Project Manager [Fleet]

ENGINEERINGUK; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 55,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a forward-thinking organization dedicated to sustainability and innovation in the rail sector. As a Project Manager, you will lead initiatives aimed at reducing carbon emissions through electrification of vehicle charging infrastructure. This role offers the chance to work collaboratively with diverse teams and stakeholders, ensuring projects are delivered on time and within budget. With a commitment to employee development and a focus on safety, this position provides a unique opportunity to make a significant impact in the industry while balancing work and personal life. If you are passionate about making a difference and have a strong background in project management, this could be the perfect role for you.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Discounted online shopping

Childcare vouchers

Healthcare offers

Subsidies on rail season tickets

Pension schemes

Paid reserve leave for Armed Forces

Qualifications

• Relevant experience in project management and delivering projects on time.
• Knowledge of electric vehicles and their infrastructure.

Responsibilities

• Deliver a portfolio of projects for carbon reduction initiatives.
• Manage suppliers and ensure projects meet quality standards.

Skills

Project Management

Communication Skills

Team Leadership

Knowledge of Safety Regulations

Commercial Understanding

Education

Degree or Equivalent

Tools

Project Management Software

Job description

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About Network Rail

At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family, and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. For more information about Network Rail click here

Brief Description

This is an exciting opportunity to be part of delivering Network Rail's sustainability commitments. The Project Manager will deliver carbon reduction on our vehicle road fleet, by delivering electrification vehicle charging infrastructure and other technologies throughout Scotland, to meet the committed net zero agreed targets.

The Project Manager will work with multiple business customers and suppliers to deliver the Road fleet decarbonisation projects to agreed scope, cost and quality, whilst delivering efficiently and to meet the committed targets agreed within the control period business plan.

About the role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Deliver a portfolio of projects.

• Provide a professional, first class, consistent and effective project management service to the clients, including project monitoring and reporting systems.

• Develop and implement relevant project management standards, processes and procedures.

• Develop and deliver a specific programme/projects on time, to budget and to other agreed success criteria, within corporate guidelines.

• Produce investment proposals and plans for projects, in accordance with Investment Regulations.

• Deliver within the assurance framework and agreed KPIs for project management activities.

• Deliver the effective development and management of suppliers and staff to meet all corporate rules and means of control (including standards), in particular those relating to safety, quality and environment, and disseminate lessons learned.

• Delivery the effective development and management of suppliers to meet programme requirements.

• Establish and manage collaborative cross functional teams to deliver change projects, where applicable.

• Identify and implement quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.

• Develop the capability and professional development of staff within the project management team.

• Liaise with internal and external customers to address customer needs by fully understanding them and taking them into consideration in any strategic or policy changes that may arise.

• Participate in the development of supply strategies and framework contracts.

• Control project change, risks and contingency within the project life cycle and provide all cost, contingency and programme details to enable the Sponsor to obtain authorisation for portfolios / programmes / projects.

• Provide a safe working environment in the execution of work directly under the post holder's responsibility, including development of project safety plans and other associated documentation.

• Discharge Network Rail's CDM related duties as required by company process.

• Identify training needs in safety, technical and management areas for the personnel reporting to the post holder and contribute to their personal development.

• Knowledge of electric vehicles and infrastructure/technologies.

What you will bring to the role: -

• Degree or equivalent
• Relevant successful experience in project management
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Detailed knowledge of safety regulations (particularly CDM)
• Team leader capable of motivating the team
• Commercial and financial understanding and knowledge
• Membership of the Association for Project Management or other professional body

It's desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• Six Sigma Yellow Belt
• Knowledge of investment processes and procedures
• Knowledge and understanding of project and contract management

How to apply (External)

Salary: £55,596 - £63,797 per annum

Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here

Closing date: Midnight on 23rd May 2025.

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

Click 'apply now' to apply.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.

From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accreditedDisability Confident Leader . This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.

Find out more about our recruitment processhere

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