Project Manager – Civils/Structures/Watercourse works

My client is a leading Civil Engineering company who are going through huge growth at present. They are seeking a Civils Project Manager to lead the delivery of a BBV-controlled HS2 civils package.

This is not an office-based PM role — it is a hands-on, site-driven leadership role within a Tier 1 assurance environment. The subcontract explicitly requires the subcontractor to deliver full compliance in quality, information management, technical assurance, and HSE documentation systems

Duties:

• Act as the company’s single point of responsibility to BBV for delivery, compliance and coordination
• Attend BBV progress meetings
• Hold Interface coordination meetings
• Carry out assurance and audit reviews
• Work in line with BBV Safety, Health & Wellbeing framework and HS2 and CDM Regulations
• Ensure RAMS are fully prepared, accepted and briefed prior to works
• Workforce competence, supervision and briefings meet requirements
• Enforce “no approval – no work” principle
• Exercise and promote Stop Work Authority
• Personnel, structured supervision, and formal control of hazards through approved systems and training governance always required
• Quality & Assurance: Ensure all works are delivered strictly in accordance with: Approved Inspection & Test Plans (ITPs)
• Ensure all quality evidence is: Captured, Structured, Traceable
• Manage Non-Conformance Reports (NCRs) via DALUX / DDD, including Root cause analysis, Corrective and preventive actions, Formal close-out with evidence
• Change Control & Field Change Requests (FCRs)
• Ensure all site-driven changes are raised formally via: Field Change Requests (FCRs) in DALUX
• Enforce no change implemented without written approval
• Protect the company commercially by preventing: Informal instructions, Undocumented change
• Act as Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) for the package
• Ensure all Temporary Works are: Identified and classified, entered into the TW Register, Designed, checked and approved, permitted, inspected and signed off prior to use
• Coordinate: Temporary Works Designers, Checkers, Supervisors
• Ensure full compliance with: BBV Temporary Works procedures (BS5975 aligned)
• Lifting Operations & Cranage (Preferred Competence)
• Provide competent oversight of lifting operations
• Where holding AP (Lifting): Act as Appointed Person for lifting activities
• Lead: Lift planning, Crane selection, Interface with BBV lifting teams
• Ensure environmental compliance with HS2 Environmental Minimum Requirements (EMRs)
• Ensure environmental controls are implemented, monitored and evidenced
• Ensure no environmentally sensitive activity proceeds without accepted RAMS
• Ensure the company operates within BBV’s systems, including:DALUX / DDD – NCRs, FCRs, inspections, QA evidence, business collaborator (BC) – submissions and approvals, ProjectWise – drawings and models (where applicable)
• Ensure document control is fully resourced
• Ensure information is accurate, controlled and auditable

Requirements:

• Temporary Works Coordinator (TWC) (Required)
• SMSTS or equivalent (Required)
• Appointed Person (Lifting) (Preferred)
• Engineering / construction qualification (Preferred)
• Proven Project Manager experience on complex civils / infrastructure works
• Experience delivering within a principal contractor environment
• Experience in assurance-heavy framework (HS2, Network Rail, Major Infrastructure)
• Experience in Temporary Works governance
• Experience in ITP-led quality systems
• Highly process-driven and disciplined
• Comfortable operating in: Audit-heavy Regulated delivery environments
• Will challenge unsafe or non-compliant instructions — even under pressure
• Strong communicator across: Client (BBV), Site teams, Supply chain

If you are interested in applying for this role, click the link below or contact Mark Barrett on 0874027117/mbarrett@ratiorecruitment.com

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