Are you looking to progress your career by working on Britain’s biggest construction project?

Balfour Beatty VINCI is working with a range of organisations to design and build 90km West Midlands stretch of HS2 - Britain’s new high speed railway. Our work is essential to enable HS2 trains to travel between London and Birmingham as well as continue their journey up to Manchester. It’s an incredibly exciting time to join us - we’re at peak construction with work really ramping up on a broad range of assets including bridges, tunnels and viaducts. Plus you’d join 9,000 people across 72 nationalities working on this exciting section of HS2 across the region.

We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Project Controls Manager  within the PMO Function. This role will be based on site in Birmingham.

Role Responsibilities; 

• To maintain and develop systems for monitoring and review of all Design related elements of the contract.

• Report to senior management on performance of Design against the key areas of Cost, Programme and Quality.

• Commercially manage the project controls elements of the CAT3 contracts on behalf of BBV. Reviewing and Accepting the programmes, reviewing and updating CEMAR documentation.

• Develop and Maintain a working relationship with DJV and set the direction for Project Controls between BBV, DJV and HS2.

• To implement the HS2 requirements for Project Controls as per WI-505 especially related to the Design Elements.

• Ensure compliance to HS2 requirements.

• Contribute to the production and delivery of the Performance Measurement Baseline and Performance Measurement Updates.

• Interrogate the current and forecast Design programme, budget, cost, and risk

• Promote best practice and innovation.

• Ensure that appropriate lean, coordinated and visual performance metrics are set up to assist the Project Team to timely deliver projects and improve performance.

Experienced required

• Considerable, in-depth experience of planning & project control services within large complex environments within the construction and engineering industry.

• Understanding of various forms of tender documents, contract documents and specifications

• Advanced understanding of various methods of project controls, planning and performance reporting.

• Experience in risk and opportunity management.

• Advanced understanding of the events that initiate, and of the methods used to demonstrate, delay or change entitlement.

• Good understanding of the construction market, methods of construction, plant, equipment and labour requirements.

• Experienced in using systems and tools including Excel, Power Bi, Primavera and CEMAR

Please note candidates will need to have a current valid right to work in the UK to be considered for this role.

Benefits of working with us

• Car/ car allowance 

• Flexible working available for some roles

• Free parking

• Travel allowance for eligible candidates

• Family friendly leave policies

• Excellent pension contributions

• Healthcare

• Health risk assessments

• Access to employee assistance programmes

• Access to annual flu vaccinations

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Balfour Beatty VINCI is a long-established joint venture between two powerhouses for the delivery of critical infrastructure across rail, transport and other iconic projects in the UK and beyond. We started working together over 30 years ago to deliver the Channel Tunnel, as members of the TransManche Link consortium. In the Midlands, it is Balfour Beatty VINCI’s role to design and build the route, ready for tracks and signalling to be installed. Our work with HS2 Balfour Beatty VINCI have been awarded a 90km section of the HS2 project from Long Itchington in Warwickshire to the centre of Birmingham and then on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

Overall, we will be building the following across all our sites:

• 9.3km of viaducts

• 62 overbridges

• 35 cuttings

• 56 culverts

• 62 embankments

• 2 twin bore tunnels and 2 cut and cover tunnels

• 28 underbridges and 11 underpasses

Diversity and Inclusion

Balfour Beatty VINCI (BBV) is delivering equal opportunities for everyone that is part of the team and for people that are yet to join us. We are an inclusive employer and welcome people from all backgrounds to come and join our team, including people with different physical abilities and neuro diversities. We are working to represent the communities Balfour Beatty VINCI works in through our workforce. We have embedded Equality, Diversity and Inclusivity (ED&I) Champions across our sites and are guided by strong accreditations that ensure we demonstrate our ability to support our people effectively. We care about being inclusive and that means we encourage applications from people with diverse set of backgrounds and experiences. BBV is a Disability Confident Leader and we welcome applications from candidates with a disability.

Flexible working

We recognise and respect that people work in different ways and we are open to discussing what flexibility you may need during the recruitment process, balanced against our project requirements.