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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 Document Controller within the Major Structures team. This role will be based on site in Curzon Street.

To support the Balfour Beatty Vinci joint venture, working on HS2 deliver a world class railway in accordance with customer and stakeholder requirements and commitments, including verification activities to demonstrate compliance.

Experienced required

  • Operate an effective project information management system within Business Collaborator (BC), in line with both company and quality control procedures (BS EN ISO:9001). Focusing on all technical and contractual documentation produced throughout the lifecycle of the project from all interested parties

  • Support the management of the configuration and administration of Business Collaborator, to maintain a successfully functioning system at all times.

  • Manage the processes necessary for timely appropriate document submissions.

  • Experience of Enterprise Bridge (eB) and Business collaborator required but not essential

  • Experience of Microsoft Excel formulas

    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

    • 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

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