Senior Architect - HS

Position: Senior Architect - HS2
Location: Camden Area

Senior Architect | High Speed Two | Line of Route

High Speed Two Ltd | Direct Client Side Employment

Salary: £65,000 to £70,755 + Package

Location:

Euston, London (3 days in office)
Next step:
Lead Architect (£90 – 100k + pkg)
Programme: HS2 Line of Route through to 2039

Shape the Architectural Identity of the HS2 Line of Route

Are you an architect looking for an opportunity that is broader than a single building, station or development?

High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Architect to join the London based Engineering Team and help protect and deliver the architectural vision across the HS2 line of route.

This is one of the most varied architectural positions within HS2. Rather than being focused on one individual building, you will work across a railway extending for approximately 200 miles, encompassing major engineering structures, rural landscapes, urban environments and some of the UK's most sensitive natural and heritage settings.

Your portfolio will include head houses, tunnel portals, bridges, viaduct structures and other architectural elements of the HS2 line of route, ensuring that the architectural quality and design vision remain consistent as the railway moves through different environments.

You will support the Lead Architect as the design client interface with the engineering design teams across the four Main Works Civils Contracts, ensuring HS2 specifications and requirements are being met and that the HS2 Design Vision is applied throughout the developing design.

Architecture Across an Entire Railway

The HS2 line of route passes through a remarkably diverse range of environments, including:

* Urban and industrial zones

* Rural and farmland landscapes

* Areas of Outstanding Natural Beauty

* Sites of Special Scientific Interest

* Wildlife habitats and environmentally sensitive areas

Along the route you will encounter some of HS2's most significant structures, including the Colne Valley Viaduct, Delta Junction Viaducts, Wendover Dean and Small Dean Viaducts, Thame Valley and Edgcote Viaducts, together with numerous tunnel portals and head houses.

The challenge is to ensure that each structure responds appropriately to its engineering, operational and environmental context while maintaining the architectural quality and wider HS2 Design Vision.

You will work alongside civil, structural, environmental, landscape, rail systems and project delivery specialists, acting as the architectural interface between HS2 and the teams responsible for developing and delivering the railway.

This is not a conventional architectural practice role. If you enjoy working alongside engineers, solving complex design problems and seeing architectural ideas translated into major infrastructure, this could be an excellent opportunity.

If you are primarily looking for concept design work within a traditional architectural environment, this is probably not the role for you.

The Role

Reporting to the Lead Architect, you will support the architectural client function across the four Main Works Civils Contracts.

The architectural concepts for the major assets are already established through the project design process.

Your role is to help ensure that the design intent is maintained as the scheme develops through detailed design and construction.

You will work directly with engineering design teams, contractors and consultants, providing architectural input and constructive challenge where proposals do not meet the required quality or the HS2 Design Vision.

You will need to understand the engineering and operational constraints that shape major infrastructure while ensuring that architectural quality is not lost during delivery.

Key Responsibilities

* Support the Lead Architect in providing architectural leadership across…