Senior Track Alignment Engineer
Salary - £47,450 - £59,300
Full time - Birmingham

Depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 20% which is paid on top base salary and is fully pensionable, as well as a range of competitive benefit

High 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.

As Senior Track Alignment Engineer you’ll provide technical and professional support for Track Engineering, developing standards and technical requirements for the discipline. You’ll also provide assurance that design and construction of track meets project requirements and work to resolve issues where appropriate.

The Senior Track Alignment Engineer also provides alignment design development that are coordinated with impacted contracts and discipline along with technical support for the application of HS2 gauging strategy using Uniform Structure Gauging concept.

About the role:

Support development of requirements, specifications and standards which deliver track alignment such that they meet HS2 objectives and mitigate environmental impacts, within the programme budget;

Provide technical expertise and advice relating to the track alignment to both the wider organisation and external stakeholders as required;

Support in assuring that the design for track alignment on the HS2 Railway is configured and installed in accordance with standards and technical requirements and where necessary support in resolving issues in accordance with HS2 Technical Standards and Procedures;

Support engagement and consultation with internal teams impacted by the track alignment design, particularly Infrastructure Management and Systems Delivery teams, ensuring that all relevant systems and sub-systems are considered providing a holistic approach;

Develop and implement the use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and helping to identify opportunities for efficiencies across Phase 1 and Phase 2 delivery teams

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

About You:

Able to provide specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to project development / delivery teams.

Able to provide technical, commercial management and leadership skills to support project development / delivery teams, working under supervision of line manager (or delegate).

Ability 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 other Subject Matter Experts or others.

Chartered Engineer/Membership of an appropriate professional institution or the equivalent experience

Commercial awareness including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets and the need to deliver an integrated solution that meets all functional requirements.

Experience of managing competing project and engineering demands, with cost and schedule implications.

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.