deliver the overall benefits promised in the business case and outcomes specified in the Development Agreement.• The Infrastructure Directorate provides support functions required to enable the delivery teams in achieving their objectives.• The infrastructure Directorate is the system integrator. Accountability is discharged through the supply chain via delegated requirements or the directorate manages the design and implementation of system interfaces directly where necessary.• The Infrastructure Directorate represents the interest of the future operating entities for the railway and is accountable for planning the set-up of the operating entity and the trial operations to transition to a working railway.• The Infrastructure Directorate delivers a number of programmes (Rolling Stock and High Speed Rail Systems) to meet the requirements specified above.Accountabilities:• 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 neighbouring 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.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 disciplinespecific 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 ExpertKnowledge:• 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 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.It is expected that you will 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.As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process Removing bias in the recruitment process ([1] youtube.com)Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.About UsHigh Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.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.HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.ReferencesVisible links1. //youtube.com