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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Alliance Configuration Management Engineer - **Company:** BAM UK & Ireland - **Location:** London, UK - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Building Information Modeling, Configuration Management, Information Model, Systems Integration - **Published:** August 17, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.totaljobs.com/job/configuration-management-engineer/bam-uk-ireland-job107855908 ## About the Role * Degree in Civil or Mechanical Engineering (or related field). * Strong understanding of configuration management principles (e.g. ISO 10007). * Experience in large infrastructure or rail projects. * Knowledge of BIM and digital engineering practices (e.g. ISO 19650). * Experience with change con trol processes and systems integration. * Strong stakeholder management and communication skills. ## Description We are now recruiting for an Alliance Configuration Management Engineer to join the HS2 Track infrastructure project and represent us at alliance level. The Rail Systems Alliance structure is designed to manage interfaces, develop common ways of working and resolve any program conflicts with other parties. The alliance informs members how to work together on design, access, resources, and logistics to achieve shared goals for cost and schedule. Your team * This role will be based at our project offices in London Euston. Making Possible The Alliance Configuration Management Engineer is responsible for developing, implementing, and assuring the configuration management framework across the Rail Systems Alliance. Working closely with alliance partners and stakeholders, you will ensure a consistent approach to configuration control, change management, and interface management across multiple contracts and disciplines. This role is critical in ensuring that designs, approvals, and delivered assets remain aligned, traceable, and compliant throughout the asset lifecycle, supporting effective project delivery and governance across the alliance. * Configuration Identification: Define the alliance approach to identifying and maintaining configuration items, including track slab designs, materials and components. Establish common configuration baseline principles and ensure alignment between design documentation, BIM models and physical assets across alliance members. * Configuration Control (Change Management): Develop and agree common change control methods and governance arrangements across the alliance. Provide assurance that impacts to cost, schedule, safety and performance are appropriately assessed and that changes are reviewed, approved and documented before implementation. * Configuration Status Accounting: Define and oversee the configuration status accounting approach across alliance members, ensuring configuration records, registers and revision histories are maintained consistently, remain auditable and provide visibility of current configuration status. * Verification and Audit: Establish assurance requirements and support audits, inspections and quality reviews to confirm that approved configurations are being implemented correctly and remain compliant with HS2 standards and contractual requirements. * Information and Digital Management: Coordinate the integration of configuration management with BIM and digital engineering processes. Promote consistent control of documentation, models and asset information and support development of the Asset Information Model for handover. * Governance and Process Development: Develop, maintain and continuously improve alliance-wide configuration management procedures aligned with HS2 and Rail Systems Alliance requirements. Support governance forums, assurance activities and cross-contract issue resolution. * Support escalation and resolution of cross-contract configuration and interface issues. * Engage with HS2, delivery partners and assurance bodies to promote alignment on configuration management principles and practices. * Lead or support alliance-wide configuration management working groups and forums. ## Related Videos - [Model Based Systems Engineering in an Agile Product Development Process](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/68-model-based-systems-engineering-in-an-agile-product-development-process) - [Terraform for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/3-terraform-for-developers) - [OPC UA Updates and Trends](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1215-opc-ua-updates-and-trends) - [AI Agents & Agentic AI](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2017-ai-agents-agentic-ai) - [One Pipeline, Three Regulator - SBOM Compliance for the Developer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100169-one-pipeline-three-regulator-sbom-compliance-for-the-developer) - [AI in Regulated Industry - Validating AI-Enabled Products with PLM and Digital Twins](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/2065-ai-in-regulated-industry-validating-ai-enabled-products-with-plm-and-digital-twins) ## Related Articles - [UK Business Culture and Etiquette](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/326-uk-business-culture-and-etiquette) - [From developer to manager – what does it take to become an engineering manager?](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/42-from-developer-to-manager-what-does-it-take-to-become-an-engineering-manager) - [Data Engineer Salary UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/253-data-engineer-salary-uk) - [IT Salaries in UK](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/288-it-salaries-in-uk) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Best Companies to work for in London: Top 25 Companies in 2023](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/187-best-companies-to-work-for-in-london-top-25-companies-in-2023)