Apprentice Surveyor

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 20,000 - 30,000; Full time

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 Apprentice Surveyor (Level 3). This role will be based on site in Birmingham.

As a Apprentice Surveyor (Level 3) you will assist the Engineering Surveying Team in supporting the survey requirements throughout the construction process.

Accountabilities

• Working as part of the Surveying Team in various engineering survey activities, tasks will vary but will include engineering control, topographic surveys, engineering surveying and setting out.
• Support Tunnel Boring Machine (TBM) navigation and tunnel network work.
• Provide the site teams with construction information, also assisting in Quality Assurance (QA).
• Collecting data to inform on-site records such as: diaries, survey and accurate daily site notes.
• Support Health & Safety and Sustainability initiatives within the surveying department.

Experience required

• Keenness to learn and develop within the Surveying Team.
• Ability to communicate effectively.
• Ability to form effective working relationships with the wider project team.
• Demonstration of Microsoft 365, including Excel.
• Good spatial awareness and the ability to visualise objects and layouts in 3D.

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

• Standard: Geospatial survey technician (Level 3)
• Apprenticeship Length: 24 months (this does not include EPA period)

Benefits of working with us

• Flexible working available for some roles
• Travel allowance for eligible candidates
• Family friendly leave policies
• 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
• 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.

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.