Project Manager

SNC-Lavalin; Bristol; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering consultancy in Bristol seeks an experienced Project Manager to drive infrastructure projects, focusing on Rail and Transit. You'll lead projects, manage multi-disciplinary teams, and engage clients, ensuring high-quality delivery and compliance with standards. This role demands a strong background in project management in the Rail sector and offers a supportive team environment with growth opportunities.

Qualifications

• Several years of infrastructure delivery experience, ideally in consultancy.
• Experience in the Rail sector (Network Rail, HS2).
• Ability to lead multi-disciplinary design teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead projects from feasibility to design, delivering on time and budget.
• Motivate and develop team members.
• Monitor project progress against targets.

Skills

Infrastructure delivery experience

Project/Engineering Management

Team Leadership

Understanding design delivery

Client engagement

Education

Professional membership in Project Management

Job description

Job Description

Be trusted to make great things happen.

Are you ready to take up a vital role in shaping some of our exciting projects? Join our supportive and inclusive team at AtkinsRéalis where your ideas matter, collaboration drives success, and our world-class talent work together to face our clients' problems head-on. Our Transportation Project Delivery Practice (PDP) leads the delivery of our major projects across Rail and Transit, Highways, and Local Transport markets. We have a wide client base including HS2, National Highways, Network Rail, Irish Rail, Local Authorities, as well as several Principal Contractors. We also lean out to support complex projects in other sectors such as Defence and Nuclear.

To help deliver our growing portfolio of railway infrastructure projects, we’re looking for a Project Manager to join our team. This is a great opportunity to take ownership of projects from start to finish and grow your career in a dynamic environment.

Your purpose:

• Project Delivery: Lead projects from feasibility and optioneering through to detailed design, ensuring delivery on time, within budget, and to quality standards.
• Team Leadership: Building, motivating, maintaining, coaching, guiding, and developing the team.
• Planning & Coordination: Work with resource managers to plan ahead and ensure the right skills are available. Align teams on scope, timelines, costs, risks, and interfaces.
• Performance Monitoring: Track and report project progress against key targets including programme, quality, financials, and KPIs.
• Governance & Commercial: Ensure compliance with company, client, and industry standards. Manage risks, opportunities, and contract changes throughout the project lifecycle.
• Client Engagement: Act as the main point of contact for clients, building strong relationships and identifying opportunities for future work.
• Win Work: Act as Bid Manager on selective pursuits, working with our Market teams to secure new projects.
• Community Contribution: Share best practices, mentor junior staff, and contribute to the wider project management community.

What you can bring:

• You are likely to have several years of infrastructure delivery experience, ideally from within a consultancy environment.
• Project/Engineering Management background with experience within the Rail sector (eg. Network Rail and/or HS2 and Principal Contractors). Experience in the delivery of railway station projects will be a plus.
• Experience of leading multi-disciplinary design teams (>£1m design fees).
• Understanding of design delivery, assurance, and change control.
• Ability to work constructively and collaboratively with clients and internal teams to ensure project objectives are met.
• Understands and has experience in deploying various forms of contract (eg. NEC).
• Professional membership and recognised level of Project Management competence (eg. MAPM, MICE, PMQ, or equivalent) – desirable.

Why work for AtkinsRéalis?

Our Transportation teams are reinventing transport for a challenging yet exciting future. We're creating new ideas and smart solutions for cities, people and the environment. You'll be working alongside some of the top people in our industry, solving challenges that bring together traditional engineering and new technologies. As part of our organisation, you'll be in a privileged position, delivering what's right for governments and communities. You'll be helping us to improve our leading environmental performance while enabling others to do the same.

Security clearance:

"This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive community - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop. To help embed inclusion for all, from day one, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee networks to support staff from different backgrounds. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability."

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Worker Type Employee Job Type Regular

At AtkinsRéalis , we seek to hire individuals with diverse characteristics, backgrounds and perspectives. We strongly believe that world-class talent makes no distinctions based on gender, ethnic or national origin, sexual identity and orientation, age, religion or disability, but enriches itself through these differences.