Graduate - Project Management

HS2 is Britains new highspeed railway connecting London and Birmingham. It is the first new intercity railway to be built north of London in more than a century.

The HS2 Project Management Graduate programme is a twoyear rotational programme that has been specifically tailored to build capability and competence in various aspects of project management. The programme will provide you with experience and exposure to the different aspects of project management through role rotations onthejob training technical qualifications support from technical leads and mentoring.

We have a Project Management graduate opportunity based at our Snow Hill Offices in Birmingham. This will also include regular travel to other sites and office locations across the HS2 line of route.

Graduate rotations placements will likely include the following;

• Programme Controls (PC): A PC placement will provide an understanding of how consistent standards and controls are developed and deployed to ensure the HS2 project is on target to deliver its benefits and that HS2s Executive Team Senior Leadership Team and external sponsors are given accurate timely and consistent performance updates.

• Delivery Management: A Delivery Management placement will build your understanding of how projects and programmes deliver to achieve the outcomes and benefits they have agreed to within the constraints of time cost and quality the core of what project delivery is all about.

• Delivery Support Function: Project delivery is supported and delivered by many functions such as Construction; Health Safety and Security; Engineering; Logistics; Planning; Sponsorship; etc. This placement will widen your understanding of the multitude of interfacing teams and the coordination between all parties is required to achieve project success.

About You:

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 degree (or nonUK equivalent)

• 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 intake any applicant will need to already have the ongoing Right to Work in the UK that is not timebound in any way.

Due to the nature of our organisation HS2 arenot able to sponsor any applicationsas 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 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 London

Birmingham: BasicFlexible allowance

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