Senior ETCS Portfolio Lead – Rail Projects

Contracts IT; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 129,000 - 185,000; Full time

Job summary

Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting LTD in London is seeking a Lead Portfolio Manager for a 6-month contract across London, York and Peterborough with hybrid working three days onsite. The role focuses on ETCS deployment across national passenger fleets, governance, and stakeholder coordination.

The ideal candidate has strong programme/portfolio management experience in rail, with onboard ETCS knowledge, and public sector exposure is highly desirable. Immediate start and IR35 Inside.

Qualifications

• Public Sector experience and relevant accreditation highly desirable.
• Experience delivering ETCS onboard passenger trains is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Establish projects for onboard ETCS fitment and upgrades.
• Oversee rolling-stock modification and fleet-fitment work.
• Coordinate delivery across operators, engineers, suppliers and industry stakeholders.
• Align fleet projects with the national ETCS deployment strategy.
• Manage dependencies between fleet readiness, engineering and infrastructure.
• Drive projects through governance, assurance and approvals.
• Oversee programme risks, issues, milestones and dependencies.
• Support operator and fleet readiness for ETCS introduction.
• Provide portfolio-level reporting to senior stakeholders.
• Delivered onboard ETCS/ERTMS or major rolling-stock modification programmes.
• Strong project engineering experience in the rail industry.
• Experience in rolling stock, fleet fitment, retrofit, integration or upgrades.
• Strong Project, Programme or Portfolio Management experience.
• Managed complex multidisciplinary rail projects or programmes.
• Strong stakeholder management across engineering, operators, suppliers and leadership.
• Experience with governance, assurance, risk, dependencies and approvals.

Job description

Contracts IT Recruitment Consulting LTD in London is seeking a Lead Portfolio Manager for a 6-month contract across London, York and Peterborough with hybrid working three days onsite. The role focuses on ETCS deployment across national passenger fleets, governance, and stakeholder coordination.

The ideal candidate has strong programme/portfolio management experience in rail, with onboard ETCS knowledge, and public sector exposure is highly desirable. Immediate start and IR35 Inside.