Senior Rail Project Director - Hybrid Leadership & Growth

GTS Group Ltd; Dublin; Hybrid; EUR 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid working

Private insurance

Pension contributions

Career progression

Job summary

GTS Group Ltd in Ireland is recruiting an experienced Project Director to lead its rail consultancy's project management function. The role combines delivery, commercial management and people leadership across complex rail commissions delivered safely to time and budget.

You will direct multidisciplinary teams, oversee project plans and governance, and sponsor improvements while building client and supplier relationships at senior levels across multiple offices.

Qualifications

• Extensive leadership experience in rail, transport or complex infrastructure projects.
• Strong commercial awareness including budgets, change control and scope variations.
• Chartered Project Professional status with the Association for Project Management or eligibility to obtain.

Responsibilities

• Provide senior direction to project managers, leaders, clients and suppliers.
• Lead project management teams across offices and client accounts.
• Oversee project plans, controls and management information.
• Take responsibility for the commercial success of projects.
• Manage budgets, delivery costs, risk, quality and programme performance.
• Build relationships with clients and suppliers at director level.
• Lead bids, proposals and work-winning activities.
• Sponsor project management improvement initiatives.
• Resolve interfaces across multidisciplinary engineering programmes.
• Undertake people-management responsibilities when required.
• Promote project management excellence and best practice.

Skills

Rail project leadership

Commercial acumen

Stakeholder engagement

Multi-office leadership

Bid and proposals

Risk & change management

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree (relevant discipline)

Job description

GTS Group Ltd in Ireland is recruiting an experienced Project Director to lead its rail consultancy's project management function. The role combines delivery, commercial management and people leadership across complex rail commissions delivered safely to time and budget.

You will direct multidisciplinary teams, oversee project plans and governance, and sponsor improvements while building client and supplier relationships at senior levels across multiple offices.