Project Director - HS

Position: Project Director - HS2
Location: Camden Area

Project Director – HS2 London Tunnels
Working directly for the client on High Speed Two.
Salary: £130,000 – £140,000 + 12% Pen + health

Location:

London – Euston / North Acton
Working Pattern:
Minimum 4 days per week office/site
Project: SCS Main Works Civils Contract
Package Value:
Responsibility for £3.5bn+ of works
Programme:
Old Oak Common to Euston | Delivery through to 2034/35
A Nationally Significant Delivery Role
High Speed Two (HS2 Ltd) is recruiting a Project Director to take a senior client-side leadership role responsible for the delivery of a £3.5bn+ tunnelling and heavy civils package between Old Oak Common and Euston.
This is one of the UK's most high-profile and technically challenging infrastructure projects, forming part of the wider £10.5bn SCS Main Works Civils Contract.
The package includes:
Underground Cavern, extensive TBM tunnelling, sprayed concrete lining, major underground and structural works, utilities and complex interfaces with existing and operational railway infrastructure.
This is fundamentally a delivery role. The successful candidate will be responsible for taking the project through the remaining design phase, construction and ultimately successful delivery, working closely with the Tier 1 contractor and an integrated professional and technical supply chain.
HS2 Operates as a lean/intelligent client you will have line management responsibility for 2 senior PM’s, 4 PM’s.
The project is expected to continue through to approximately 2034/35, providing a long-term opportunity to lead delivery of a nationally important piece of infrastructure.
The Project
The £3.5bn+ package includes some of the most complex heavy civil engineering works on HS2:
Complex underground structures and major structural works - including an Underground Cavern, complex subterranean cavern directly beneath the live, operational West Coast Main Line.
Major TBM tunnelling between Old Oak Common and Euston.
Sprayed Concrete Lining (SCL).
Shafts and head houses.
Major utility diversions and reinstatement.
Construction within a highly constrained London environment.
Complex interfaces with existing and operational railway infrastructure.
Extensive stakeholder and third-party interfaces.
The design is currently around 60% complete, with the remaining design needing to be driven efficiently towards construction and delivery.
Your Role
You'll provide senior client-side leadership across the project, working with the Tier 1 contractor and HS2's multidisciplinary teams to drive successful delivery.
You will be responsibel for the whole project lifecycle from leading the completion of the design into construction and handover in c2035. You will need to have personally led major projects through both design and construction and understand how to turn complex designs into efficiently delivered infrastructure.
You'll be expected to:
 
* Lead delivery of the £3.5bn+ package on behalf of HS2.
 
* Drive the remaining design towards efficient, coordinated and buildable solutions.
 
* Ensure design decisions support construction, programme and value for money.
 
* Lead the relationship with the Tier 1 contractor and challenge performance where necessary.
 
* Drive efficient processes and procedures across design and delivery.
 
* Oversee major tunnelling, structural, utility and civil engineering works.
 
* Manage complex interfaces across HS2, rail, utilities, contractors and multiple third parties.
 
* Lead multidisciplinary teams through design and construction.
 
* Monitor programme, cost, risk, quality and key delivery metrics.
 
* Ensure the project is delivered safely and in accordance with HS2 requirements.
Commercial & Delivery Environment
HS2 is evolving its commercial approach across the major works programme, including greater use of milestone incentives and mechanisms designed to improve delivery certainty, allocate risk appropriately and protect value for money for the taxpayer.
The Project Director will not be responsible for leading these commercial negotiations, but will need to understand the principles behind them and their impact on project delivery.
You'll need to be commercially astute, comfortable working with significant…