AddressBase salary: £47,450pa to c.£59,300pa 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 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 Survey Control Engineer at HS2 you will provide expert advice in the development of survey methods and strategies for the HS2 Programme, provide technical guidance on all aspects of surveying matters with a focus on the creation and implementation of project wide Survey Control systems, and oversee the management of topographical survey related activities across the HS2 programme and ensure that the coordination responsibilities of HS2 are covered.
About the role
- Set and maintain HS2's Survey Control tools and standards
- Develops tools and systems to support delivery of Survey Control systems through effective document control and quality management
- Provides guidance and advice on survey methods, procedures, standardization and requirements
- Support audits (internal, external, 3rd party) in order to verify that survey requirements have been met
- Provide work direction and guidance to survey staff to assure completion of assigned tasks and other duties
- Assure that all survey related personnel are adequately trained in the survey processes and systems
- 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
- Knowledge of relevant policy, best practice guidance and surveying technological developments across a range of geospatial engineering areas.
- Understanding of relevant Network Rail standards, and knowledge of current geospatial engineering activities used on HS2, or similar.
- Able to provide specialist technical support and leadership on discipline-specific scientific, technical and engineering principles to project development / delivery teams, but knowing when to seek further guidance from other Subject Matter Experts or others.
- Experience of Geospatial engineering on large scale projects at optioneering, design and construction stages, including railways, ground and structural monitoring, tunnelling and 'green field' environments.
- Experience of effectively communicating Geospatial engineering practices, to multidisciplinary engineers, and non-technically to a wide range of stakeholders.
- Professional qualification in Land Surveying, Survey and Mapping, Geospatial engineering or Geomatics; or Chartered membership of the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors; or the Institution of Civil Engineering Surveyors or equivalent professional experience.
The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect
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.
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. Please attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application and include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.
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.
Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.About Us
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.
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.
