Senior Rail Programme Planner: Infra Delivery Lead

Arriva TrainCare; Leeds; Hybrid; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Life assurance

25 days annual leave

Employee Assistance Programme

Travel pass

Eyecare vouchers

Discounts & cashback

Job summary

Arriva TrainCare, part of RTS Infrastructure, seeks a Senior Project Planner at Holbeck Depot, Leeds. You will develop and maintain detailed railway project programmes, integrate civil and mechanical works, and manage milestones to ensure safe, on-time delivery.

You’ll coordinate with construction and site managers, perform risk assessments, and provide regular progress reporting to support decision-making on major rail projects across the UK.

Qualifications

• Significant experience in project planning within the rail, infrastructure, construction or engineering sectors.
• Proven ability to develop and manage detailed project programmes.
• Strong knowledge of railway infrastructure projects, depot, station, enhancement or renewal works.
• Advanced working knowledge of Primavera P6 and Microsoft Project.
• Experience producing and analysing critical path programmes.
• Experience identifying programme risks and opportunities and developing recovery plans.
• Strong understanding of project controls, progress measurement and reporting processes.
• Experience reviewing and integrating subcontractor and supply chain programmes.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Responsibilities

• Develop, manage and maintain detailed integrated project programmes for railway infrastructure projects.
• Produce baseline programmes, target programmes, short-term programmes and regular programme updates.
• Establish and maintain programme logic, dependencies, durations, constraints and interfaces.
• Monitor progress against milestones, contractual requirements and project objectives.
• Provide programme impact assessments relating to changes, delays and variations.
• Support project teams in understanding delivery decisions on overall completion.
• Coordinate programme requirements across civil, M&E and other disciplines.

Skills

Project planning

Rail infrastructure

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Critical path analysis

Risk management

Stakeholder management

Driving licence

Tools

Primavera P6

Microsoft Project

Job description

Arriva TrainCare, part of RTS Infrastructure, seeks a Senior Project Planner at Holbeck Depot, Leeds. You will develop and maintain detailed railway project programmes, integrate civil and mechanical works, and manage milestones to ensure safe, on-time delivery.

You’ll coordinate with construction and site managers, perform risk assessments, and provide regular progress reporting to support decision-making on major rail projects across the UK.