Job Description
Location: Podium, Euston London
Salary: Base salary £59,268–£69,727 per annum, depending on skills and experience. We also offer a flexible benefits fund of 20% on top of base salary, fully pensionable, plus a range of competitive benefits (see our website).
HS2 Ltd is committed to inclusion, flexibility, professional development, and a safe working environment.
Job Purpose
We are looking for two Project Managers to work within our Rail Systems Delivery Teams. As a Project Manager at HS2, you will be responsible for the successful delivery of the contract(s) to time, budget, scope, and quality. Experience as a Project Manager within Rail is preferred.
About The Role
- Provide project management support to one or more of the Rail Systems Senior Project Managers / Heads of Delivery for their allocated project.
- Support the successful delivery of Railway Systems objectives and outcomes.
- Interface with relevant Railway Systems stakeholders for the project, as required.
- Support monitoring of changes generated from the Construction/Delivery teams, including scope and cost changes, and escalating issues to the Senior Project / Project Manager as required.
- Support robust reporting on progress of project deliverables to the Senior Project Manager/Head of Delivery and the Railway systems programme at any required forums, on a routine and ad‑hoc basis.
- Support the Senior Project Manager/Head of Delivery to ensure project plans are developed, maintained, and analysed to identify and mitigate delivery risks.
- Support the Senior Project Manager/Head of Delivery in identifying and implementing mitigating actions to address potential milestone slippages and escalating issues as required.
- Actively engage with the integrated HS2 team, matrixed team members, and any agency staff or consultants, providing day‑to‑day coordination to deliver project and/or contract requirements on schedule.
- Manage the package contractor(s) to ensure successful delivery of the project to time, budget, scope, and quality.
- Ensure the project is successfully integrated with other related HS2 and Network Rail projects.
- Undertake the duties of the Project Manager under an NEC3 contract.
Skills
- Project management: ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs and benefits.
- Problem solving: identify problems and review related information to evaluate options and implement solutions, including managing and planning multiple workstreams and balancing stakeholder demands, cost, time, and quality.
- Decision quality: identify necessary information, gather and synthesise data, facilitate identification of options, and apply judgement based on logic and reason.
- Clear direction: analyse inputs, assess data, define strategies, and document supporting rationales.
- Influencing and negotiating skills – including with internal functions and external supply chain partners.
Knowledge
- Project management knowledge aligned to APM Project Manager level.
- Understanding of risk identification and management.
- Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies, and risk assessment.
- Understanding of the complexities of delivering projects with multiple interfaces.
- Degree level qualification or equivalent NVQ in project management, engineering, commercial management, or equivalent experience.
- Knowledge of railway systems is advantageous.
Types of Experience
- Experience managing high‑value, complex projects.
- Experience of the full project lifecycle from pre‑contract award through to design, installation, testing, and commissioning.
- Experience working across functions and disciplines to deliver objectives.
- Experience managing people directly and in a matrix environment.
- Experience managing delivery through external contractors and/or suppliers.
Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.
HS2 Ltd does not hold a sponsorship license from the Home Office and is not able to provide sponsorship to any applicant. Applicants must already have the right to work in the UK at the time of application. Certain time‑bound visas may not be accepted.
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