Senior Project Manager, Technical Assurance & Rail Handover

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

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.