Senior Project Manager (Transportation PDP Rail and Transit)

AtkinsRéalis; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working culture

Flexible holiday allowances

Professional development opportunities

Job summary

AtkinsRéalis Transportation PDP is seeking a Senior Project Manager to lead major rail projects, ensuring performance against revenue, profit, and cash-flow targets. You will head multi-disciplinary teams and manage resources across the UK and Ireland, with travel 2-3 days per week and a home office in multiple locations.

The role requires extensive experience in UK infrastructure and NEC3/4 contract forms, with a focus on client relationships and delivering controlled project outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant experience as a Project Manager on large UK infrastructure projects (>£5M design fees per annum).
• Experience delivering Heavy Rail or Light Rail/Mass Transit projects for networks like Network Rail, HS2, TfL, TfGM.
• Ability to collaborate with clients to protect commercial objectives.
• Understanding of design procedures, change control, and review requirements.
• Familiarity with NEC3/4 or bespoke contract forms and deployment.

Responsibilities

• Lead major rail projects as a Senior Project Manager or smaller rail projects as a Project Director.
• Ensure projects meet revenue, profit and cash-flow targets with clear reporting.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams including Project Managers and Design Managers.
• Plan resources with resource managers to ensure proper support.
• Maintain scope, programme, cost, risk, and interfaces alignment.
• Manage project delivery and contract administration through full lifecycle.

Skills

Project management

Team leadership

Stakeholder management

Rail & transit sector knowledge

Contract awareness (NEC3/4)

Education

MAPM/MICE/PMQ/ChPP (professional PM accreditation)

Tools

NEC3/4 contracts

Job description

Job Description

Overview

Be trusted to make great things happen.

You might know us for the great work we do across our wide variety of projects. We’re proud to say it’s thanks to our people’s diversity of thought, expertise and knowledge. And when you join us, you’ll be a part of this genuinely collaborative environment, where everyone’s voice is valued and treated equally.

AtkinsRéalis Transportation Project Delivery Practice (PDP) is the centre of excellence for the delivery of major transportation infrastructure projects and combines the best in project management and design management to provide a full suite of services to clients in the public and private sectors. The team is responsible for delivery of design services across our markets of Rail and Transit, Highways and Local Transport, and lean out into other sectors including Defence and Nuclear. We have a wide client base including HS2, National Highways, Network Rail, Irish Rail, Local Authorities, as well as several Principal Contractors.

This is an exciting opportunity within the PDP Rail and Transit team for an experienced Senior Project Manager looking to lead the successful delivery of our projects, influence the growth and development of the project management team and progress into a Project Director role.

With a home office in Manchester, Birmingham, Derby or Stockton-on-Tees, this role requires flexibility to travel two to three days per week across the UK and Ireland to be involved in some of our most exciting flagship projects.

Your role

Project Delivery and Team Leadership

• Lead major rail projects as a Senior Project Manager, or smaller rail projects as a Project Director.
• Make sure projects meet revenue, profit and cash-flow targets, with clear reporting.
• Lead multi-disciplinary teams, including Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and Design Managers.
• Plan resources with resource managers to make sure projects are properly supported.
• Keep teams aligned on scope, programme, cost, risk, constraints and interfaces.

Governance and Commercial Management

• Make sure projects meet client, governance, technical, HSE and quality requirements.
• Manage project delivery and contract administration through the full project life cycle.

Team Development and Community Contribution

• Share best practice and lessons learned across the project management community.
• Support and mentor Project Managers, Assistant Project Managers and other team members.

Client and Business Growth

• Build strong client relationships to support successful rail project delivery and win repeat work.
• Support Regional Client Directors in shaping and delivering the regional rail strategy.
• Lead bids for rail opportunities, with a strong focus on deliverable and well-planned solutions.

About you

• Significant experience of Project Manager roles on large scale multidisciplinary UK infrastructure projects (>£5M design fees per annum) gained within a consultancy environment (through design & build contracts or design development commissions) or in applicable roles for client or contractor organisations.
• Project/Engineering Management background with experience of the Heavy Rail or Light Rail/Mass Transit sector gained delivering work for clients such as Network Rail, HS2, Transport for London, Transport for Greater Manchester and Principal Contractors.
• Ability to work constructively and collaboratively with clients so that AtkinsRéalis’ commercial objectives are protected and met.
• Good understanding of design procedures, change control, checking and review requirements.
• Understanding of various forms of contract, in particular NEC3 or 4 and/or bespoke forms, and experience of deploying them.
• Professional membership and recognised level of Project Management competence (eg. MAPM, MICE, PMQ, ChPP, or equivalent) – desirable.

Rewards & benefits

Explore the rewards and benefits that help you thrive – at every stage of your life and your career. Enjoy competitive salaries, employee rewards and a brilliant range of benefits you can tailor to suit your own health, wellbeing, financial and lifestyle choices. Make the most of a myriad of opportunities for training and professional development to grow your skills and expertise. And combine our hybrid working culture and flexible holiday allowances to balance a great job and fulfilling personal life.

About AtkinsRéalis

We’re AtkinsRéalis, a world-class engineering services and nuclear organization. We connect people, data and technology to transform the world’s infrastructure and energy systems. Together, with our industry partners and clients, and our global team of consultants, designers, engineers and project managers, we can change the world. We’re committed to leading our clients across our various end markets to engineer a better future for our planet and its people.

Additional information

Security clearance

This role may require security clearance and offers of employment will be dependent on obtaining the relevant level of clearance. If this is necessary, it will be discussed with you at interview. The vetting process is delivered by United Kingdom Security Vetting (UKSV) and may require candidates to provide proof of residency in the UK of 5 years or longer. If applying to this role please do not make reference to (in conversation) or include in your application or CV, details of any current or previously held security clearance.

We are committed to creating a culture where everyone feels that they belong - a place where we can all be ourselves, thrive and develop to be the best we can be. So, we offer a range of family friendly, inclusive employment policies, flexible working arrangements and employee resource groups to support all employees. As an Equal Opportunities Employer, we value applications from all backgrounds, cultures and ability. As a Disability Confident Leader, we are committed to offering an interview to all applicants who have a disability and meet the essential criteria. If you would like to be considered under this commitment, please let us know at the application stage.

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Worker Type

Employee

Job Type

Regular

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