Head of IT

At EKFB we're shaping Infrastructure for a better tomorrow. All four of our partners (Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial and BAM) bring specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high speed rail projects. We're currently looking for Head of IT to join our Routewide team based in Milton Keynes. In this role, you will work alongside, oversee and manage the delivery from 3rd party contractors including Advania, Trellisworks, Vodafone and act as a technical reviewer and approver for ITIL change management process. With a good technical oversight of the estate, you will be able to understand and potentially flag any issues. You will help to coordinate and prioritise work in the event of serious situations (e.g. network outages, data loss), put robust processes in place and create document archive to streamline delivery. Part of this role is involvement in business systems projects to provide technical input/oversight and maintain with key partners (Advania, Vodafone, HS2), IT asset management procedures to include hardware and software. You will oversight of the mobilisation/demobilisation of the construction sites and offices, touchpoint and escalation point for the business and Man-mark the Trellisworks PM and direct Advania local support staff. You will also respond to the needs of the temporary works requirement of the project and timeline planning to account for business needs v's connectivity needs (i.e. interpendent connections via line of site). In addition, you will look to repurpose equipment as sustainably as possible, plan for a hardware refresh dependent on project timelines, mobile phone compliance lifecycle and planned replacement, work with key business contacts to order and provide correct hardware for business needs and manage and scaling of Office 365 applications according to the business needs.

EKFB is a joint venture that brings together international, market leading expertise from four leading civil engineering and construction companies: Eiffage, Kier, Ferrovial Construction and BAM Nuttall. All four partners have specialist expertise in the design, construction, operation, financing and maintenance of railway networks, including the construction of one of Europe's latest high-speed rail projects. EKFB is proud to have been appointed by HS2 to deliver civil engineering works across an 80km section of the new high-speed rail link between the Chiltern Tunnel and Long Itchington Wood. Our scope of the works includes 15 viaducts, 5km of green tunnels, 22km of road diversions, 67 overbridges and around 30 million cubic metres of excavation. EKFB is committed to improving lives, communities and the engineering and construction industry by providing sustained employment opportunities and being a good neighbour, protecting the environment and the places we work.