We are a multi-disciplined contractor with a service portfolio that covers track, trades, civils, OLE, signalling and telecoms along with trackside lighting and safety barrier fencing.

In this respect we are a forward-thinking business that has the ability to undertake large scale contract works delivering a variety of services such as structures, track drainage, earthworks and lineside infrastructure works under one umbrella.

We have established a network of offices across the whole of the UK where we pro-actively recruit from within the local community to fully support our clients on a National Basis.

Job responsibilities

• Aligning the project business strategy and processes.
• Creating Project / Programme Brief, Project Initiation Document (PID), Communication Plan and Project Quality Plan
• Accountable for submitting and meeting accurate forecasts for cost and turnover achieving forecast margins for allocated contracts.
• Effectively lead and line manage the project team(s), including training, development and performance management.
• Ensure that allocated contracts are effectively planned, and progress reviewed on a weekly basis
• Ensuring that logs are set up for managing and tracking issues, risks, decisions and lessons learned
• Planning, executing and finalising projects according to agreed deadlines and within budget
• Securing the necessary resources and coordinate the efforts of team members and third-party contractors or consultants in order to deliver projects according to plan
• Defining and managing the delivery of individual works packages
• Ensuring project compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental and other appropriate regulations
• Forecasting and monitoring the financial performance of the project, giving regular (minimum monthly) reports, comparing actual and forecast performance to plan and explaining variations
• Maintaining regular liaison with all stakeholders and employees on the progress of projects
• Identifying and monitoring project risks (threats and opportunities), planning and implementing mitigations to them, and responding to other issues that affect the project.
• Promoting continuous improvement of the project
• Managing, coaching and motivating members of the project team
• Preparing end stage reports
• Taking appropriate action in order to ensure that the project / programme is able to deliver to the required quality, on time and to budget
• Documenting follow-on actions and recommendations
• Identifying and documenting ongoing continuous improvement opportunities
• Identifying opportunities to transfer programme deliverables / best practices to other parts of the business in order to maximise return on programme investment
• Obtaining sign off from relevant stakeholders that the project deliverables meet the stated requirements
• Preparing lessons learnt report
• Developing and implementing effective communications plans to engage with stakeholders that are impacted by change or improvement initiatives