Survey Manager

BAM UK & Ireland; Greater London; On-site; GBP 95,000 - 125,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company car

Private healthcare

Pension contributions (8% match)

Life assurance

Holidays + wellbeing days + volunteer

Professional development

Job summary

Ferrovial BAM Rail Systems is seeking a highly experienced Survey Manager to lead the surveying strategy across Lot 1 of the HS2 Track Systems contract. The role is based at the project office in Euston, London, and requires delivering design and construction survey outputs with technical excellence.

You will mentor teams, champion digital construction methods, and ensure compliance with HS2 standards while liaising with HS2 Ltd, design teams and JV partners.

Qualifications

• Extensive senior-level experience in engineering surveying on major civil infrastructure programmes.
• Experience in delivering high-speed rail or slab track works.
• Leadership experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major JV.

Responsibilities

• Define and implement the Survey Management Plan for the HS2 Track Systems contract.
• Lead all survey-related design, planning and operational activities including control network, as-built verification, setting out for civils and P-Way, reality capture, monitoring and GIS integration.
• Lead technical assurance and quality control across all survey operations.
• Act as primary technical interface with HS2 Ltd, design teams and JV partners.
• Drive innovation in digital construction, automation and track system methodologies.
• Guide surveying teams in control, monitoring, setting out and verification activities.

Skills

Strategic leadership

Stakeholder engagement

Mentoring teams

Digital workflows

Engineering surveying

Communication

Education

Surveying / Geomatics degree

Tools

GIS

Reality capture

Survey software

Job description

Building a sustainable tomorrow

The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure projects for the UK on time and to budget together in a joint venture partnership. The JV is now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route. We are seeking a highly experienced and forward-thinking Survey Manager to lead the surveying strategy and delivery across Lot 1. This is a key role for the project, with responsibility for technical leadership, assurance, innovation, and stakeholder collaboration on one of the UK’s biggest infrastructure programmes. You will oversee and direct survey operations from project initiation through to final handover, ensuring technical excellence, compliance, and digital innovation throughout. This is a unique opportunity to help shape national surveying practices, drive the adoption of advanced digital construction methods, and mentor the next generation of survey professionals in a high-profile, industry-defining environment.

Your team

• This role will be based at our project office in Euston, London

Making Possible

Key Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership

• Define and implement the Survey Management Plan for the HS2 Track Systems contract.
• Lead all survey-related design, planning and operational activities, including:
• Development, Implementation and Management of Survey Control Network
• Management of information and as-built verification (TESB – Topographical Engineering Survey Baseline)
• Setting out for civils and permanent way (P-Way)
• Reality Capture
• Monitoring
• GIS integration
• Final survey handover deliverables
• Align survey activities with wider project strategies in engineering, commercial, and digital delivery.

Technical Oversight & Assurance

• Lead technical assurance and quality control across all survey operations.
• Ensure full compliance with HS2 technical standards, client specifications, and industry best practices.
• Plan and coordinate survey works across all Lots, managing key interfaces to ensure programme delivery.

Stakeholder Engagement

• Act as the primary technical interface for Ferrovial BAM Rail Systems (FBRS) with HS2 Ltd, design teams, JV partners, local authorities, and other stakeholders.
• Provide expert technical advice, insight on risk, and accurate reporting to internal leadership and external partners.

Innovation & Development

• Drive innovation in digital construction, automation, survey technologies, and track system methodologies.
• Champion lean surveying principles and integrated data workflows across the full project lifecycle.

Operational Leadership

• Guide and support surveying teams with control, monitoring, setting out, and verification activities.
• Ensure the timely, cost-effective delivery of high-quality survey outputs to support both design and construction.

Professional Development & Industry Engagement

• Mentor teams in surveying, site engineering, and digital workflows across the programme.
• Promote professional accreditation (e.g. CICES, RICS) and lead training, development, and sponsorship initiatives.
• Represent the organisation at industry events, conferences, and technical forums to promote knowledge-sharing and best practice.

What do you bring to the role?

Essential Experience

• Extensive senior-level experience in engineering surveying on major civil infrastructure programmes including development of Survey Control Network
• Experience in delivering high-speed rail or slab track works.
• Leadership experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major JV

Qualifications

• Degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related field.

Key Skills

• Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
• Clear and confident communicator able to represent surveying interests at all levels.
• Advanced knowledge of engineering surveying practices, digital workflows, and relevant technical standards.

Knowledge

• Deep understanding of HS2 technical requirements, Network Rail standards, and UK rail infrastructure regulations.
• Awareness of the commercial, legal, and technological factors influencing major infrastructure delivery.

What’s in it for you?

• Competitive salary
• A wide range of family-friendly policies
• Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
• 8 % matched pension contributions
• Private healthcare
• Life assurance
• 26 days holiday
• 2 wellbeing days
• 1 volunteering day
• Personal and professional development

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That’s our mission and our promise at BAM. It’s how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe. We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We’re on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.