Noise & Vibration Specialist

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. 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 Construction Noise and Vibration Specialist within the Construction Environmental & Sustainability function. This role will be based on site in Coleshill. Our head office is located within an excellent location easily accessible via the M6 and M42. The office is also accessible via rail, and we offer employees a shuttle bus transfer to our office from Birmingham international.

Role Description:

• Assurance of all construction noise and vibration deliverables.
  
  
• Investigations and responses in respect of noise and vibration complaints/incidents.
  
  
• Assessing compliance with Environmental Minimum Requirements, S61 consents, Undertakings & Assurances and relevant contract technical requirements.
  
  
• Offering and arranging noise insulation or temporary rehousing for properties which are eligible (and take up the offers).
  
  
• Providing evidence in relation to construction noise and vibration for verification, validation and technical assurance reviews.
  
  Experienced required:
  
  
• Corporate Membership of the Institute of Acoustics.
  
  
• Organised, proactive and adaptable.
  
  
• A sound understanding of noise and vibration Environmental Impact Assessment process, environmental legislation, impact mitigation and dealing with statutory authorities.
  
  
• Practical experience mitigating construction noise and vibration from major infrastructure schemes.
  
  
• Experience of managing construction noise and vibration risks and their impacts in terms of time, costs and reputation.
  
  
• Understanding of the benefits of working collaboratively to obtain the best outcome for the project
  
  
• Good interpersonal and communication skills with people from a wide range of backgrounds and experience.
  
  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
  
  • Car/ car allowance
  
  • 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
  
  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.
  
  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