Senior Project Manager Assurance Rail

Carrington West; Bletchley; Hybrid; GBP 85,000 - 104,000; Full time

Job summary

HS2 is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead the Engineering and Technical Assurance function for a major infrastructure programme. You will coordinate technical teams, manage large volumes of assurance information, and ensure the evidence is in place for a successful handover.

You will not conduct detailed reviews; instead you will lead people, processes and interfaces to move information through review, acceptance and close-out, delivering a robust asset record.

Qualifications

• Experience leading projects in major infrastructure, engineering or construction.
• Experience managing technical assurance, engineering processes or project close-out.
• Ability to coordinate large volumes of information across multiple teams.
• Strong stakeholder management and accountability for actions and deadlines.
• Technical understanding to discuss construction terminology with engineers.
• Knowledge of design to handover processes and project delivery lifecycle.
• Familiarity with CDM regulations in construction or infrastructure contexts.
• Experience in client-side or consultancy environments.
• Experience with NEC3/NEC4 contracts.
• Ability to assess broader project impact of delayed information.

Responsibilities

• Manage people, processes, interfaces and programme for assurance information.
• Move documents through review, acceptance and close-out.
• Coordinate engineers and multidisciplinary stakeholders across teams.
• Ensure robust evidence and handover records for asset transfer.

Skills

Project management

Technical assurance

Process management

Stakeholder mgmt

Stakeholder management

Technical understanding

Project delivery

CDM Regulations

Client-side/consultancy

NEC3/NEC4

Impact assessment

Organisation

Tools

Rail/Infrastructure standards

Close-out/Handovers

Digital engineering

EVM CPI/SPI

Asset handover records

Job description

Are you a Senior Project Manager with experience managing technical assurance, engineering information or complex project processes?

Can you coordinate technical teams, manage large volumes of assurance information and ensure the right evidence is in place for the successful handover of major infrastructure?

Salary: £94,842.00 £(phone number removed) including flexible fund
Location: Milton Keynes
Working pattern: Full time, minimum 3 days per week in the office
Employment type: Permanent

An excellent opportunity has arisen for a Senior Project Manager to join HS2 and support the Engineering and Technical Assurance function across a major section of the programme.

As the project progresses from major civil engineering delivery towards completion and eventual railway handover, HS2 must ensure there is a complete and robust assurance record demonstrating that assets have been designed, constructed, tested and handed over correctly.

You will not personally undertake detailed technical assurance reviews, you will manage the people, processes, interfaces and programme required to move a significant volume of engineering and assurance information through the appropriate review, acceptance and close-out processes.

Essential requirements

• Significant project management experience within major infrastructure, engineering or construction.
• Experience managing technical assurance, engineering processes, design management, project close-out or a similarly complex technical workflow.
• Strong process management skills with the ability to coordinate large volumes of information across multiple teams.
• Excellent people and stakeholder management skills.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary engineering or technical stakeholders and holding individuals accountable for actions and deadlines.
• Sufficient technical understanding to communicate confidently with engineers and understand construction and engineering terminology without needing to be a technical specialist.
• Strong understanding of project delivery processes from design and construction through to completion and handover.
• Understanding of CDM Regulations within a construction or infrastructure environment.
• Previous experience within a client-side or project management consultancy environment.
• NEC3 or NEC4 experience.
• Ability to identify the wider project impact of delayed or incomplete assurance information.
• Strong organisational skills with the ability to manage multiple interfaces, dependencies and priorities.

Nice to have

• Experience working on major rail, highways, nuclear or other complex infrastructure programmes.
• Experience of project completion, close-out, commissioning or asset handover.
• Experience working with digital engineering or information management teams.
• Understanding of project controls and Earned Value Management, including CPI/SPI.
• Experience managing assurance records required for the long-term operation and maintenance of infrastructure assets.

The successful candidate will need to see beyond individual documents and understand the bigger picture of why technical assurance is critical to successful project completion.

You will provide the project management discipline that enables engineering specialists to complete their assurance responsibilities, ensuring information moves through the correct processes and ultimately forms a reliable record of how the infrastructure was designed, constructed and accepted.

This is an excellent opportunity to join HS2 at a key transition point and play an important role in successfully closing out and handing over one of the UK's largest infrastructure programmes.