Senior Project Engineer

High Speed Two Ltd | Client Integrated Project Team

Salary: £80,000 - £88,000 + 12% pension + health + 25 days holiday

Location:

Old Oak Common, West London | Hybrid working, typically 3 days on site and 2 days from home

Reporting to:
Head of Engineering and Environment

Project: £1.67bn Old Oak Common Station

Career Progression:
Track to Engineering Manager, £95,000 to £100,000 + package

Are you a Senior Project Engineer with experience delivering complex highway alignments, infrastructure within a busy urban environment?

High Speed Two Ltd is looking for a Senior Project Engineer to join the client-side Integrated Project Team overseeing the highways, bridges and utilities package at Old Oak Common Station.

This is a high-profile engineering role on one of the UK's most significant infrastructure projects, involving complex road alignments, major structures, utility diversions and interfaces with the operational railway.

A major milestone is the planned 12-day Christmas 2029 railway possession, when Paddington will close to allow critical bridge works to be undertaken. The engineering, planning and coordination required to deliver these works safely and successfully will be substantial, with the wider highways, bridges and utilities package continuing through to completion in 2032.

You will work directly for HS2 Ltd, alongside the BBVS joint venture of Balfour Beatty, Vinci and Systra, providing engineering leadership, challenging design and construction proposals, resolving problems and ensuring the works are delivered safely, efficiently and to the required standards.

This is a genuine project engineering position where technical judgement, constructability, problem solving and the ability to influence contractors will be central to your success.

Old Oak Common will be one of the UK's largest and best-connected new railway stations, bringing together HS2, National Rail and the Elizabeth line, with connections to the wider London transport network.

The £1.67bn station development requires a complex package of surrounding infrastructure to integrate the station into London's existing transport network.

The highways, bridges and utilities scope includes:

• Replacement and widening of two major bridges - underpasses
• An underpass bridge beneath a live main line (WCML) railway and a cut and cover underpass.
• A new road alignment and layout around Old Oak Common Lane within a constrained urban environment.
• Extensive utility diversions and associated infrastructure.
• Urban landscaping and associated external works.

The works involve complex construction sequencing, third-party interfaces and significant constraints around live railway operations. The 2029 possession is a particularly critical milestone, requiring designs, consents, temporary works, logistics and contingency arrangements to be coordinated well in advance.

Reporting to the Head of Engineering and Environment, you will provide engineering leadership within the HS2 client-side team, working closely with BBVS and its design and construction supply chain.

This is not simply an assurance or document review position. You will get involved in the engineering, understanding how designs will be built, challenging proposals where necessary and helping the project team resolve difficult technical and construction problems.

A particular focus is the development and delivery of complex highway alignments and road layouts within a busy urban environment, where traffic management, utilities, structures, construction sequencing and existing infrastructure create significant engineering challenges.

You will coordinate engineering interfaces, support technical assurance and approvals, drive buildability and value engineering, and help ensure that the works meet HS2's requirements while protecting safety, quality, cost and programme.

The role also offers a clear development route into Engineering Manager, with genuine opportunity to progress quickly to Engineering Manager level.

• Provide engineering leadership and technical assurance across the highways, bridges and utilities package.
• Review and challenge contractor designs, road alignments, construction methodologies and temporary works to ensure they are safe, buildable and compliant with HS2 requirements.
• Lead engineering input into complex highway layouts and road alignment within a…