Senior Project Manager

The Management Recruitment Group (MRG); United Kingdom; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

The Management Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Project Manager to lead substantial elements of complex rail consent and DCO programmes across the UK. This role focuses on coordinating input from planning, environment, land, engineering and legal teams, ensuring high-quality deliverables from pre-application through post-consent delivery.

You will guide junior staff, manage multiple workstreams, and support senior stakeholders and regulators.

Qualifications

• Extensive project management experience in rail or major infrastructure.
• Proven ability to manage consent packages and DCO programmes.
• Strong leadership and stakeholder engagement skills.
• Experience guiding junior project managers.

Responsibilities

• Lead significant workstreams within complex rail consent and DCO programmes.
• Apply controls across programmes, risks, budgets and dependencies.
• Coordinate inputs across planning, environment, engineering and land.
• Deliver high-quality, audit-ready DCO documentation.
• Support examinations, written responses and regulator engagement.
• Discharge DCO requirements and pre-construction approvals.
• Embed consent obligations into project delivery with design/construction teams.
• Support commercial, resourcing and programme-planning decisions.
• Mentor project managers and coordinators; promote best practices.

Skills

Project management

Rail/Infrastructure experience

Stakeholder engagement

Commercial awareness

Team leadership

Job description

Experienced Project Manager – Infrastructure and Development Projects

UK-Based | Hybrid | Competitive Salary + Bonus + Excellent Benefits

Take greater ownership of the DCO and consent programmes enabling major rail projects to progress.

An established and growing specialist consultancy is seeking an Experienced Project Manager to lead substantial elements of complex consent programmes across the UK rail and wider infrastructure sectors.

Working with environmental, planning, land, engineering, legal and stakeholder engagement specialists, you’ll apply strong project management disciplines to coordinate complex DCO deliverables across the full project lifecycle. You’ll operate with a high degree of autonomy, helping rail projects progress from pre-application and examination through to post-consent delivery and construction readiness.

Key responsibilities

• Lead significant packages or multiple workstreams within complex rail consent and DCO programmes.
• Apply effective project management controls across programmes, risks, issues, budgets and dependencies.
• Coordinate multidisciplinary inputs across planning, environment, engineering, land, legal and stakeholder engagement.
• Manage the preparation and delivery of high-quality, compliant and audit-ready DCO documentation.
• Support preparations for DCO examinations and hearings, including written responses and engagement with examining authorities and regulators.
• Lead the discharge of DCO requirements, planning conditions and other pre-construction approvals.
• Work with rail design and construction teams to embed consent obligations into project delivery.
• Support commercial, resourcing and programme-planning decisions.
• Guide and mentor Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and project coordinators.
• Contribute to project management improvements and best practice across the wider consents team.
• Strong project management experience gained within rail or major infrastructure.
• Experience managing significant consent packages or complex multidisciplinary workstreams.
• A sound understanding of DCOs and the consenting process for nationally significant infrastructure projects.
• Experience supporting projects through DCO pre-application, examination and post-consent delivery.
• The confidence to coordinate technical specialists and engage effectively with clients, regulators and senior stakeholders.
• Strong commercial awareness, organisation and problem-solving skills.
• The ability to manage competing priorities and substantial project packages with increasing independence.
• A collaborative approach and experience supporting the development of junior project management colleagues.

This is an excellent opportunity for an established Project Manager to deepen their rail and DCO experience, take on greater autonomy and progress towards a senior project management role.