Senior Landscape Design Manager Location: Birmingham or London (Hybrid 3 days in office/Site) Multiple Site offices along line of route between London to Birmingham Salary: £70 77,500 & up to £83,672 in London + 12% Pension We are recruiting a Senior Landscape Design Manager to join the delivery team working on the High Speed Two programme. This is a rare opportunity to lead high-impact landscape and public realm design right across the HS2 programme where you will be part of a project delivering 3,500 hectares of landscape and ecology mitigation, including planting 8 million trees and 400,000 meters of hedgerows. This is your chance to join the largest landscape project of its kind in Europe. As a Senior Landscape Design Manager, you will play a critical client-side role in shaping a lasting green legacy for the UK. Your work will be essential to HS2 s long-term vision aims to leave a positive environmental legacy by conserving and enhancing habitats, even as it builds a major new railway. Reporting to the Head of Landscape, you will join a small, expert team as the third senior manager at this level. This is a strategic role focused on oversight and assurance, not hands-on design. You will be the client's "strong voice in the room," ensuring the project's landscape commitments are met to the highest standard. The Green Assets and main works civils are in Construction delivery & detailed design stage so looking for someone who can provide oversight and assurance on landscape design and also have site delivery experience on large landscaping projects parks, highways, rail, large construction sites, regeneration projects etc With 10 years remaining on the HS2 programme this role offers career opportunities both in the Landscape Design and Asset Management teams. The Role Act as the Landscape Design Subject Matter Expert (SME), setting strategic objectives and assuring design & Construction delivery quality across multiple contracts. Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification to ensure compliant, value-for-money landscape design solutions. Work closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams, Main Contractors, Construction Managers, NEC Supervisors, Environment and Planning teams, and site staff to meet programme milestones. Oversee on-site verification of landscape works, long-term maintenance/monitoring, and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes. Support handover and transition activities, including verification of green assets. Requirements Degree in Landscape Architecture (or equivalent) and ideally Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and or public realm design. Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects. Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies. Ability to influence, challenge, and verify landscape schemes through design, delivery, and handover stages. Significant experience in large-scale infrastructure projects. HS2 experience would be hugely beneficial. The confidence to challenge contractors and act as a decisive client representative. Holding contractors to account using contractual tools to drive performance
Nov 20, 2025
Full time
Senior Landscape Design Manager Location: Birmingham or London (Hybrid 3 days in office/Site) Multiple Site offices along line of route between London to Birmingham Salary: £70 77,500 & up to £83,672 in London + 12% Pension We are recruiting a Senior Landscape Design Manager to join the delivery team working on the High Speed Two programme. This is a rare opportunity to lead high-impact landscape and public realm design right across the HS2 programme where you will be part of a project delivering 3,500 hectares of landscape and ecology mitigation, including planting 8 million trees and 400,000 meters of hedgerows. This is your chance to join the largest landscape project of its kind in Europe. As a Senior Landscape Design Manager, you will play a critical client-side role in shaping a lasting green legacy for the UK. Your work will be essential to HS2 s long-term vision aims to leave a positive environmental legacy by conserving and enhancing habitats, even as it builds a major new railway. Reporting to the Head of Landscape, you will join a small, expert team as the third senior manager at this level. This is a strategic role focused on oversight and assurance, not hands-on design. You will be the client's "strong voice in the room," ensuring the project's landscape commitments are met to the highest standard. The Green Assets and main works civils are in Construction delivery & detailed design stage so looking for someone who can provide oversight and assurance on landscape design and also have site delivery experience on large landscaping projects parks, highways, rail, large construction sites, regeneration projects etc With 10 years remaining on the HS2 programme this role offers career opportunities both in the Landscape Design and Asset Management teams. The Role Act as the Landscape Design Subject Matter Expert (SME), setting strategic objectives and assuring design & Construction delivery quality across multiple contracts. Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification to ensure compliant, value-for-money landscape design solutions. Work closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams, Main Contractors, Construction Managers, NEC Supervisors, Environment and Planning teams, and site staff to meet programme milestones. Oversee on-site verification of landscape works, long-term maintenance/monitoring, and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes. Support handover and transition activities, including verification of green assets. Requirements Degree in Landscape Architecture (or equivalent) and ideally Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and or public realm design. Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects. Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies. Ability to influence, challenge, and verify landscape schemes through design, delivery, and handover stages. Significant experience in large-scale infrastructure projects. HS2 experience would be hugely beneficial. The confidence to challenge contractors and act as a decisive client representative. Holding contractors to account using contractual tools to drive performance
