About the role

  • Programme Manager providing leadership for rail projects and frameworks at Babcock in Belfast. Focused on strategic oversight and operational discipline to ensure safety and profitability.

Responsibilities

  • Provide leadership, strategic oversight, and operational discipline to deliver complex rail frameworks and projects safely, efficiently, and profitably
  • Lead and develop a multidisciplinary project management team to deliver frameworks and contracts safely and efficiently
  • Oversee programme-level planning, including resource allocation, risk management, and change control
  • Maintain strong client relationships and drive continuous improvement
  • Ensure compliance with all SQE, legal, and accreditation requirements
  • Provide programme-level reporting across commercial, financial, and delivery performance

Requirements

  • Extensive managerial experience at a senior level within a rail project delivery environment
  • Strong knowledge of processes, operational and associated safety matters
  • Member of a relevant professional body (e.g., Association for Project Management) with chartered status and/or degree-level education

Benefits

  • Generous holiday allowance
  • Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
  • Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
  • Employee share scheme
  • Employee shopping savings portal
  • Payment of Professional Fees
  • Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
  • Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
  • ‘Be Kind Day’ enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
  • Excellent development opportunities and benefits package including an employee assistance programme supporting physical, mental and financial wellbeing.

Job title

Programme Manager

Job type

Experience level

Mid levelSenior

Salary

Not specified

Degree requirement

Postgraduate Degree

Location requirements

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