Senior Project Manager

Hitachi; Cheadle; Hybrid; GBP 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Job summary

Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the delivery of major, complex projects. This strategic role drives performance, safety, and quality, delivering on time and within budget across multiple teams.

The position is hybrid, offering home and office flexibility. Regular travel to customer sites in Sheffield and Manchester is required to support project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience delivering large, high-value projects.
• Proven leadership of multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.
• Strong commercial, financial, and business acumen.
• Experience with governance, planning, scheduling, risk, and change control.
• Ability to analyse project performance and cost variances.
• Experience across engineering, finance, commercial, supply chain, and operations.
• Ability to coach and develop project management talent.

Responsibilities

• Take overall responsibility for project delivery performance against time, cost, and quality.
• Provide leadership to multidisciplinary project leadership teams.
• Ensure projects align with governance and control processes.
• Manage risks, opportunities, change control, resource planning, and stakeholder engagement.
• Support commercial performance across project portfolios.
• Build and maintain relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal functions.
• Provide coaching and development support to less experienced Project Managers.
• Present clear project performance information to senior leaders.

Skills

Project delivery experience

People leadership

Stakeholder management

Commercial acumen

Governance & controls

Cost analysis

Cross-functional collaboration

Mentoring PMs

Job description

Location:

Cheadle, Cheshire, United Kingdom

Job ID:

R0139581

Date Posted:

2026-09-11

Company Name:

Hitachi Rail GTS UK Limited

Profession (Job Category):

Project/Program Management

Job Schedule:

Full time

Remote:

No

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Job Description:

Your New Role

We're looking for an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the successful delivery of major, complex projects within Hitachi Rail. This is a strategic leadership role, responsible for driving performance across project teams and ensuring projects are delivered safely, on time, within budget, and to the highest quality standards.

This is a hybrid role , offering flexibility between home and office working. The successful candidate will be expected to undertake regular travel to customer sites in Sheffield and Manchester , along with occasional visits to other Hitachi Rail locations as required to support project delivery and stakeholder engagement.

Working closely with senior stakeholders, customers, suppliers, and multidisciplinary teams, you will provide leadership, governance, and direction across multiple high-value projects.

What You'll Be Doing

• Taking overall responsibility for project delivery performance, ensuring successful outcomes against time, cost, and quality objectives.

• Providing leadership and direction to multidisciplinary project leadership teams.

• Ensuring projects are delivered in line with governance and control processes.

• Managing project risks, opportunities, change control, resource planning, and stakeholder engagement.

• Supporting commercial performance across project portfolios, including revenue, cash flow, and EBIT targets.

• Building and maintaining strong relationships with customers, suppliers, and internal business functions.

• Providing coaching and development support to less experienced Project Managers.

• Presenting clear and concise project performance information to senior business leaders.

About You

Essential

• Extensive experience delivering complex, high-value projects.

• Strong leadership and people management skills with experience leading multidisciplinary teams.

• Excellent stakeholder management and negotiation skills.

• Strong commercial, financial, and business acumen.

• Experience in project governance, planning, scheduling, risk management, and change control.

• Ability to analyse project performance and investigate cost variances.

• Experience working across engineering, finance, commercial, supply chain, and operational functions.

• Ability to coach and develop project management talent.

Desirable

• Experience within the rail industry or another technical engineering environment.

• Knowledge of transportation solutions, including train control, communications, and safety systems.

• IPMA Level C or B qualification, or equivalent professional accreditation.

What we offer

We value the importance of all of our employees, if you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

• Competitive salary

• 25 days holiday

• Potential opportunity for annual performance related bonus

• Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%

• Private medical insurance

• Personal Accident insurance

• Group Income protection

• Group Life Insurance

• Employee Assistance Programme

Closing date for applications is 27th September 2026.

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone.

We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.