Senior Landscape Design Manager Location: Birmingham or London (Hybrid 3 days in office/Site) Multiple Site offices along line of route between London to Birmingham Salary: £70 77,500 & up to £83,672 in London + 12% Pension We are recruiting a Senior Landscape Design Manager to join the delivery team working on the High Speed Two programme. This is a rare opportunity to lead high-impact landscape and public realm design right across the HS2 programme where you will be part of a project delivering 3,500 hectares of landscape and ecology mitigation, including planting 8 million trees and 400,000 meters of hedgerows. This is your chance to join the largest landscape project of its kind in Europe. As a Senior Landscape Design Manager, you will play a critical client-side role in shaping a lasting green legacy for the UK. Your work will be essential to HS2 s long-term vision aims to leave a positive environmental legacy by conserving and enhancing habitats, even as it builds a major new railway. Reporting to the Head of Landscape, you will join a small, expert team as the third senior manager at this level. This is a strategic role focused on oversight and assurance, not hands-on design. You will be the client's "strong voice in the room," ensuring the project's landscape commitments are met to the highest standard. The Green Assets and main works civils are in Construction delivery & detailed design stage so looking for someone who can provide oversight and assurance on landscape design and also have site delivery experience on large landscaping projects parks, highways, rail, large construction sites, regeneration projects etc With 10 years remaining on the HS2 programme this role offers career opportunities both in the Landscape Design and Asset Management teams. The Role Act as the Landscape Design Subject Matter Expert (SME), setting strategic objectives and assuring design & Construction delivery quality across multiple contracts. Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification to ensure compliant, value-for-money landscape design solutions. Work closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams, Main Contractors, Construction Managers, NEC Supervisors, Environment and Planning teams, and site staff to meet programme milestones. Oversee on-site verification of landscape works, long-term maintenance/monitoring, and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes. Support handover and transition activities, including verification of green assets. Requirements Degree in Landscape Architecture (or equivalent) and ideally Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and or public realm design. Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects. Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies. Ability to influence, challenge, and verify landscape schemes through design, delivery, and handover stages. Significant experience in large-scale infrastructure projects. HS2 experience would be hugely beneficial. The confidence to challenge contractors and act as a decisive client representative. Holding contractors to account using contractual tools to drive performance
Nov 20, 2025
Full time
Senior Landscape Design Manager Location: Birmingham or London (Hybrid 3 days in office/Site) Multiple Site offices along line of route between London to Birmingham Salary: £70 77,500 & up to £83,672 in London + 12% Pension We are recruiting a Senior Landscape Design Manager to join the delivery team working on the High Speed Two programme. This is a rare opportunity to lead high-impact landscape and public realm design right across the HS2 programme where you will be part of a project delivering 3,500 hectares of landscape and ecology mitigation, including planting 8 million trees and 400,000 meters of hedgerows. This is your chance to join the largest landscape project of its kind in Europe. As a Senior Landscape Design Manager, you will play a critical client-side role in shaping a lasting green legacy for the UK. Your work will be essential to HS2 s long-term vision aims to leave a positive environmental legacy by conserving and enhancing habitats, even as it builds a major new railway. Reporting to the Head of Landscape, you will join a small, expert team as the third senior manager at this level. This is a strategic role focused on oversight and assurance, not hands-on design. You will be the client's "strong voice in the room," ensuring the project's landscape commitments are met to the highest standard. The Green Assets and main works civils are in Construction delivery & detailed design stage so looking for someone who can provide oversight and assurance on landscape design and also have site delivery experience on large landscaping projects parks, highways, rail, large construction sites, regeneration projects etc With 10 years remaining on the HS2 programme this role offers career opportunities both in the Landscape Design and Asset Management teams. The Role Act as the Landscape Design Subject Matter Expert (SME), setting strategic objectives and assuring design & Construction delivery quality across multiple contracts. Provide specialist technical leadership, guidance, and verification to ensure compliant, value-for-money landscape design solutions. Work closely with multidisciplinary delivery teams, Main Contractors, Construction