Seattle Assistant Project Manager: Rail & Transit PMO Lead

Network Rail Consulting; Seattle (WA); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Healthcare premiums (100% paid)

401K with employer matching

Generous vacation leave

Employee Discount Program via LifeMart

Job summary

Network Rail Consulting in the United States is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for our Seattle location. You will support the Project Manager, lead PMO functions, including planning, risk management, and client delivery, and assist with scheduling, budgeting, and reporting.

The role requires a degree and demonstrated project management experience in rail or transit, plus strong stakeholder management and documentation skills. Desirable qualifications include PRINCE2 or PMP.

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level with a relevant degree/equivalent experience
• Demonstrated project management experience within the railroad/transit sectors.
• Comprehensive understanding of the end-to-end project lifecycle and project management concepts.
• Practical experience using formal risk management tools and processes.
• Strong stakeholder management and client engagement skills.
• Strong attention to detail and organizational skills with the ability to manage competing priorities and maintain accurate project documentation.
• A relevant qualification such as PRINCE2 or PMP is desirable
• Ability to work across a multidisciplinary team and establish relationships at all levels
• Knowledge of Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) rules and regulations.

Responsibilities

• Maintaining and monitoring project resource plans, project schedules, work hours, budget, forecasting and expenditure.
• Organizing, attending, and participating in a variety of stakeholder meetings and audits.
• Documenting and following up on important actions and decisions from meetings, chasing both within the team and client and contract package teams where necessary.
• Reviewing and preparing presentation materials for meetings and workshops.
• Providing administrative support as needed and reviewing and preparing project outputs and reporting.
• Coordinating, SME activities and resource planning, while obtaining appropriate approvals and management of SME visits.
• Support the assignment lead in managing the overall assignment WBS/PBS, project schedule and budget – including analysis and reporting where necessary
• Support the safety/business risk management - working with stakeholders to identify change and its relevant risks, and subsequently managing project logs and collecting/summarizing actions and progress
• Provide support to audit tasks - including comparing action/risk logs & project/program schedules as well as managing the administration of audit processes
• Providing document control across the program and coordinating the adequate storage of evidence and reporting related to the assessment activities.
• Ensure data quality and compliance with applicable state and federal laws and regulations.
• Assist the Client, Project Manager or project team as required.

Skills

Project management

Stakeholder management

Risk management

Documentation

Cross-functional work

Education

Degree in relevant field

Job description

Network Rail Consulting in the United States is seeking an Assistant Project Manager for our Seattle location. You will support the Project Manager, lead PMO functions, including planning, risk management, and client delivery, and assist with scheduling, budgeting, and reporting.

The role requires a degree and demonstrated project management experience in rail or transit, plus strong stakeholder management and documentation skills. Desirable qualifications include PRINCE2 or PMP.