Senior Project Manager - Rail

Turner & Townsend; Manchester; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading project management consultancy is seeking a Senior Project Manager to join their Manchester team, specializing in rail projects. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience in project management and stakeholder engagement within this sector. Responsibilities include leading commissions, acting as the client interface, and ensuring project delivery meets time and quality standards. The company promotes a collaborative and inclusive working environment.

Benefits

Flexible working environment

Opportunity for career development

Qualifications

• Extensive experience in project management, particularly in the rail sector.
• Ability to work in complex stakeholder environments.
• Strong organizational skills with a focus on delivering projects on time and within budget.

Responsibilities

• Lead Project Management Commissions for large or complex projects.
• Act as the key client interface, ensuring objectives are met.
• Deliver projects to time, cost targets, and quality standards.

Skills

Experience with major Rail projects

Stakeholder management

Education

NEC3: ECC Project Manager accreditation

Chartered/qualified with ICE, APM, RICS

Job description

Overview

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Company Description

At Turner & Townsend we're passionate about making the difference. That means delivering better outcomes for our clients, helping our people to realize their potential, and doing our part to create a prosperous society.

Every day we help our major global clients deliver ambitious and highly technical projects, in over 110 offices worldwide.

Job Description

Our rail sector is becoming one of our busiest functions within the Infrastructure project team. With this in mind, we are seeking to grow our capabilities within the Manchester region and looking for Senior Project Managers. If you are interested in continuing/developing your rail knowledge working with prestigious clients local to Manchester, send your CV in to organise an informal chat.

Responsibilities

• To lead Project Management Commissions, taking responsibility for end to end service delivery, often with respect to large or complex projects.
• To act as the key, day to day client interface, ensuring that client objectives are met and that projects are delivered to time and cost targets and the appropriate quality standards.

Scope

Senior Project Managers handle commissions of varying sizes, depending upon the complexity of the project, etc. Typically, projects fall within the £10m to £25m range. However, where the service provided is advisory in nature, for example advising on urban re-generation funding, the overall project size may be much larger.

Qualifications

• Experience of working on major Rail projects
• Preferred if experience is in a complex stakeholder environment
• Preferred if NEC3: ECC Project Manager accreditation is in place
• Preferred if chartered/qualified with ICE, APM, RICS etc

Additional Information

Our inspired people share our vision and mission. We provide a great place to work, where each person has the opportunity and voice to affect change.

We want our people to succeed both in work and life. To support this we promote a healthy, productive and flexible working environment that respects work-life balance.

Turner & Townsend is an equal opportunity employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please find out more about us at turnerandtownsend.com/

SOX control responsibilities may be part of this role, which are to be adhered to where applicable.

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