Managers, NEC Supervisors, Environment and Planning teams, and site staff to meet programme milestones. Oversee on-site verification of landscape works, long-term maintenance/monitoring, and delivery of landscape mitigation outcomes. Support handover and transition activities, including verification of green assets. Requirements Degree in Landscape Architecture (or equivalent) and ideally Chartered Member of the Landscape Institute. Proven leadership as a subject matter expert in landscape and or public realm design. Experience managing or overseeing landscape delivery on large, complex infrastructure projects. Strong understanding of design assurance, delivery stages, cost, schedule, and multidisciplinary dependencies. Ability to influence, challenge, and verify landscape schemes through design, delivery, and handover stages. Significant experience in large-scale infrastructure projects. HS2 experience would be hugely beneficial. The confidence to challenge contractors and act as a decisive client representative. Holding contractors to account using contractual tools to drive performance
Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing Project High Speed Two (HS2) Location: Snowhill (Hybrid 3 days per week on site) Salary: £100,000 £110,400 + 12% employer pension Lead the Future of Occupational Health on One of Europe s Largest Infrastructure Programmes High Speed Two (HS2) is delivering the most ambitious transport infrastructure project in the UK for a generation. I am seeking a visionary Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing to shape, elevate and deliver HS2 s strategic health agenda across the entire HS2 programme including a vast, multi-tier supply chain supporting a total workforce of approximately 34,000 people. This is a rare and influential leadership opportunity within the HS2 client organisation. Your work will directly impact the health, wellbeing and performance of thousands of people and set new industry benchmarks for major project occupational health. Open to Occupational Health leaders from any high-risk industry including construction, manufacturing, transportation, mining, power, nuclear & chemical sectors. What matters most is your ability to use data (incident reporting, health analytics, exposure data) to drive measurable improvement, and your capability to influence and create meaningful change across a large, complex supply chain. The Role You will lead HS2 s Occupational Health & Wellbeing function, driving both organisational health improvements for our internal workforce (2,000+ staff) and health risk reduction across the broader programme. A core priority will be to lead, shape and formalise HS2 s three-year Occupational Health Strategic Plan. A major consultancy-led Occupational Health Review is already underway, and you will manage this work challenging both HS2 and its extensive supply chain to deliver meaningful, measurable improvements that go beyond industry standards. This role requires deep expertise, strategic influence and a passion for raising the bar across health management, worker protection and wellbeing innovation. Main occupational risks include noise, dust, vibrations, fatigue & stress & manual handling, Key Responsibilities Develop organisational occupational health policies, strategies and standards across both construction and operational environments. Lead health surveillance and monitoring programmes, ensuring robust management of workforce health risks. Design and deliver health and wellbeing communication, engagement and behavioural change strategies. Oversee HS2 s health assurance programmes, driving compliance, improved performance and continuous improvement. Innovate: champion new technology, design solutions and best practice approaches that eliminate or reduce health risks. Build collaborative partnerships with external organisations (NHS, local authorities, community groups) to support workforce and community wellbeing. Act as the Professional Head of Occupational Health, providing strategic guidance and expert advice to HS2 senior leadership. Influence and support contractors and suppliers to deliver consistent best-practice health management across the supply chain. Champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion across all aspects of occupational health and wellbeing. Design out Occupational health & wellbeing from both the construction and end state railway (operations and maintenance) About You You will bring the credibility, leadership and technical expertise to influence at programme level across a complex, high-risk, multi-contract environment. You will have: Degree-level education in a relevant health discipline (or equivalent). Strong working knowledge of occupational health legislation, standards and ethical frameworks. Excellent influencing and communication skills, able to drive change across a diverse supply chain. Experience developing and delivering health strategies in high-risk or technically complex industries (e.g. construction, rail, engineering, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemicals, nuclear). A track record of achieving tangible health improvements or delivering successful health programmes. Experience using data, insight and reporting systems to drive improvement and decision-making. Proven leadership capability with the ability to shape culture, influence senior stakeholders and inspire multidisciplinary teams. Why Join HS2? Shape industry-defining standards for health and wellbeing. Lead occupational health strategy at national programme scale. Work with diverse, high-performing partners across the UK. Competitive salary and 12% employer pension contribution. Hybrid working with a base at HS2 s Snowhill location with flexibility to work at other offices/sites. Be part of a project with a lasting legacy for the UK.
