Join AECOM's expanding Rail Project Manager Teams Accross UK & Ireland

AECOM; Manchester; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Career development

Social Value Hours

Job summary

AECOM in the United Kingdom seeks an experienced Rail Project Manager to lead delivery of complex rail programmes across the UK and Ireland. You will work with industry-leading specialists to drive scope, design, and execution, ensuring safety, quality and on-time performance while coordinating with clients and stakeholders.

The role offers a flexible hybrid working pattern, opportunities for global collaboration, and a focus on career development and social value contributions through 16 paid

Qualifications

• Proven experience delivering complex rail projects.
• Strong ability to coordinate across design, engineering and delivery teams.
• Demonstrated stakeholder engagement and risk management skills.

Responsibilities

• Lead delivery of major rail projects across the UK & Ireland.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary design and engineering teams to meet client goals.
• Manage stakeholders, risks and programme performance to ensure safety and on-time delivery.

Skills

Rail project management

Stakeholder management

Multidisciplinary coordination

Rail systems knowledge

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we're delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Lead the Delivery of the Future Railway with AECOM

Rail Project Managers | UK & Ireland

Are you a passionate Project Manager with interest and experience in the Rai sector, looking to play a pivotal role in delivering some of the most exciting rail infrastructure programmes across the United Kingdom and Ireland?

At AECOM, we're experiencing significant growth across our Rail and Transportation business, with a strong pipeline of major infrastructure opportunities that will help shape the future of mobility, connectivity and sustainable transport. As we continue to expand, we're seeking experienced Rail Project Managers to join our dynamic teams and lead the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary rail projects.

Why This Role?

As a Rail Project Manager at AECOM, you'll be at the forefront of project delivery, working alongside industry-leading specialists across:

• Complex, multidisciplinary railway enhancement projects
• Critical renewals portfolios
• Iconic stations
• Transformational regeneration programmes
• Rail integration and assurance

You’ll bring disciplines together, manage diverse stakeholder groups, drive project performance, and ensure safe, innovative and efficient delivery throughout the project lifecycle.

What You’ll Be Working On

From major rail enhancement programmes and station developments to electrification, multidisciplinary design and strategic transportation initiatives, you’ll contribute to projects that make a lasting impact to our communities across the UK and Ireland.

Why AECOM?

Deliver Meaningful Projects

Be part of ambitious rail infrastructure programmes that improve journeys, connect communities and support economic growth.

Collaborate with Industry Experts

Work alongside some of the rail industry's most talented Electrical Power, OLE, Civil Engineering and Technical Specialists.

Flexible Hybrid Working

Enjoy a flexible approach to when and where you work through our industry-leading Freedom to Grow philosophy.

Career Development Without Limits

Access global opportunities, technical excellence networks and clear pathways for career progression.

Give Back to Your Community

Benefit from 16 paid Social Value Hours each year, empowering you to support causes and initiatives that matter to you.

Ready to Make an Impact?

If you're an experienced Rail Project Manager looking for your next challenge and want to help deliver the next generation of rail infrastructure across the UK and Ireland, we'd love to hear from you.

Join AECOM and help connect communities, drive innovation, and shape the future of transportation.

Qualifications

We are searching for experienced Rail Project Managers at AECOM, you'll be at the forefront of project delivery, working alongside industry-leading specialists.

Ideally, you will have proven experience in the following:

• Complex, multidisciplinary railway enhancement projects
• Critical renewals portfolios
• Iconic stations
• Transformational regeneration programmes
• Rail integration and assurance

You’ll bring disciplines together, manage diverse stakeholder groups, drive project performance, and ensure safe, innovative and efficient delivery throughout the project lifecycle.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in-person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address [e-mail] if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: REF59896K

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Engineering

Work Location Model: Hybrid