About you:

Skills:

• Clear Direction – Ability to give clear direction, defining prioritizing objectives, analysing inputs, assessing and challenging data, defining strategies and supporting rationales
• Stakeholder management - Ability to manage stakeholders; building and maintaining effective relationships with internal and external stakeholders as appropriate
• Communication and influencing skills, with the ability to engage and work with teams from different departments
• Facilitation Ability to manage workshops to solve critical problems and provide clear direction to team members on the actions needed to manage and mitigate critical issues
• A technical understanding of controls disciplines with the ability to interpret performance data
• Problem Solving – Ability to identify multifaceted problems and reviewing related information to develop and evaluate options and implement solutions
• Ability to implementation of processes, procedures and guidance improving programme outcomes
• Data Analysis and Presentation – Ability to analyse and interpret data and produce accurate timely and informative reports in multiple formats targeted to the needs of the audience

Knowledge:

• Knowledge of the core Project Controls disciplines, including; Schedule Management, Cost Management, Change Management and Risk Management
• Knowledge of baseline development and maintenance of baselines on a major programme
• Knowledge of the Project and Commercial Management principles including understanding of cost delivery, schedule targets
• Understanding of NEC contracts, amendments, early warning notices and the workflows of communications between contractor and client

Type of experience:

• Experience in senior project management or controls roles within an infrastructure delivery environment
• Experience of leading teams or initiatives and ready to take on greater responsibility and exposure 
• Experience working in or with project controls functions 
• Experience of supporting change events within a project environment
• Experienced in the use of Microsoft applications (e.g. Outlook, Word, Excel, PowerPoint, etc.) or equivalent 
• Experience of participating within governance meetings with senior stakeholders

The post-holder is expected to behave at all times in a manner consistent with the HS2 values of Safety, Leadership, Integrity and Respect

It is expected that you will actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

As HS2 Ltd do not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office, we are not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the Right to Work in the UK at the time of application and our process involves a Right to Work validation prior to the interview stage. Note, there are certain types of time-bound visas that we cannot accept.

Any offers made to applicants will be subject to satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks which include Nationality & Immigration Status, employment references, DBS, Financial and Education checks.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process (youtube.com) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yWs5gdAY1Vg]

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

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.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.