Scheme Project Manager

CML; Sheffield; On-site; GBP 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Company car

Holiday entitlement up to 25 days + BH

Sick pay scheme

Professional subscription costs

Training & development opportunities

Volunteering days

Flu vaccinations

Employee Assistance Programme

Mental Health First Aider team

Pension & life cover 2x salary

Employee referral scheme (£1000)

Job summary

CML in Sheffield seeks a Scheme Project Manager with a strong civil engineering background to lead multiple Network Rail and rail-related contracts. You will manage 2 site teams, visit site roughly three times a week, and drive on-time delivery with cost control and robust planning.

The role requires experience in NEC4 contracts, design interpretation, and stakeholder engagement to maintain high client trust and contract performance.

Qualifications

• Minimum 5 years in civil engineering with railway exposure.
• Experience with Network Rail design processes and NEC4 contracts.
• Strong line management, client liaison and commercial awareness.
• Ability to interpret design drawings and monitor costs against budgets.

Responsibilities

• Manage Network Rail and rail infrastructure to meet KPIs and delivery timescales.
• Liaise with Client personnel and represent CML at delivery meetings.
• Maintain and develop client relationships based on trust and high standards.
• Undertake pre-site scoping visits to plan works and ensure robust delivery.
• Review estimates with the commercial team and track progress against programme.
• Lead site teams to ensure compliance with returns, reporting, quality and safety.
• Prepare site management plans to meet H&S, Quality and Environmental policies.
• Coordinate access, possession, traffic management, and 3rd party requirements.
• Identify training needs for allocated personnel and drive development.
• Promote pro-active safety culture across the business.

Skills

Railway project management

Team leadership

Client liaison

Commercial awareness

Cost monitoring & reconciliation

NEC4 contract experience

Programme management

Health & safety compliance

Design drawings understanding

Education

Civil Engineering degree

PTS

Job description

Would you like to work for a company with 40 years of expertise in Civil Engineering, that continues to receive consistent, outstanding client feedback? Are you an excellent communicator? Do you thrive in a fast paced environment?

Your Responsibilities:

CML are looking for a Scheme Project Manager, with a strong background in Civil Engineering to join our established team in Sheffield. As a Scheme Project Manager, you will be responsible for the management of multiple Network Rail and rail related infrastructure contracts, including planned and reactive works. Reporting to CML's Contract Manager in Sheffield, the role will involve working on projects delivery of small scheme works and design and build items on the framework. In order to carry out some of the main functions of the role, you will also need to have an excellent understanding of design drawings and a commercial awareness of cost monitoring and cost value reconciliation. Liaising with the Client on a day-to-day basis is also a key part of this position, so we are looking for someone who is able to confidently maintain and develop client relationships on the basis of mutual trust and high standards. This a very fast paced role, in which you can expect to have a high involvement in the planning of the works programme. You will be managing 2 teams on site, visiting site approximately 3 times a week.

Main function of the role:

• Management of Network Rail (client) and rail related infrastructure to requisite performance criteria, ensuring stringent KPIs are met in line with client expectations (estimate submissions, delivery timescales, risk scores, completion packs etc)
• Liaise with Client personnel and represent CML at Client deliverability meetings as appropriate.
• Maintain and develop client relationships on the basis of mutual trust and high standards of contract performance in line with CML CORE Values
• Undertake pre-site scoping visits to capture works requirements and enable robust planning and execution of works
• Liaise with commercial team to review estimate submissions and final account details – analysing trends and reporting on day-to-day civils performance to the Project Manager to identify contractual progress of works against programme
• Manage allocated site teams to ensure compliance with site returns, commercial reporting, quality and safety etc to drive efficiencies across the Framework and assist with timely submissions of EWNs/compensation events
• Prepare and implement Site specific management plans to ensure Site activities comply with CML Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental Policies
• Prepare and implement site documentation and contract plans to conform, as a minimum, to the Client’s requirement and specification
• Ensure robust programme management in the planning of works, capturing all required 3rd party access consents, possession/isolation submissions, traffic management requests etc where required to co-ordinate and facilitate the successful execution of works
• Identify training needs and development potential of allocated CML personnel
• Undertake site audits and engage with allocated site teams
• Lead and implement professional safety behaviour and culture throughout the business, promoting positive change in everyday activities

Person Specification:

• The ideal candidate will have Civil Engineering Construction work, ideally in a railway environment (at least 5 years)
• Appreciation of Network Rail design process
• Demonstratable Line management experience
• Demonstratable commercial experience - NEC4 contract experience
• Demonstratable programme management experience
• Railway safety training - PTS
• COSS / IWA
• Continued professional development courses as appropriate - SMSTS - MAPM - NVQ 6/7 - NEBOSH

At CML, the Health, Safety and Wellbeing of all our Site members are at the forefront of what we do. With this in mind, as a rule we will only hire site members who live within one hours' drive of our offices, so please be mindful of this before applying.

All offers are subject to two employment references, a Drugs & Alcohol and medical test and driver's license check.

Other desirable experience for this role include:

• Experience of reactive Works Delivery Frameworks and delivery of mid-range projects (£250k - £600k)

The Package

• Competitive Pay
• Company Car
• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people
• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays
• Company Sick Pay
• Annual professional subscription costs
• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our award nominated in house Training team
• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events
• Annual Flu Jabs / Voucher
• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling
• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team
• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary
• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire

At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices, their beliefs or what disability they may have.

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