Nov 19, 2025
Full time
Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing Project High Speed Two (HS2) Location: Snowhill (Hybrid 3 days per week on site) Salary: £100,000 £110,400 + 12% employer pension Lead the Future of Occupational Health on One of Europe s Largest Infrastructure Programmes High Speed Two (HS2) is delivering the most ambitious transport infrastructure project in the UK for a generation. I am seeking a visionary Head of Occupational Health & Wellbeing to shape, elevate and deliver HS2 s strategic health agenda across the entire HS2 programme including a vast, multi-tier supply chain supporting a total workforce of approximately 34,000 people. This is a rare and influential leadership opportunity within the HS2 client organisation. Your work will directly impact the health, wellbeing and performance of thousands of people and set new industry benchmarks for major project occupational health. Open to Occupational Health leaders from any high-risk industry including construction, manufacturing, transportation, mining, power, nuclear & chemical sectors. What matters most is your ability to use data (incident reporting, health analytics, exposure data) to drive measurable improvement, and your capability to influence and create meaningful change across a large, complex supply chain. The Role You will lead HS2 s Occupational Health & Wellbeing function, driving both organisational health improvements for our internal workforce (2,000+ staff) and health risk reduction across the broader programme. A core priority will be to lead, shape and formalise HS2 s three-year Occupational Health Strategic Plan. A major consultancy-led Occupational Health Review is already underway, and you will manage this work challenging both HS2 and its extensive supply chain to deliver meaningful, measurable improvements that go beyond industry standards. This role requires deep expertise, strategic influence and a passion for raising the bar across health management, worker protection and wellbeing innovation. Main occupational risks include noise, dust, vibrations, fatigue & stress & manual handling, Key Responsibilities Develop organisational occupational health policies, strategies and standards across both construction and operational environments. Lead health surveillance and monitoring programmes, ensuring robust management of workforce health risks. Design and deliver health and wellbeing communication, engagement and behavioural change strategies. Oversee HS2 s health assurance programmes, driving compliance, improved performance and continuous improvement. Innovate: champion new technology, design solutions and best practice approaches that eliminate or reduce health risks. Build collaborative partnerships with external organisations (NHS, local authorities, community groups) to support workforce and community wellbeing. Act as the Professional Head of Occupational Health, providing strategic guidance and expert advice to HS2 senior leadership. Influence and support contractors and suppliers to deliver consistent best-practice health management across the supply chain. Champion Equality, Diversity & Inclusion across all aspects of occupational health and wellbeing. Design out Occupational health & wellbeing from both the construction and end state railway (operations and maintenance) About You You will bring the credibility, leadership and technical expertise to influence at programme level across a complex, high-risk, multi-contract environment. You will have: Degree-level education in a relevant health discipline (or equivalent). Strong working knowledge of occupational health legislation, standards and ethical frameworks. Excellent influencing and communication skills, able to drive change across a diverse supply chain. Experience developing and delivering health strategies in high-risk or technically complex industries (e.g. construction, rail, engineering, manufacturing, oil & gas, chemicals, nuclear). A track record of achieving tangible health improvements or delivering successful health programmes. Experience using data, insight and reporting systems to drive improvement and decision-making. Proven leadership capability with the ability to shape culture, influence senior stakeholders and inspire multidisciplinary teams. Why Join HS2? Shape industry-defining standards for health and wellbeing. Lead occupational health strategy at national programme scale. Work with diverse, high-performing partners across the UK. Competitive salary and 12% employer pension contribution. Hybrid working with a base at HS2 s Snowhill location with flexibility to work at other offices/sites. Be part of a project with a lasting legacy for the UK.
