Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Listed on three major stock markets: Nasdaq (US), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands) and IBEX 35 (Spain), we are also member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide., including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.
Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its capacity to design and build civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track-record to date includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads (including 2,485 miles of highways), 2920 miles of railroad lines (including 434 miles of high-speed railroads) and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.
Why Ferrovial?
- Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
- Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
- Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
- Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
- Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.
Job Description:
As Senior Surveying Engineer, you will serve as the technical authority for all surveying matters within Ferrovial Construction at Heathrow Airport, providing leadership, governance and specialist expertise across multiple projects from tender stage to completion.
You will be responsible for ensuring surveying activities are delivered safely, accurately and in accordance with project requirements, while supporting the development of surveying capability, standards and innovation across the organisation.
Responsibilities and duties
- Acting as the technical authority and main point of contact for technical surveying matters.
- Managing and coordinating surveyors and specialist subcontractors across multiple projects, including collaboration with project managers, site teams, designers and client representatives.
- Ensuring surveying personnel are trained, competent and working safely, while mentoring junior surveyors and supporting capability development.
- Providing technical support, troubleshooting and guidance on survey-related issues across projects.
- Planning and managing survey activities, including methodologies, accuracy requirements, resources, programmes, desk studies and site familiarisation.
- Reviewing and approving drawings, specifications, methodologies, setting out strategies and subcontractor deliverables to ensure compliance with project requirements.
- Establishing and maintaining survey control networks, including GNSS, traversing and precise levelling, and overseeing audits and verification checks.
- Delivering and managing structural monitoring, laser scanning, and digital survey outputs.
- Managing QA/QC processes, including data validation, accuracy checks, instrument calibration, and verification procedures.
- Identifying survey risks, investigating discrepancies, and implementing mitigation and corrective actions.
- Supporting design teams by advising on survey constraints, assumptions and achievable tolerances.
- Developing and maintaining surveying standards, procedures and best practices.
- Managing survey equipment selection, procurement, hire and utilisation.
- Researching and implementing innovative surveying technologies and digital workflows (e.g. laser scanning, robotics, UAVs).
- Providing surveying input into tenders, methodologies, construction planning and technical proposals.
- Supporting the continuous development of surveying capability across the business.
Qualifications and Experience
- Preferably qualified to diploma or certificate level in civil engineering, geomatics or land surveying
- Technical knowledge: Expert-level understanding of modern surveying instruments GNSS/GPS, 3D lazer scanners, digital levels, total stations and drafting / mapping software Autocad, Civil 3D, StarNet, ReCap, Leica Cyclone / Trimble Business Center/Leica GeoMos/ Pix4D , GIS and similar
- Site and office surveying experience
- Experience of leading and managing survey teams / projects. Using Leica/ Trimble/Topcon instruments. On field GPS static measurements and transformations, primary control installation measurements, and adjustment calculations. Setting up and managing monitoring reports. Developing method statement and risk assessments.
Skills and Competencies
- Knowledge of, or experience in, the construction industry
- Experience operating Total Stations and Automated Levels
- Experience in Instrumentation and Monitoring (preferential)
- Experience in interpreting data from the survey campaigns
- Highly detail-oriented
- Strong analytical skills
- IT skills, including knowledge of industry-specific software
Please note that this job description does not represent a comprehensive list of activities and employees may be requested to undertake other reasonable duties
Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!
Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.
#WeAreFerrovial
Join Ferrovial: Where Innovation Meets Opportunity
Are you ready to elevate your career with a global leader in infrastructure solving complex problems and generating a positive outcome on people’s lives? At Ferrovial, we are not just a company; we are a community of innovators and trailblazers. Listed on three major stock markets: Nasdaq (US), Euronext Amsterdam (Netherlands) and IBEX 35 (Spain), we are also member of the Dow Jones Sustainability Index and FTSE4Good. We operate in more than 15 countries and have a workforce of over 24,000 professionals worldwide., including Highways, Airports, Construction, and Energy.
Ferrovial Construction is internationally recognized for its capacity to design and build civil engineering and construction projects, mainly in large transportation infrastructure. Its track-record to date includes more than 304 miles of tunnels, 11,930 miles of roads (including 2,485 miles of highways), 2920 miles of railroad lines (including 434 miles of high-speed railroads) and 16,994 miles of road maintenance and repair.
Why Ferrovial?
- Global presence, local impact: Be part of a company that is shaping the future of infrastructure worldwide, with challenging roles and projects that make a real difference.
