Key Notes
Rail engineering credibility and project-delivery experience are required for this permanent consultancy position, paying £41,555–£54,171. Based in London or Milton Keynes, it requires at least two office days weekly and operates a nine-day fortnight. You will manage rail innovation projects and proposals; applications close at 10am on 15 September.
What You'll Work On
- Lead rail innovation projects from client requirements and mobilisation through delivery, maintaining scope, schedules, budgets and risk controls across workstreams.
- Coordinate engineering requirements, systems integration and assurance activities with technical specialists, including testing, verification, validation and relevant railway acceptance processes.
- Develop proposals and delivery estimates for the rail portfolio, managing client workshops, project decisions and opportunities for follow-on commercial work.
Why This Role Matters
- Rail innovation projects face evolving technical requirements, with structured delivery controls translating those changes into achievable work packages and agreed client milestones.
- The rail portfolio needs consistent client engagement across concurrent programmes, freeing technical specialists to concentrate on engineering while project management coordinates bids and delivery dependencies.
What They Are Looking For
- Qualification: Relevant qualifications include APM PMQ, PRINCE2, Agile PM, PMP or equivalent.
- Experience: Relevant experience includes rail engineering and technical project delivery.
- Stakeholder: Relevant stakeholder skills include client-facing delivery, proposal development and communication across engineering disciplines.