Senior Project Manager

HS2 (High Speed Two) Ltd; Greater London; On-site; GBP 85,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible working

Job summary

HS2 Ltd is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead a multidisciplinary team delivering work packages for the station contract in London. You will manage internal risk, interfaces, and external stakeholders, coordinating with IPTs to meet budget, time, and quality targets.

The role requires experience across the project lifecycle, NEC3 contract management, and a collaborative leadership style to drive high performance and innovation within HS2 and its supply chain.

Qualifications

• Experience leading multidisciplinary teams and managing work packages.
• Strong ability to assess risks, dependencies and budgets.
• Understanding of NEC3 project management principles and contract administration.

Responsibilities

• Lead a multidisciplinary team to manage work packages within the station delivery contract.
• Support the Project Director and Head of Delivery in managing contracts across functions.
• Monitor and drive timely delivery, cost control and quality across projects.
• Proactively manage risks and assist in resolving emergent issues.
• Promote collaboration across HS2, IPTs and supply chain.

Skills

Project management

Problem solving

Decision making

Influencing & negotiating

Building relationships

Education

Degree in project management/engineering/commercial management

Job description

Salary

Salary: £85358 to £100421 (+20% flex fund)

About the Organisation

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Job Description

Location: London (Old Oak Common)

Salary: £85358 to £100421 (+20% flex fund)

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Senior Project Manager

Location: IPT Old Oak Common

Job Purpose

This role is responsible for leading a multidisciplinary team in order to manage work package(s) within the station delivery contract on behalf of the Project Client, including internal retained risk, interfaces, dependencies and external stakeholders, whilst working collaboratively with the Supply Chain in the Integrated Project Teams (IPT) to enable efficient delivery of assigned scope to budget, time and quality.

About The Role

• To be responsible for fulfilling the duties and obligations of the NEC3 Project Manager on behalf of the Project Client in accordance with the assigned work packages.
• To be responsible for supporting the Project Director and Head of Delivery, leading a team of Project Managers in effectively and efficiently managing the construction contracts.
• To be responsible for establishing, monitoring and managing the delivery of consistent contract management, including identification of emergent or systemic problems, leading to resolution.
• To be responsible for establishing, monitoring and managing the delivery of consistent design contract management, including identification of emergent or integration problems, leading the multi-functional team to resolution.
• To be responsible for managing and monitoring contract performance.
• To review and accept programme schedule for the assigned work packages.
• To be responsible for proactively managing risks and drive the mitigation of HS2 programme level risks.
• To be responsible for the Construction Design and Management Regulations (CDM) duties as delegated by the Client Representative.
• To be responsible for supporting the delivery of client retained third party works and services by being the interface with HS2 employees.
• To be responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing between HS2 as the client, other Integrated Project Teams and the supply chain.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You

Skills

• Project Management - the ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs, dependencies, risk management and project benefits. Skills profile aligned to APM Project Manager (advanced).
• Problem Solving – the ability to identify problems and review related information in order to manage the development and evaluation of options and implementation of solutions, including the ability to manage and plan multiple workstreams and consider the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
• Decision Making – the ability to identify, manage, gather and synthesise the necessary information and facilitate the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason Analysis - the ability to analyse inputs, assess data in order to assist in the development of strategies and document supporting rationales.
• Influencing & Negotiating – the ability to influence and negotiate with internal functions and external supply chain partners.
• Building Relationships – Ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to resolve emergent risk situations.

Knowledge

• Understanding of the project management knowledge aligned to the level of APM Project Manager (advanced).
• Understanding of the technical elements and architecture. of the relevant scope of work within the overall HS2 programme, including interdependencies.
• Understanding of the nature of the relevant contract structures and the design and application of appropriate contract and supplier performance systems.
• Understanding of risk identification and management.
• Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment.

Type of Experience

• Experience of the entire project lifecycle including planning, procuring, developing and implementing project activities.
• Experience of testing and commissioning across complex technical integration projects, preferably within a complex buildings environment.
• Experience of leading, managing people and working across functions and disciplines to deliver complex objectives, preferably as part of a wider integrated programme of work.
• Degree level qualification in project management, engineering, commercial management or the equivalent experience.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.