Delivery Expert for Rail and Commercial Projects

2 weeks ago

London, Greater London, United Kingdom FirstGroup Full time
Job Description

We are seeking a highly skilled Delivery Expert to join our team in London. As a Delivery Expert, you will be responsible for delivering projects across various business functions, including rail and commercial projects.

About the Role

  • Lead project delivery from initial scoping to handover to business-as-usual
  • Define client requirements and ensure delivery to time, cost, and quality standards
  • Create and maintain quality project documentation
  • Identify stakeholders and keep them appraised through regular reporting
  • Ensure all known risks are effectively managed, mitigated, and communicated
  • Provide robust change controls as necessary
  • Produce assignment case studies and lessons learned

About You

  • Excellent knowledge and application of a wide range of project management tools and techniques, project controls, processes, governance, and systems
  • Good interpersonal skills to work with all stakeholders, build relationships and networks, express ideas confidently and clearly, and deliver agreed results
  • Capacity to work across several projects in different subject areas as required, and skilled in managing/balancing multiple competing priorities
  • Ability to facilitate, engage, and advise across various levels of an organisation
  • High level of attention to detail and skill in creating accessible, traceable, quality documentation, reports, and presentations

Benefits

  • Minimum of 10% contribution to your Pension (5% employer and 5% employee)
  • Private Healthcare Insurance
  • 25 days Holiday plus National Bank Holidays
  • Travel Offers for Bus and Rail *
  • Professional development with team training on consultancy skills and professional project delivery training once you have become established in the business
  • Shopping Discounts including discounts and cashback on electrical goods, your weekly shop, holidays, cinema trips, car insurance, upgrading your mobile and lots more
  • Buy as You Earn – allows you to buy shares each month, with 2 free 'matching' shares for each 3 shares you purchase*
  • Employee Assistance Helpline – free, confidential employee support service provided by an independent provider
  • Payroll Giving – donate directly from your pay to a Charity of your Choice

The estimated salary for this role is £60,000 - £80,000 per annum, depending on experience. FirstGroup plc welcomes applications from a diverse range of candidates regardless of background, gender, race, religious beliefs, disability, sexual orientation, or age.

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