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Senior Survey Manager

On-site in the UK·Added yesterday (last checked 4 Nov)

BAM UK & Ireland

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Our summary

Work mode
On-site, the UK
Contract
Permanent
Experience
Senior level
Holiday
26 days holiday
Pension
8% matched pension

Skills

Requirements

What we're looking for

  • Extensive senior-level experience in engineering surveying on major civil infrastructure programmes including development of Survey Control Network
  • Experience in delivering high-speed rail or slab track works.
  • Leadership experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major JV
  • Degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
  • Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
  • Clear and confident communicator able to represent surveying interests at all levels.
  • Advanced knowledge of engineering surveying practices, digital workflows, and relevant technical standards.
  • Deep understanding of HS2 technical requirements, Network Rail standards, and UK rail infrastructure regulations.
  • Awareness of the commercial, legal, and technological factors influencing major infrastructure delivery.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

  • Competitive salary
  • A wide range of family-friendly policies
  • Company car/car allowance/travel allowance
  • 8 % matched pension contributions
  • Private healthcare
  • Life assurance
  • 26 days holiday
  • 2 wellbeing days
  • 1 volunteering day
  • Personal and professional development

The role

The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure projects for the UK on time and to budget together in a joint venture partnership. The JV is now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.

We are seeking a highly experienced and forward-thinking Survey Manager to lead the surveying strategy and delivery across Lot 2. This is a key role for the project, with responsibility for technical leadership, assurance, innovation, and stakeholder collaboration on one of the UK's biggest infrastructure programmes.

You will oversee and direct survey operations from project initiation through to final handover, ensuring technical excellence, compliance, and digital innovation throughout. This is a unique opportunity to help shape national surveying practices, drive the adoption of advanced digital construction methods, and mentor the next generation of survey professionals in a high-profile, industry-defining environment.

What you'll do

  • Define and implement the Survey Management Plan for the HS2 Track Systems contract.
  • Lead all survey-related design, planning and operational activities, including:
  • Development, Implementation and Management of Survey Control Network
  • Management of information and as-built verification (TESB - Topographical Engineering Survey Baseline)
  • Setting out for civils and permanent way (P-Way)
  • Reality Capture
  • Monitoring
  • GIS integration
  • Final survey handover deliverables
  • Align survey activities with wider project strategies in engineering, commercial, and digital delivery.
  • Lead technical assurance and quality control across all survey operations.
  • Ensure full compliance with HS2 technical standards, client specifications, and industry best practices.
  • Plan and coordinate survey works across all Lots, managing key interfaces to ensure programme delivery.
  • Act as the primary technical interface for Ferrovial BAM Rail Systems (FBRS) with HS2 Ltd, design teams, JV partners, local authorities, and other stakeholders.
  • Provide expert technical advice, insight on risk, and accurate reporting to internal leadership and external partners.
  • Drive innovation in digital construction, automation, survey technologies, and track system methodologies.
  • Champion lean surveying principles and integrated data workflows across the full project lifecycle.
  • Guide and support surveying teams with control, monitoring, setting out, and verification activities.
  • Ensure the timely, cost-effective delivery of high-quality survey outputs to support both design and construction.
  • Mentor teams in surveying, site engineering, and digital workflows across the programme.
  • Promote professional accreditation (e.g. CICES, RICS) and lead training, development, and sponsorship initiatives.
  • Represent the organisation at industry events, conferences, and technical forums to promote knowledge-sharing and best practice.

Making Possible

Strategic Leadership

Technical Oversight & Assurance

Stakeholder Engagement

Innovation & Development

Operational Leadership

Professional Development & Industry Engagement

What do you bring to the role?

Knowledge

About BAM

Building a sustainable tomorrow. That's our mission and our promise at BAM. It's how we engineer vital infrastructure and construct high-quality buildings as one of the largest construction companies in Europe.

We strive to create an environment where everybody feels welcome and valued. We're on an exciting journey to employ the best talent to join us regardless of social background, race, colour, religion, national or ethnic origin, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability or other characteristics.

Hiring process

For more information about the vacancy and our projects, please contact Jonathan Schulte, Recruitment Manager, BAM UK & Ireland (Infrastructure), m: 07717 227890 / Email: jonathan.schulte@bam.com

BAM is committed to ensuring a fully inclusive recruitment and onboarding process, so if at anytime you feel you may need any reasonable adjustments, do not hesitate to speak with one of our team, and we will do our best to support you.

About BAM UK & Ireland

BAM UK & Ireland is a construction, infrastructure and facilities management company that imagines, creates and enriches buildings and infrastructure across the UK and Ireland. It reports more than 6,500 people and around €3 billion in 2024 revenues, and its capabilities span construction, infrastructure, design, facilities management, ground engineering, energy solutions, services engineering and site solutions.

The company works across sectors including schools and universities, energy transition, commercial, healthcare, transport, climate adaptation and resilience, nuclear and defence, and aviation. It emphasises sustainability and supporting clients through the whole lifecycle of their buildings and infrastructure, and it is part of Royal BAM Group.

Industry
Construction
Employees
6,500+

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About the company & team

  • You will initially be based out of the HS2 project team office near Euston Station in London, with a requirement to work from other project offices in Buckinghamshire later on as the project develops
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