CRE Construction - Contractor Responsible Engineer

Balfour Beatty VINCI is proud to be designing and building a 90KM stretch of the West Midlands section of HS2. We currently have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Contractor's Responsible Engineer (CRE) within the Major Structures Design and Engineering team in Birmingham.

This role will be based on site in Birmingham city centre. Our flagship site Curzon Street will cover a 5 KM stretch and be the main station for HS2. The site will be responsible for 3 sections Curzon, Saltley and Washwood heath. The work will involve viaducts, underbridges and retaining structures.

Role description:

Accountability for the day-to-day technical management and coordination of the technical and engineering activity on a specific sublot for Civil Engineering Construction aspects where there is a Rail Interface on the BBV JV HS2 works.

Experienced required:

• Technical / professional engineering qualifications and training records.
• Practicing specialist in civil engineering construction of large / complex civil engineering structures in live railway environment.
• Knowledge and experience of asset design and construction practice including compliance management Knowledge and experience in procurement of sub-contractors / suppliers on railway.
• Good knowledge of railway civil engineering standards including but not restricted to NR/L2/CIV/003.
• Understanding of the CEM and CRE in NR/L2/INI/02009 Engineering Management of Projects and Temporary Works (as described in BS5975).
• Familiar with the H&S aspects of design and construction (risk assessments).
• Understands the requirements, roles and responsibilities with regard to CDM & CSM-RA Regulations.
• Monitoring engineering activities regarding competence, safety, environment, cost, programme, information, testing and commissioning.

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

About Balfour Beatty VINCI

Working together for over 30 years, Balfour Beatty VINCI have been successful in delivering several significant infrastructures; creating unrivalled expertise and capability across rail, highways and aviation sectors in the UK and beyond. 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 on to Handsacre in Staffordshire.

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

• 42 viaducts totalling over 11km

• 66 overbridges

• More than 35 cuttings reaching over 30km

• 56 culverts

• 66 embankments reaching over 33km

• Building four motorway crossings requiring box structures

• Six interfaces with the existing rail requiring both dive-under and overbridge structures