Project Manager

Hitachi Rail Limited; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited in Glasgow is seeking an experienced Project Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of a project within Hitachi Rail. You will lead project delivery against time, cost and quality objectives, providing clear direction to multidisciplinary teams and maintaining governance, reporting and control throughout the lifecycle.

You will work closely with customers, suppliers, project leadership and colleagues across Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Legal,

Qualifications

• Experience delivering complex projects on time and budget.
• Strong leadership and people-management capabilities.
• Ability to present project performance to senior leaders and customer representatives.
• Experience with governance, planning, scheduling, risk and change control.

Responsibilities

• Taking overall responsibility for project delivery performance against time, cost and quality objectives.
• Providing direction, leadership and motivation to the project team.
• Ensuring delivery follows Hitachi Rail’s governance and control processes.
• Managing project plans, schedules, resources, risks, opportunities and reporting.
• Managing change, variations and claims against the baseline.
• Supporting achievement of KPIs including revenue, cash and EBIT.
• Building relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders.
• Providing concise project performance information to senior managers and customers.
• Investigating cost variances and supporting corrective action.
• Coaching and developing less-experienced Project Managers.
• Collaborating with the PMO and other functions to ensure outcomes.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Communication

Project planning

Budgeting

Cost variance analysis

Coaching others

Governance

Tools

Primavera P6

Job description

Job Description:

Location:

Glasgow

Job Type:

Project Manager

Job Schedule:

Full time

Working Pattern:

Onsite

Your New Role

We are looking for an experienced Project Manager to take responsibility for the successful delivery of a project, or a defined part of a major and complex project, within Hitachi Rail.

You will lead project delivery against agreed time, cost and quality objectives, providing clear direction to multidisciplinary teams and maintaining effective governance, reporting and control throughout the project lifecycle.

Working closely with customers, suppliers, project leadership teams and colleagues across Engineering, Finance, Commercial, Legal, Quality, Health and Safety, Operations, and Sales and Marketing, you will build strong relationships and help ensure that project commitments are delivered successfully.

This is an excellent opportunity for a commercially aware project professional who combines strong delivery capability with positive leadership, clear communication and a commitment to developing others.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Taking overall responsibility for project delivery performance, ensuring the project or assigned work package is successfully managed against time, cost and quality objectives
• Providing direction, leadership and motivation to the project team
• Ensuring delivery is undertaken in accordance with Hitachi Rail’s project governance and control processes
• Managing project plans, schedules, resources, risks, opportunities and performance reporting
• Managing project change effectively, including variations and claims, and ensuring changes against the approved baseline are recorded and controlled
• Supporting the achievement of programme or portfolio business KPIs, including revenue, cash and EBIT
• Building and maintaining effective relationships with customers, partners, suppliers and internal stakeholders
• Providing clear, concise and relevant project-performance information to senior managers and customer representatives
• Investigating cost variances and supporting appropriate corrective action
• Coaching and supporting the development of less-experienced Project Managers
• Working collaboratively with the Project Management Office and other business functions to support successful project outcomes

About You

Essential Skills and Experience

• Strong professional project-management skills, supported by experience of successfully delivering projects
• Effective team leadership and people-management experience
• Strong stakeholder-management skills, with the ability to work confidently with customers, partners and suppliers
• The ability to present succinct and relevant project-performance information to senior business leaders and customer representatives
• Experience of project planning and scheduling, resource management, risk and opportunity management, change control and project governance
• Commercial and financial acumen, including an understanding of estimating and budgeting
• Strong analytical capability, including the ability to investigate and understand cost variances
• Excellent interpersonal, communication and motivational skills
• The ability to coach and develop less-experienced project professionals

Desirable Skills and Experience

• Experience of effective project launch and closure management
• Experience within the rail industry or another technical environment
• Knowledge of transportation solutions, including train control, communication or safety systems
• Experience of P6 scheduling, schedule-maturity assessment or Quantitative Schedule Risk Analysis
• IPMA Level D or C accreditation, or an equivalent professional project-management qualification

What We Can Offer

We are committed to helping you be at your best. At Hitachi Rail, we believe in developing our people and offer access to training, development opportunities and the chance to learn from experienced professionals across our global organisation. We also prioritise internal career development and progression wherever possible.

Flexibility

Your health and wellbeing matter to us. Where the requirements of the role allow, we support flexible working arrangements that help our people balance their lifestyles while achieving their ambitions.

The closing date for applications is Friday 9th October 2026,

Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please do not hesitate to discover more about us and our latest jobs at https://www.hitachirail.com/careers.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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