Hybrid Senior Project Manager

at East West Railway Company

• Job title: Senior Project Manager
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Senior
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom

About the role

• Senior Project Manager overseeing complex infrastructure projects for East West Railway Company. Managing project delivery and stakeholder engagement in a heavily urbanised environment.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage detailed project plans, schedules, and budgets for significant projects.
• Key point of contact for projects within the geographical area, both with internal EWR stakeholders and external stakeholder, acting as a conduit between the area and the programme to ensure information is actively shared to enable action.
• To focus on the development of single option design, including extensive engagement with external stakeholders as East West Rail work towards the preparation of the Development Consent Order.
• Matrix management of a multi-disciplinary team across design and engineering.
• Act as the single point of contact for project delivery for the respective area.
• Work closely with other team members to ensure there is a collective awareness of activities being undertaken across all geographical areas.
• This will include:
• Balancing the need for tailored area solutions whilst serving the programme.
• Recognition of the EWR project as a whole so it can achieve its objectives.
• Sequencing of activities across areas to ensure economies of scale.
• Providing consistent messaging and approach across areas.
• Ensuring interfaces across the programme are appropriately identified and managed.
• Coordinate and collaborate with engineers, suppliers, and regulatory bodies to ensure project alignment and compliance.
• Monitor project progress, identify risks, and implement mitigation strategies to address potential issues.
• Oversee quality control and safety management processes to ensure adherence to industry standards and regulations.
• Prepare and present progress reports, updates, and project documentation to senior management and stakeholders.
• Manage project resources, including personnel, equipment, and materials, to optimise efficiency and productivity.
• Take responsibility of your own and others’ health and safety by adopting and working to the EWR Co Health and Safety principles.
• Demonstrates a cost-conscious mindset, keeping taxpayers’ money at the forefront of decisions.
• Shows a commitment to innovation by proactively seeking creative solutions to challenges and opportunities.
• Act as a role model for EWR Co’s vision and behaviours, working in ways that are aligned with EWR Co’s Ways of Working, as well as encouraging and supporting others to do so too.

Requirements

• Strong project management experience across scope, schedule and cost.
• Effective team player with a deep understanding of multidisciplinary roles and the ability to inspire high performance.
• Strong commitment to delivering a high-quality output and to driving high standards across the team.
• Extensive experience of project controls including periodic reporting, assumptions management, contract administration, document management.
• Project management experience in linear infrastructure.
• Project management experience of design, engineering, environment, utilities, town planning and land and property.
• Experience of client role in public consultations and dealing with external bodies.
• Familiarity of business case, benefits management, Client Requirements.
• Project management experience of pre-consenting stage of major infrastructure projects.
• NEC contract management experience.
• Experience of CEMAR.
• Construction management experience.
• Experience of project management within a DCO/TWA process.
• Experience of working with Local Authorities in a major change programme.
• Working knowledge of Primavera P6 for project scheduling and planning.

Benefits

• **What we offer:****• Competitive base salary**• Up to 12% employer’s pension contribution**• 36 days holiday a year (including bank holidays) + up to 2 days to buy**• Life assurance**• Employee Assistance Programme**• Access to a range of benefits on the Perkbox platform**• On-the-spot and annual awards**• Advanced learning and development programmes**• Great work-life balance and flexible working opportunities**• Enhanced family-friendly policies**• Exceptional IT tools