Job Description

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

Senior Consents Engineer

within the

Consents Team

This role will be based on site in Based in

Coleshill

. The sublot is situated between Birmingham and Coventry covering a 6km stretch, running north from the River Blythe to Coleshill, crossing three major highways - the A45, M42 and M6. The assets in this sublot will take 45-50 million hours to construct. Initial work includes the construction of a service road and improvements to the A45. This section will extend to the M42 twin boxes including the construction of three earthworks assets - two embankments and one cutting.

Role Responsibilities;

Identify Consentable areas within a scope of works and provide support and guidance on the Consent needs to the wider Sublot Delivery team. Utilise information, technical reports, designs, BIM and GIS data to programme consents and ensure approval of works prior to commencement of activities. Review upcoming works with Core Consents Team and programmers to ensure commencement dates are achievable. Develop a working understanding of the contract and technical requirements of various Consents including but not limited to Highways, Noise, Water and Ecology. Liaise with Core Consent Team to Track the progress of upcoming, ongoing and completed Consents in line with the project programme and provide reports on risks where appropriate. Provide feedback to the Sublot Planning Manager on future Consents requirements so these can be incorporated into the programme. Liaise with the Core Consents Team, Temporary Works, Utilities, Drainage, Logistics and Traffic Management Teams to ensure they are aware of their associated Consents responsibilities for each elements of the project.

Experienced required

A strong communicator that can use a variety of methods when communicating with both internal and external stakeholders. Able to chair meetings, creating a collaborative platform for attendees to contribute to. akes ownership of tasks and communicating outcomes. Manages the production of tasks, delegating and monitoring their progress. Able to work on own initiative and seek out opportunities in line with level of responsibility. A willingness to learn and actively seek out information off their own accord. Good time management and organised. Very competent in data management using Microsoft Excel. Holds a current driving license and CSCS Card.

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.



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Job Overview

Internal reference

DES-080-New

Job status

Full time

Closing date

28/08/2025

Location

Birmingham

Hours per week

40