Senior Rail & Infrastructure Project Lead

Ceto Talent; York and North Yorkshire; Hybrid; GBP 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

CETO Talent is supporting a specialist rail and infrastructure organisation delivering projects across the UK rail network. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead major, multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure projects with significant autonomy.

You will act as a key operational point of contact for clients, directing project teams through the full lifecycle and ensuring delivery on time, cost and quality while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project management within rail or comparable infrastructure.
• Proven ability to lead multi-disciplinary project teams across complex delivery.
• Strong client and stakeholder management with ownership of project outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Act as a key operational point of contact for clients, building relationships and ensuring communication throughout the project lifecycle.
• Lead and direct project teams through all stages of delivery from development to completion.
• Plan, monitor and manage project performance against time, cost and quality targets.
• Coordinate engineers, contractors, consultants and client representatives across multiple organisations.
• Ensure compliance with regulatory requirements (CDM, HMRI, ORR).
• Identify, manage and mitigate project risks; take corrective action where needed.
• Oversee health, safety, environmental and quality documentation; lead risk assessments.
• Implement change control processes and manage variations.
• Maintain strong commercial and financial control including costs, forecasts and invoicing.
• Lead handover and close-out, ensuring documentation and deliverables are completed.
• Support tendering, fee proposals and resource planning.
• Mentor and develop project management team members.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Leadership

Risk management

Contract administration

Education

Engineering/Construction/PM degree

HNC/HND in construction

Job description

CETO Talent is supporting a specialist rail and infrastructure organisation delivering projects across the UK rail network. We are seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead major, multi-disciplinary rail infrastructure projects with significant autonomy.

You will act as a key operational point of contact for clients, directing project teams through the full lifecycle and ensuring delivery on time, cost and quality while maintaining strong stakeholder relationships.