- Collaborative excellence: Work alongside talented professionals in a collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
- Inclusive Culture: Thrive in an innovative and respectful workplace that values every voice, celebrates what makes us unique and turns differences into innovation.
- Career growth: Benefit from global and cross-business unit mobility, with development processes designed to ensure your professional growth.
- Compelling benefits and employee wellbeing: Enjoy a comprehensive benefits package that rewards your hard work and dedication and take advantage of initiatives designed to support your physical and psychological health.
- Productivity tools: Utilize cutting-edge tools like Microsoft Copilot to enhance your productivity and efficiency.
Job Description:
Land Surveyor Lead
About the Role
The Ferrovial BAM Joint Venture has a successful history of delivering critical infrastructure projects for the UK on time and to budget together in a joint venture partnership. The JV is now delivering the track infrastructure across the entire HS2 route.
We are seeking a highly experienced and forward-thinking Chief / Principal Engineering Surveyor to lead the engineering surveying strategy and delivery across all HS2 Track Systems works. This is a senior, high-impact role that spans all three project Lots, with responsibility for technical leadership, assurance, innovation, and stakeholder collaboration on one of the UK’s biggest infrastructure programmes.
You will oversee and direct survey operations from project initiation through to final handover, ensuring technical excellence, compliance, and digital innovation throughout. This is a unique opportunity to help shape national surveying practices, drive the adoption of advanced digital construction methods, and mentor the next generation of survey professionals in a high-profile, industry-defining environment.
Key Responsibilities
Strategic Leadership
- Define and implement the Survey Management Plan for the HS2 Track Systems contract.
- Lead all survey-related design, planning and operational activities, including:
- Development, Implementation and Management of Survey Control Network
- Management of information and as-built verification (TESB – Topographical Engineering Survey Baseline)
- Setting out for civils and permanent way (P-Way)
- Reality Capture
- Monitoring
- GIS integration
- Final survey handover deliverables
- Align survey activities with wider project strategies in engineering, commercial, and digital delivery.
Technical Oversight & Assurance
- Lead technical assurance and quality control across all survey operations.
- Ensure full compliance with HS2 technical standards, client specifications, and industry best practices.
- Plan and coordinate survey works across all Lots, managing key interfaces to ensure programme delivery.
Stakeholder Engagement
- Act as the primary technical interface for Ferrovial BAM Rail Systems (FBRS) with HS2 Ltd, design teams, JV partners, local authorities, and other stakeholders.
- Provide expert technical advice, insight on risk, and accurate reporting to internal leadership and external partners.
Innovation & Development
- Drive innovation in digital construction, automation, survey technologies, and track system methodologies.
- Champion lean surveying principles and integrated data workflows across the full project lifecycle.
Operational Leadership
- Guide and support site engineering teams with control, monitoring, setting out, and verification activities.
- Ensure the timely, cost-effective delivery of high-quality survey outputs to support both design and construction.
Professional Development & Industry Engagement
- Mentor teams in surveying, site engineering, and digital workflows across the programme.
- Promote professional accreditation (e.g. CICES, RICS) and lead training, development, and sponsorship initiatives.
- Represent the organisation at industry events, conferences, and technical forums to promote knowledge-sharing and best practice.
Candidate Profile
Essential Experience
- Extensive senior-level experience in engineering surveying on major civil infrastructure programmes including design of Survey Control Network
- Experience in delivering high-speed rail or slab track works.
- Leadership experience within a Tier 1 contractor or major JV
Qualifications
- Member (ideally Fellow) of CICES, RICS, or equivalent recognised professional body.
- Degree, HND, or equivalent qualification in Surveying, Geomatics, Civil Engineering, or a related field.
Key Skills
- Strong leadership and mentoring capabilities with excellent stakeholder engagement skills.
- Clear and confident communicator able to represent surveying interests at all levels.
- Advanced knowledge of engineering surveying practices, digital workflows, and relevant technical standards.
Knowledge
- Desirable – Deep understanding of HS2 technical requirements, Network Rail standards, and UK rail infrastructure regulations.
- Awareness of the commercial, legal, and technological factors influencing major infrastructure delivery.
Seize the challenge. Move the world together! Innovative, creative, respectful, and diverse are some of the ways we describe ourselves. We are motivated by challenges, and we collaborate across our business units to move the world together. Your journey to a fulfilling career starts here!
Ferrovial is an equal opportunity employer. We treat all jobs applications equally, regardless of gender, color, race, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, pregnancy, sexual orientation, gender identity and expression, covered veteran status or protected genetic information (each, a “Protected Class”), or any other protected class in accordance with applicable laws.
#WeAreFerrovial
