Project Director - Rail

ameygroupi; City Of London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Personal development and progression

Competitive salary and compensation

Generous pension scheme

25 days annual leave + holidays

Flexible benefits scheme

Save with Amey discounts

Affinity Networks

Social Impact Days

Job summary

Amey Ltd seeks a Project Director to lead complex rail and light rail infrastructure programmes from concept through to handover. You will provide strategic leadership across technical, commercial and programme functions to deliver high-quality, safe design solutions for major clients such as Transport for Wales, Network Rail and Transport for London.

You will lead multidisciplinary teams, drive a high-performing project culture focused on safety and collaboration, and build strong client

Qualifications

• Experience delivering large-scale rail or light rail projects in a design or programme leadership capacity.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams across complex, regulated environments.
• Strong commercial awareness with experience delivering projects under NEC or similar contract frameworks.
• Experience working with major UK rail clients or equivalent infrastructure organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels.
• Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject.
• Fellowship of the Association for Project Management already held or to be gained within six months of commencement in the role.
• Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status with the Association for Project Management.

Responsibilities

• Provide overall accountability for delivery of rail design programmes and ensure alignment to client outcomes and business strategy.
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams to deliver project and programme outcomes.
• Establish a high-performing project culture focused on safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement.
• Act as project management SME, directing project management teams, managers, clients and suppliers across the business.
• Lead the preparation and checking of project management information to deliver commissions within quality, cost and programme constraints.
• Drive commercial success of projects within their portfolio.
• Liaise with client and supplier representatives up to director level; present proposals.
• Identify opportunities for project management initiatives and sponsor their development.
• Act as people manager when required by the business.

Skills

Rail project delivery leadership

Multi-disciplinary design leadership

Commercial awareness (NEC contracts)

Stakeholder management

Project management leadership

People management

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor/Master in relevant subject

Fellowship of the Association for Project Management

Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status

Tools

Microsoft Project

Primavera P6

NEC contracts knowledge

Job description

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We are seeking an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary rail and light rail infrastructure programmes. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the successful delivery of major design commissions across the full project lifecycle from concept and optioneering through to detailed design and handover.

You will provide strategic leadership across technical, commercial, and programme functions, ensuring high-quality, safe, and deliverable design solutions for clients including Transport for Wales, Network Rail and Transport for London

We welcome applications from Project Directors across the Southwest, Bristol, Cardiff, and wider London region.

What will the role offer?

The standard working week is 37.5 hours, with flexible working practices available to support how you work as your life evolves.

What you will be doing

The main focus of the role:

• To provide overall accountability for the delivery of rail design programmes, ensuring alignment to client outcomes, programme objectives, and business strategy
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams to deliver project and or programme outcomes
• Establish a high-performing project culture focused on safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement

The Project Director will act as a project management subject matter expert, providing clear direction, guidance, and oversight to project management teams, operational leaders, clients, and suppliers across the business. This includes leading multidisciplinary teams across projects, accounts, and locations, and undertaking line management responsibilities where required. The core focus of the role is to drive project management excellence across the organisation, supporting teams with best practice, consistency, and high performance.

This is a pivotal leadership role within Amey, responsible for ensuring that high-performing, technical teams are effectively mobilised to develop innovative and high-quality solutions for framework tenders. The Project Director will provide strategic leadership across Technical, Bidding, and Programme functions to support successful work-winning and delivery outcomes.

In addition, the role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing clients, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing project delivery environment. A blend of technical expertise, project leadership, and stakeholder management will be essential to ensure successful outcomes across the framework.

Responsibilities include:

• To act as project management specialist and subject matter expert, providing direction, guidance and supervision as appropriate to project management teams, operational managers, clients and suppliers
• Leading and directing the preparation and checking of project management related information that enables Amey Consulting commissions to be delivered whilst satisfying the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives up to director level, including presenting proposals
• Identifying opportunities for project management initiatives and sponsoring their development
• Leading the preparation of bids and the general work-winning function, including the role of bid director
• Assuming the role of people manager when required by the business.

What you will bring to us:

• Proven track record delivering large-scale rail or light rail infrastructure projects in a design or programme leadership capacity.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams across complex, regulated environments.
• Strong commercial awareness, with demonstrable experience delivering projects under NEC or similar contract frameworks.
• Experience working with major UK rail clients or equivalent infrastructure organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
• Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject
• Fellowship of the Association for Project Management already held or to be gained within six months of commencement in the role
• Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status with the Association for Project Management
• Applies deep expertise of project management theory and principles to rarely seen situations which require the creation of an outcome from first principles
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of the project management field, with the ability to manage others. Demonstrates a full understanding of the project scope and acts as project management lead for both minor and major projects
• Highly experience with project management software and tools. Good ability to check work produced by others and able to validate and approve the use of new tools
• Demonstrates high level commercial awareness. Can identify opportunities for project scope variations
• Excellent knowledge of suppliers and the services they provide, maintained through regular contact

What we can offer

Our benefits are designed to help you thrive at work and in your home life. You will have the flexibility to choose benefits and development opportunities that are best for you.

Some of our benefits include:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition
• Competitive salary and compensation
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey
• 25 days annual leave, plus bank holidays
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buy additional annual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership
• Our Save with Amey programme gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities

About Amey:

Who we are:Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems.

What we do:We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defense systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

Diversity and Inclusion:We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams andwelcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age.

We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role.

Please contact our recruitment team at [e-mail] to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.