Ecological Mitigation Specialist in Lea Marston - CV-Library

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. 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 Mitigation Construction Manager within the Environment and sustainability team . This role will be based on site in Kingsbury, Birmingham.

Role responsibilities:

To lead the E&A#27/Ecology & Landscape Project Management & Delivery Team to provide contractual support and guidance and drive performance in the delivery of ecological and landscape mitigation (including surveys and monitoring) to facilitate Sublot delivery programmes and the construction of HS2 permanent mitigation.
To drive the E&A#27/Ecology & Landscape Project Management & Delivery Team to deliver their key functions and accountabilities.
To continue to build effective relationships between the routewide Ecology and Landscape Teams and the Sublot Delivery Teams, and to ensure that timely environmental support is provided to assist with the achievement of Key Milestones.
To oversee the procurement of works through subcontracts or frameworks and to performance manage delivery.

Experienced required

Minimum 10 years practical experience delivering construction projects.
Minimum 5 years of experience in the delivery and management of NEC contracts.
Expert knowledge of current Legislation, BBV’s contractual scope and HS2 Technical Standards & Specifications and the Code of Construction Practice. Previous experience of working within BBV Delivery Teams would be advantageous for the role.
Strong collaboration, critical evaluation skills, problem solving, interpersonal, team-working, listening, communication and information technology (IT) skills.
Experience of ecology and landscaping works desirable

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.

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. 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 Mitigation Construction Manager within the Environment and sustainability team . This role will be based on site in Kingsbury, Birmingham.

Role responsibilities:

To lead the E&A#27/Ecology & Landscape Project Management & Delivery Team to provide contractual support and guidance and drive performance in the delivery of ecological and landscape mitigation (including surveys and monitoring) to facilitate Sublot delivery programmes and the construction of HS2 permanent mitigation.
To drive the E&A#27/Ecology & Landscape Project Management & Delivery Team to deliver their key functions and accountabilities.
To continue to build effective relationships between the routewide Ecology and Landscape Teams and the Sublot Delivery Teams, and to ensure that timely environmental support is provided to assist with the achievement of Key Milestones.
To oversee the procurement of works through subcontracts or frameworks and to performance manage delivery.

Experienced required

Minimum 10 years practical experience delivering construction projects.
Minimum 5 years of experience in the delivery and management of NEC contracts.
Expert knowledge of current Legislation, BBV’s contractual scope and HS2 Technical Standards & Specifications and the Code of Construction Practice. Previous experience of working within BBV Delivery Teams would be advantageous for the role.
Strong collaboration, critical evaluation skills, problem solving, interpersonal, team-working, listening, communication and information technology (IT) skills.
Experience of ecology and landscaping works desirable

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