Project Management Professional (Rail Infrastructure)

Arcadis; Manchester; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Arcadis in Manchester is seeking experienced rail project professionals to join our growing rail team as Assistant Project Manager, Project Manager or Senior Project Manager. You will support or lead the development and delivery of major rail infrastructure and asset protection schemes, ensuring safe, sustainable outcomes.

You'll work with multidisciplinary teams across projects, applying your rail experience to manage scope, schedule, cost, risk and governance while mentoring colleagues and

Qualifications

• Previous rail industry experience is essential for every appointment level.
• Knowledge of project management principles (scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, governance and change).
• Strong organizational and communication skills.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of budgets and contracts.

Responsibilities

• Manage or support multidisciplinary teams delivering rail projects across programmes.
• Oversee scope, delivery plans, milestones and project controls.
• Coordinate interfaces between clients, contractors, operators, asset owners and disciplines.
• Manage risks, issues, change, governance and assurance requirements.
• Monitor programme performance on cost, quality and safety.
• Support commercial management, procurement and budget control.
• Communicate updates and decisions to stakeholders.
• Lead and mentor project teams at senior levels.

Skills

Rail industry experience

Project management

Stakeholder management

Governance & change

Budget awareness

Job description

Arcadis is the world's leading company delivering sustainable design, engineering, and consultancy solutions for natural and built assets.

We are more than 34,000 people, in over 30 countries, dedicated to improving quality of life. Everyone has an important role to play. With the power of many curious minds, together we can solve the world’s most complex challenges and deliver more impact together.

Role description:

Are you an experienced project management professional looking to help deliver major Rail infrastructure projects?

We are seeking talented Assistant Project Managers, Project Managers and Senior Project Managers to join our growing rail team. Working across a diverse portfolio of current and upcoming rail infrastructure and asset protection projects you will support or lead the safe and successful development and delivery of rail infrastructure and externally funded schemes.

The level of appointment will reflect your experience, leadership capability and the complexity of projects you can independently manage.

This is an opportunity to contribute to challenging rail programmes and projects, working alongside multidisciplinary teams to deliver safe, responsible and sustainable outcomes.

Whether you are building your career as an Assistant Project Manager or already leading complex programmes at Senior Project Manager level, we will match the opportunity and level of responsibility to your skills and experience.

Role accountabilities:

Depending on your experience, you will support or lead multidisciplinary teams delivering projects across the operational railway. Your responsibilities may include:

• Managing project scope, delivery plans, milestones and project controls
• Supporting or leading rail infrastructure, asset protection and third-party schemes
• Coordinating interfaces between clients, contractors, operators, asset owners and technical disciplines
• Managing project risks, issues, change, governance and assurance requirements
• Monitoring programme, cost, quality, safety and overall project performance
• Working within rail project lifecycles and governance processes, including PACE or equivalent
• Supporting commercial management, contract administration, procurement and budget control
• Communicating clear project updates, recommendations and decisions to stakeholders
• Leading project teams and mentoring colleagues at the more senior levels

The roles provide the opportunity to work across multidisciplinary projects where safety, railway interfaces, stakeholder relationships and successful delivery are critical.

Qualifications & Experience:

Previous rail industry experience is essential for every appointment level.

You will bring:

• Experience supporting or delivering projects within the rail industry
• An understanding of the operational railway and railway infrastructure
• Knowledge of project management principles, including scope, schedule, cost, risk, quality, governance and change
• Strong organisational, communication and stakeholder management skills
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of budgets, contracts and project controls
• The ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate project information
• A collaborative, safety-focused and solutions-led approach

Experience involving asset protection, third-party schemes, possessions and isolations, sponsorship, PACE, signalling, digital railway, timetable interfaces or infrastructure assurance would be particularly valuable.

Knowledge of areas such as CDM Regulations, CSM-RA, Network Change, access agreements or rail safety assurance would also be advantageous.

Why Arcadis?

We can only achieve our goals when everyone is empowered to be their best. We believe everyone's contribution matters. It’s why we are pioneering a skills-based approach, where you can harness your unique experience and expertise to carve your career path and maximize the impact we can make together.

You’ll do meaningful work, and no matter what role, you’ll be helping to deliver sustainable solutions for a more prosperous planet. Make your mark, on your career, your colleagues, your clients, your life and the world around you.

Together, we can create a lasting legacy.

Join Arcadis. Create a Legacy.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging

We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people. We believe that by working together diverse people with different experiences develop the most innovative ideas. Equality, diversity and inclusion is at the heart of how we improve quality of life and we work closely with our people across six ED&I Workstreams: Age, Disability, Faith, Gender, LGBT+ and Race. A diverse and skilled workforce is essential to our success.