Senior Rail Project Manager

5 days ago


Redhill, Surrey, United Kingdom Waterman Group Full time
Job Title: Senior Rail Project Manager

We are seeking an experienced Senior Rail Project Manager to join our team at Waterman Group. As a key member of our Rail sector, you will be responsible for leading high-profile rail projects, managing scope, cost, quality, risk, safety, health, and environment issues.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Lead Waterman Rail projects, including planning and ongoing management of scope, cost, quality, risk, safety, health, and environment issues.
  • Ensure our culture of safety and commitment to the environment is maintained and promoted throughout our delivery teams.
  • Manage and deliver significant high-value programs of major multi-disciplinary infrastructure bids and projects.
  • Client engagement to support rail sector growth.
  • Maintain and further develop the existing teams to continue delivering world-class engineering projects on time and to budget.
  • Understand and meet the client's business needs and ensure they feel confident in our commitment to deliver.
  • Brief and direct project teams to ensure work is carried out cost-effectively and to specification.
  • Capable of working under pressure, delivering high-quality written reports and compelling bids to tight deadlines.
  • Contribute to bid leadership and develop winning proposals for target opportunities.
  • Manage and coordinate delivery of rail bids, working closely with technical discipline leads.
  • Ensure our culture of safety and commitment to the environment is maintained and promoted throughout our delivery teams.
  • Report to Rail sector director on project progress and status on a fortnightly basis.
  • Represent Waterman with clients for projects under responsibility.
  • Work within the Waterman project management system, using Waterman specified project management tools and procedures to deliver projects.
  • Project planning, including developing and executing project execution plans for all projects under responsibility.
  • Lead cross-discipline project teams, building team capability and stakeholder confidence.
  • Manage the flow of information between Waterman teams, client, and stakeholders.
  • Monitor and apply performance management techniques, including the use of KPIs to improve project performance.
  • Manage the change control process, ensuring the production of formal progress and other reports to project directorate and management.
  • Responsible for delivering revenues assigned from specific clients as a result of repeat business caused by flawless execution of projects.
  • Consistently deliver profit margins planned.
  • Consistently complete projects without write-downs or erosions.
  • Identify project risks and opportunities.
  • Direct other Project Managers in recognizing risk and uncertainty with plans to mitigate and eliminate such.
  • Direct staff to operate and minimize exposure to claims.
  • Experience of managing sub-contracts as a means of delivering key works.
  • A track record of innovation, embracing new ways of working, and use of digital tools.
  • Experience of Design & Build, either working in a Contractor organization within Design-based organization working with contractor and can demonstrate great ability to control these activities.
  • Knowledge of different contracting types, especially target cost. Experience of resolving disputes, leveraging contracts to grow opportunities.
  • Ability to ensure robust programs are in place. Provide evidence of ability to use programs to report clearly to key stakeholders and delivery against milestones.
  • Familiar with Network Rail, TfL, and major contractor clients' delivery process through demonstrable project experience.

Minimum Requirements:

  • B.Eng in engineering.
  • Preferred Qualifications: C.Eng/MIStructE - Chartered status.
  • A full UK driving license.
  • Familiar with Network Rail, TfL, and other key clients' delivery process and requirements.
  • Project management qualifications.
  • Significant experience in the UK Rail sector in a particular engineering discipline/multidiscipline rail project.
  • Has undertaken CEM/CRE or Project management role on multidisciplinary rail infrastructure projects.
  • Familiar with public sector framework management and delivery.

What's on offer for you at Waterman:

  • Competitive salary with a range of voluntary and anytime benefits available to meet your own lifestyle choices via our salary sacrifice scheme.
  • Annual salary reviews.
  • Generous basic holiday allowance of 26 days (rising to 31 days with the accrual of loyalty days) in addition to bank holidays.
  • Fantastic training and development culture.


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