Project Manager [Fleet]

Network Rail; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Rail is seeking a Project Manager to lead sustainability initiatives, focusing on carbon reduction for the vehicle road fleet. The role involves managing projects, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and collaborating with various stakeholders to achieve net-zero targets. Ideal candidates will have a degree, project management experience, and strong communication skills.

Qualifications

• Relevant successful experience in project management.
• Detailed knowledge of safety regulations (particularly CDM).
• Membership of the Association for Project Management or other professional body.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a portfolio of projects ensuring quality and efficiency.
• Develop and implement project management standards and processes.
• Liaise with internal and external customers to address needs.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Team leadership

Knowledge of safety regulations

Commercial understanding

Education

Degree or equivalent

Job description

Location

Glasgow, GB

Department Name

Scotland

About Network Rail

At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family, and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. For more information about Network Rail click here

Brief Description

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of delivering Network Rail’s sustainability commitments. The Project Manager will deliver carbon reduction on our vehicle road fleet, by delivering electrification vehicle charging infrastructure and other technologies throughout Scotland, to meet the committed net zero agreed targets.

The Project Manager will work with multiple business customers and suppliers to deliver the Road fleet decarbonisation projects to agreed scope, cost and quality, whilst delivering efficiently and to meet the committed targets agreed within the control period business plan.

About The Role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Deliver a portfolio of projects.
• Provide a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to the clients, including project monitoring and reporting systems.
• Develop and implement relevant project management standards, processes and procedures.
• Develop and deliver a specific programme/projects on time, to budget and to other agreed success criteria, within corporate guidelines.
• Produce investment proposals and plans for projects, in accordance with Investment Regulations.
• Deliver within the assurance framework and agreed KPIs for project management activities.
• Deliver the effective development and management of suppliers and staff to meet all corporate rules and means of control (including standards), in particular those relating to safety, quality and environment, and disseminate lessons learned.
• Delivery the effective development and management of suppliers to meet programme requirements.
• Establish and manage collaborative cross functional teams to deliver change projects, where applicable.
• Identify and implement quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Develop the capability and professional development of staff within the project management team.
• Liaise with internal and external customers to address customer needs by fully understanding them and taking them into consideration in any strategic or policy changes that may arise.
• Participate in the development of supply strategies and framework contracts.
• Control project change, risks and contingency within the project life cycle and provide all cost, contingency and programme details to enable the Sponsor to obtain authorisation for portfolios / programmes / projects.
• Provide a safe working environment in the execution of work directly under the post holder’s responsibility, including development of project safety plans and other associated documentation.
• Discharge Network Rail’s CDM related duties as required by company process.
• Identify training needs in safety, technical and management areas for the personnel reporting to the post holder and contribute to their personal development.
• Knowledge of electric vehicles and infrastructure/technologies.
  
  
  

What you will bring to the role: -

• Degree or equivalent
• Relevant successful experience in project management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Detailed knowledge of safety regulations (particularly CDM)
• Team leader capable of motivating the team
• Commercial and financial understanding and knowledge
• Membership of the Association for Project Management or other professional body
  
  
  

It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Knowledge of investment processes and procedures
• Knowledge and understanding of project and contract management
  
  
  

How To Apply (External)

Salary: £55,596 - £63,797 per annum

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Closing date: Midnight on 23rd May 2025.

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications.Late applications will not be accepted.

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We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you’re unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

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Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.