Project Management Officer

1 month ago


Peterborough, Peterborough, United Kingdom GB Railfreight Full time

Job Summary

We are seeking a highly skilled Project Management Officer to join our team at GB Railfreight. As a key member of our organization, you will be responsible for overseeing the preparation and implementation of small-scale projects related to business readiness for ERTMS.

Key Responsibilities

  • Develop and execute project plans for business readiness initiatives, outlining project scope, objectives, deliverables, and timelines.
  • Coordinate and manage project activities, ensuring adherence to milestones and deadlines.
  • Oversee project progress, ensuring risks, opportunities, and issues are identified and acted upon, and that appropriate mitigation strategies are implemented.
  • Ensure that business and project management processes are followed within your team, supporting the implementation of Business/Project Management best practices and enabling a culture of continuous improvement.
  • Maintain a credible resource and financial plan.
  • Assure that internal resourcing and external engineering service supplier activities are launched in line with the plan and managed in accordance with our policy and processes.
  • Proactively manage the collation and reporting of key performance indicators to ensure that business management data is readily available for effective performance management.
  • Provide guidance and mentoring to our engineering community on business and project management.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in business, engineering, or a related field. A master's degree or professional certifications in project management are advantageous.
  • Proven experience (3+ years) in Project Management, focusing on business readiness or change management projects within the transport industry or construction.
  • Strong project management skills, including planning, execution, risk management, and stakeholder management.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to effectively engage and influence stakeholders at all levels of the organization.
  • Experience in change management, including assessing impacts, addressing resistance, and fostering a culture of readiness and adoption.
  • Ability to develop and deliver training programs, workshops, and presentations to diverse audiences.
  • Proficiency in project management tools and software for planning, tracking, and reporting project progress.
  • Previous experience with managing budgets, planning, contracts management, and risk management.

About Us

At GB Railfreight, we recognize that having a more diverse range of people leads to greater innovation. We want to create a diverse workforce and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds with the aim to have a workforce representative of wider society. We champion diversity, inclusion, and wellbeing and aim to create a workplace in line with our values.



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