Senior Project Engineer

Role:
Senior Project Engineer

Location:

Milton Keyes/Bicester (Hybrid)
Grade: G19

Close Date: 20th October 2026

Job Description:

Salary Base salary £61,622pa to c.£77,028pa depending on skills and experience. In addition, we offer flexible benefits fund of 15% 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 Project Engineer at HS2 you will have a key role in:

To execute legal and contractual technical duties on project engineering issues within the Integrated Project Team (IPT), leading risk based assurance of asset design and construction, assuring that it is in accordance with HS2’s technical requirements, standards and policies, in a timely and cost efficient manner.

About the role:

• The Infrastructure Directorate is accountable for specifying requirements that result in an operational railway and deliver the overall benefits promised in the business case and outcomes specified in the Development Agreement.
• The Infrastructure Directorate provides support functions required to enable the delivery teams in achieving their objectives.
• The infrastructure Directorate is the system integrator. Accountability is discharged through the supply chain via delegated requirements or the directorate manages the design and implementation of system interfaces directly where necessary.
• The Infrastructure Directorate represents the interest of the future operating entities for the railway and is accountable for planning the set-up of the operating entity and the trial operations to transition to a working railway.
• The Infrastructure Directorate delivers a number of programmes (Rolling Stock and High Speed Rail Systems) to meet the requirements specified above.

Accountabilities:
• To lead the risk based engineering technical assurance within the IPT, as per the HS2 assurance requirements, through engineering review, checking and submission of assurance evidence for technical stage gates;
• To assure that the design and construction of assets comply with the technical and sponsor requirements and applicable standards, specifications and procedures by supporting planned Technical Assurance Reviews and  spot-checks  of Contractor’s deliverables;
• To discharge the duties of NEC3 Supervisor and Principal Designer (CDM Regulations 2015) Representative as directed by Head of Engineering and Environment.
• To support Head of Engineering and Environment with internal and external reporting and risk identification and mitigation of engineering matters;
• To represent the Head of Engineering and Environment as requested in matters relating to CDM Principal Designer, NEC3 Supervisor or any other technical duty.
• Manage and communicate HS2 Engineering requirements to the IPT contractor;
• Provide guidance on design solutions for the asset, promoting use of best practice and innovative engineering techniques, technologies and processes, driving consistency and identifying opportunities for efficiencies within the IPT
• Work alongside Heads of Commercial and Project Clients to determine the impact of trends, progress and change with respect to cost and schedule.
• Work alongside other technical specialists, engineers and environmentalists to identify and develop appropriate and cost balanced mitigation strategies and solutions, contributing to successful system…