Senior Survey Manager

BAM Nuttall•England, AR

3d•Onsite

About The Position

The Senior Survey Manager will lead surveying strategy and delivery across Lot 2 of the HS2 Track Systems contract, delivered by the Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture. The role provides technical leadership, assurance, innovation, and stakeholder collaboration across a major infrastructure programme. It oversees survey operations from project initiation through final handover, ensuring technical excellence, compliance, and digital innovation. The postholder will initially be based at the HS2 project team office near Euston Station in London and will be required to work from other project offices in Buckinghamshire as the project develops. The role includes shaping surveying practices, advancing digital construction methods, and mentoring survey professionals.

Requirements

Extensive senior-level experience in engineering surveying on major civil infrastructure programmes, including development of a Survey Control Network.
Experience delivering high-speed rail or slab track works.
Leadership experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major joint venture.
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 communication skills, including the ability 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 commercial, legal, and technological factors influencing major infrastructure delivery.

Responsibilities

Define and implement the Survey Management Plan for the HS2 Track Systems contract.
Lead survey-related design, planning, and operational activities, including development, implementation, and management of the Survey Control Network; information management and as-built verification (TESB – Topographical Engineering Survey Baseline); setting out for civils and permanent way; reality capture; monitoring; GIS integration; and final survey handover deliverables.
Align survey activities with wider engineering, commercial, and digital delivery strategies.
Lead technical assurance and quality control across survey operations.
Ensure compliance with HS2 technical standards, client specifications, and industry best practices.
Plan and coordinate survey works across all Lots and manage key interfaces to support programme delivery.
Act as the primary technical interface for Ferrovial BAM Rail Systems with HS2 Ltd, design teams, JV partners, local authorities, and other stakeholders.
Provide technical advice, risk insight, and accurate reporting to internal leadership and external partners.
Drive innovation in digital construction, automation, survey technologies, and track system methodologies.
Promote lean surveying principles and integrated data workflows across the project lifecycle.
Guide and support surveying teams in control, monitoring, setting out, and verification activities.
Ensure timely and cost-effective delivery of high-quality survey outputs for design and construction.
Mentor teams in surveying, site engineering, and digital workflows across the programme.
Promote professional accreditation, including CICES and 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.