Senior Project Manager

Reading

£50-£65k

Our client currently has requirements for a Senior Rail Project Manager for their Reading Offices on a permanent basis only.

Reporting to the Lead PM the main purpose of the role is the management of large rail projects ensuring safe delivery to agreed time, budget and quality.

Main responsibilities

• Manage the day-to- day project activities resources and chair project meetings
• Arrange client start up meeting and act as principal Client contact
• Lead a planned and effective Internal Project Kick Off Meeting
• Undertake a handover review from tender to project stage
• Management of issues, risks and project change requests
• Ensure that projects comply fully with all statutory and regulatory provisions including all health, safety, environment and CDM Regulations
• Ensure that Project Execution Plans are prepared and adhered to throughout the project life cycle
• Work closely with Project Engineers in order to ensure client requirements are properly interpreted and reflected in the deliverables
• Ensure regular effective communication with Client and project team
• Prepare reports for Client and attend Client meetings
• Ensure projects, and bids are performed in compliance with all required process and procedures, from conception through to completion including project close out duties
• Accountable for the Project Financial Performance
• Ensure a continual commercial focus is maintained across all projects
• Ensure allocation of project(s) resources as applicable
• Provide support to team members

Skills/Experience required

• A minimum of five years’ experience within the Rail industry and proven success in the management of projects
• Membership of The Association for Project Management and/or membership of a relevant professional institution and/or relevant demonstrable experience
• Ability to manage multiple, major and /or complex high-risk project(s)
• Understanding all aspects of multiple related projects to ensure the overall programme is aligned
• Directly supports the achievement of strategic objectives and demonstrates a drive for results in line with business needs
• Experience of managing multi-disciplinary railway infrastructure projects
• Appreciation of risk, liability and exposure
• Strong commercial and financial acumen
• Sound management techniques with the ability to apply these through all project phases
• Solid communication skills within and across all disciplines to drive project team delivery within the company
• A team player capable of leading and focusing team members to achieve objectives
• Ability to multi-task, prioritise and work well under pressure
• Excellent written and verbal client-facing and internal communication skills

Please call Steve on <phone number removed> for more information or forward suitabel CV's to <email address removed>