Rail Project Manager

AECOM; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

AECOM University

Volunteering day

Job summary

AECOM is seeking a Senior Rail Project Manager to join our London Southeast team, delivering complex rail projects from initiation to closeout across a national footprint. You will provide technical leadership, manage stakeholder engagement, and ensure regulatory compliance and quality across the project lifecycle.

We offer a hybrid work model, opportunities for growth through AECOM University, and a range of benefits that support your well-being and career development within a global

Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline; Chartered Engineer and/or Project Manager accreditation.
• Rail sector project management experience preferred.
• Experience with Network Rail, TfL, HS2 and related standards and assurance processes.
• Willingness to travel to sites as required.

Responsibilities

• Oversee one or more highly complex projects.
• Collaborate with clients across a national footprint across a full spectrum of services.
• Provide expertise and ensure quality across all project aspects, including regulatory considerations.
• Deliver all project phases from initiation to closeout, securing necessary consents.
• Mentor and support other Project Managers.

Skills

Rail project management

Leadership

Client collaboration

Regulatory compliance

Travel readiness

Education

Engineering degree or equivalent

Chartered Engineer/PM accreditation (or in-progress)

Job description

Company Description

Work with Us. Change the World.

At AECOM, we’re delivering a better world. Whether improving your commute, keeping the lights on, providing access to clean water, or transforming skylines, our work helps people and communities thrive. We are the world's trusted infrastructure consulting firm, partnering with clients to solve the world’s most complex challenges and build legacies for future generations.

There has never been a better time to be at AECOM. With accelerating infrastructure investment worldwide, our services are in great demand. We invite you to bring your bold ideas and big dreams and become part of a global team of over 50,000 planners, designers, engineers, scientists, digital innovators, program and construction managers and other professionals delivering projects that create a positive and tangible impact around the world.

We’re one global team driven by our common purpose to deliver a better world. Join us.

Job Description

Our London Southeast Region, located in the Aldgate and Croydon offices, boasts a strong track record in delivering Rail Projects, across London and the South East of England.

We are currently seeking a Senior Rail Project Manager to join our expanding team, which is poised to take on a growing pipeline of projects within the region and across our Managed Services Portfolio. Each team member benefits from a personalized development plan, ensuring a clear pathway for personal growth and career advancement.

Our team provides technical leadership throughout the entire infrastructure lifecycle, from feasibility studies to preliminary and detailed design stages. Our diverse clientele includes both private and public sector entities, such as major custodians of the UK’s rail network, various local authorities, and leading contractors.

Exciting opportunities are emerging as we expand our project pipeline, which is expected to include the following initiatives:

• West London Orbital
• Thamesmead Expansion
• Southern Renewal Enterprise Framework

Here’s what you’ll do:

• Oversee: Manage one or more highly complex projects.
• Collaborate: Work closely with our clients across a national geographic footprint, engaging in projects that encompass a full spectrum of services.
• Provide Expertise and Ensure Quality: Navigate complexities, including projects involving litigation, environmental protection, and due diligence.
• Deliver: Manage all phases of projects from initiation to closeout, including obtaining necessary consents and regulatory approvals.
• Mentor: Guide and support other Project Managers in their professional development.

Come grow with us.

We develop projects from concept through operation providing engineering and construction services for multiyear, multimillion-dollar projects for major rail and transit agencies. Our specialists provide analytical and strategic expertise for every stage of a project

And let’s not forget about the perks at AECOM. You’ll enjoy a range of core and personalised benefits designed to support your future and well-being, customized to fit your lifestyle. Take advantage of career development opportunities, our flexible hybrid working model to ensure a work‑life balance that suits your lifestyle, technical practice networks, AECOM University, and volunteering day

Qualifications

Ready to push the limits of what’s possible?

Here’s what we’re looking for:

• Degree or equivalent in a relevant discipline. Chartered Engineer and/or Project Manager (or working towards accreditation)
• Relevant project management experience, preferably in the rail sector
• Experience working with Network Rail, TfL, HS2 and other local authorities, and their relevant standards and assurance processes
• Must be able to travel and visit sites if required

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

Additional Information

At AECOM, we are committed to maintaining a secure and trustworthy recruitment process and take any fraudulent hiring activity seriously. To support this commitment, all newly hired employees are required to attend an in‑person Day 1 onboarding at an AECOM office location as a condition of employment.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public‑and private‑sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $16.1 billion in fiscal year 2025. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well‑being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industria‑leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours.

We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10163767

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Program & Project Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid