Project Manager

Sécheron Hasler Group; Manchester; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Opportunities for personal and professional growth

Flat hierarchies and direct communication

Job summary

A leading railway technology company is seeking a dynamic Project Manager for their Manchester site. In this role, you will manage projects, support customers, and develop timelines and budgets. Applicants should have a technical degree and 5-10 years of experience, preferably in the railway industry. Strong English skills are essential, with additional languages as a bonus. The company fosters initiative and offers opportunities for personal and professional growth.

Qualifications

• 5-10 years of experience in project management, preferably in railway or technical fields.
• Experience managing projects with high quality and normative requirements.
• English proficiency is required; German or other languages are a bonus.
• English proficiency; German or other languages a bonus.

Responsibilities

• Manage the portfolio of projects until delivery is completed.
• Support customer throughout all stages of the project.
• Develop project timelines and action plans with milestones.
• Negotiate with customers for terms and conditions on change orders.
• For new projects, develop detailed project schedule, risk, opportunities and improvement management, project launch, change management and contractual obligation management, budget allocation and monitoring, and internal status and financial reporting.
• Develops project timelines, action plans and budgets with milestone dates for completion of work.
• Meet with customer to ensure project is completed according to schedule.
• Review the effort of core team members and provide directives related to project execution.
• Be responsible for all communications with the Customer; negotiate cost/terms for change orders with RailData Sales and Business Development.
• Manage project scope and change control and escalate issues where necessary.
• First point of escalation for customer/Agents’ issues.
• Participate in problem solving; analyses and resolution of problems; define appropriate actions.
• Identify and establish new business by upselling.

Skills

Project management

Customer communication

Problem solving

Upselling

Time management

Education

Technical degree in Engineering or Data Science

Data Science

Job description

Overview

HaslerRail AG continues Bern's more than 135-year tradition in the field of railway technology. We are a leader in the development and manufacturing of electrical equipment for public transport. The name Hasler is synonymous worldwide with Swiss quality in the railway sector and is well anchored in it. HaslerRail is looking for a dynamic and motivated Project Manager (m/f/d) for our Site in Machester.

Responsibilities

• Managing the portfolio of projects until the delivery is completed and the project can be closed
• Supporting the customer throughout all the stages of the project and during normal operation, detecting opportunities for upselling additional functionalities for RailData usage and increase the customer satisfaction
• Management of the project and customer accounts in respect to the contractual obligations.
• Inform the rest of the organization about significant issues following the corresponding escalation processes.
• For new project, the project manager will be responsible for detailed project schedule, project risk, opportunity and improvement management, Project Launch, Change management and contractual obligation management, budget allocation and monitoring, Project Reporting internally both status and financial performance.
• Develops project timelines, action plans and budgets with milestone dates for completion of work.
• Meets with customer to ensure project is completed according to schedule.
• Have the authority and the obligation to review the effort of the project core team members and to give directives related to the project execution.
• Be responsible for management of all communication with the Customer. Working with RailData Sales and Business Development to negotiate with the customer to determine the cost, terms, and conditions of change orders.
• Managing project scope and change control and escalating issues where necessary.
• Is the first point of escalation for the customer/Agents’ issues
• Takes part in problem solving activities. Assists in analyses and resolution of problems, defines and determines appropriate actions for the ongoing activities.
• Identifying and establishing new business by upselling

Qualifications

• Technical degree in Engineering and/ or Data Science would be advantageous
• You have experience in managing projects, preferably in the railway sector or in a technical field with high quality and normative requirements.
• 5-10 years of experience
• English proficiency, German or any other language as a bonus

We have flat hierarchies and direct communication between departments and management levels is encouraged. This allows us to make decisions quickly.

We give our employees full responsibility for their work tasks. All employees are encouraged to take initiative and contribute to the operational excellence of the company, and have ample opportunities to achieve their personal and professional growth goals.