Graduate - Railway Operations Asset Management

1 week ago

Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom HS2 Full time
Job Description

HS2 is Britain's new high-speed railway connecting London and Birmingham. It is the first new intercity railway to be built north of London in more than a century.

At HS2 we offer a variety of two-year rotational graduate programmes across various disciplines, providing graduates with opportunities to learn, grow and develop in their area of expertise.

We currently havean opportunity for a Railway Operations Asset Management graduate available, supporting the Commercial Operations and Customer team, within the Operations & Maintenance department. The role will be based at our Snowhill Office in Birmingham, with opportunities available to undertake placements at other HS2 offices/sites, therefore travel will be required.

The Operations & Maintenance department will be the future operator of the railway. This means that we lead the programme of work to create the capabilities and processes to run the railway and gain the license to operate the infrastructure, while supporting the HS2 Programme, project managers and engineers to ensure the requirements within the operational concepts are realised.

Dependant on business requirements, your rotations may include placements with the following teams within the Operations & Maintenance team:
  • Infrastructure Manager Operations. Responsiblefor developing the arrangements to safely operate the railway in a truly integrated way. Including: defining how we will operate the railway utilising train command, control and traffic management systems in the Network Integrated Control Centre (NICC), influencing the design of stations, developing training and processes for staff to demonstrate competence, ensuring the delivery of the rolling stock and depots meets operational needs, developing and planning the operational timetable, development of operational rules, standards and procedures, and planning exercises to ensure the railway is ready to operate.
    • Infrastructure Maintenance and Asset Management. Responsiblefor developing arrangements to safely maintain assets on the railway and in stations, ensuring the railway can be maintained to provide optimum levels of availability and reliability. This includes managing contracts, development of engineering standards, procurement of on track machines and managing the information being delivered from building the assets, setting up systems to manage this information and establishing data analytics to understand the data and bring it to life.
      • Commercial Operations & Customer. Responsible for building the commercial structure for the operation of the railway, including the commercial arrangements with the future train operator, train maintainer, other infrastructure managers and future adverting and retail opportunities.
        • Operations Strategy & Programme Management. This team lead on the development of the Operations & Maintenance strategy by setting objectives and scope, making decisions on optimal solutions for future railway operations and managing stakeholders to secure a strategy that delivers the benefits and long-term value of HS2.
          • Ergonomics. This team use information about human abilities, attributes and limitations, and apply methods and techniques to investigate and predict people's behaviour, in turn this will help us to design a railway and an operating organisation that maximises the safety, performance, efficiency, and reliability of the HS2 network.
          Skills:
          • Ability to build effective and collaborative working relationships within multidisciplinary teams and with a variety of stakeholders
            • Ability to compile, assess and analyse information, data and reports
              • Planning and organisational skills, with the ability to prioritise and deliver day to day tasks to agreed deadlines and agreed standards
                • Ability to communicate effectively using a range of mediums, including presentations
                  • Ability to evaluate complex issues and problem solve
                  Knowledge:
                  • On track to achieve or already hold a minimum of a 2:2 bachelor's degree (or non-UK equivalent) in Business Management, Project Management, Asset Management, Railway Operations, Economics or Transport Planning
                    • Knowledge of IT software such as MS Word, Excel and PowerPoint (or equivalent)
                    Does HS2 offer sponsorship if I do not have the Right to Work in the UK?

                    To be eligible to apply to the HS2 Graduate scheme for our September 2025 in-take, any applicant will need to already have the on-going Right to Work in the UK, that is not time-bound in any way.

                    Due to the nature of our organisation, HS2 are not able to sponsor any applications as we do not hold the required sponsorship license from the UK Home Office and candidates are not allowed to sponsor themselves.

                    We appreciate the Right to Work question can be complex to understand, so if you are unsure of your Right to Work status in the UK, please email us atHS2Jobs@hs2.org.ukand we will be happy to advise further.Please note, to enable HS2 to comply with UK Home Office policy, your Right to Work status will be checked early in the recruitment process.

                    Our graduate programme salaries:

                    Salaries are currently pending pay review however please see below figures based on 2024;

                    Outside of London

                    Basic £23,750.50 + 15% Flexible allowance

                    Please note the rotational placements may vary and are subject to business requirements.
About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK's new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain's major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others' health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our 'Safe at Heart' programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

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