Independent Inspector - Coleshill, United Kingdom - Balfour Beatty Vinci

Balfour Beatty Vinci

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Coleshill, United Kingdom

2 weeks ago

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Tom O´Connor

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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 HS- 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 I
ndependent Inspector within the
Quality and Assurance team.

This role will be based on site 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 description:

Responsible for conducting independent inspection on construction works and associated records to ensure that BBV can demonstrate compliance to all approved designs, national and international standards and specifications, HS2 works information, standards and contract technical requirements.

Experienced required:

Experience of Major Civil Engineering projects.
Extensive experience of construction in the UK.
Knowledge and experience of working to UK and international standards and codes of practice.
Experience of working in a construction environment, with Mechanical and Civil knowledge.
A formal qualification in Quality Management e.g., Diploma in Quality Management (UK Chartered Quality Institute, British Standards Institute or equivalent) or inspection such as CSWIP etc.

Benefits of working with us:

Flexible working available for some roles
Free parking
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

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.