Role Overview
The Project Manager leads the delivery of the Electrical, Mechanical, Public Health, Fire, Telecoms and BEMs design associated with area packages of the Old Oak Common Station Project, one of the UK’s largest and most complex infrastructure developments and a key interchange for High Speed 2. Leading multi-disciplinary design teams, the role directs and coordinates design, engineering, and stakeholder activities to ensure the project is delivered safely, on schedule, within budget, and in line with quality and regulatory requirements.
This role works alongside Design Managers who focus on the technical delivery of the workstream, with wider support from commercial, procurement, assurance and construction. The Project Manager takes ownership of project planning, programme management, NEC contract administration, reporting, budget adherence and risk management.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of the Electrical, Mechanical, Public Health, Fire, Telecoms and BEMs design for area packages of the project.
- Direct and coordinate design, engineering, and stakeholder activities to ensure safe, on‑schedule, within‑budget delivery that meets quality and regulatory requirements.
- Work with Design Managers, commercial, procurement, assurance and construction teams to support technical delivery.
- Own project planning, programme management, NEC contract administration, reporting, budget adherence, and risk management.
- Lead the relationship with subcontractors, consultants and client representatives to drive progress, resolve issues, and maintain effective communication across the project.
- Prepare project documentation, drive the achievement of key milestones within budget, assist with commercial and change management processes, and ensure compliance with health, safety and environmental standards.
- Take overall responsibility for the successful delivery of assigned work packages, owning programme, budget, quality and safety outcomes from inception through to design completion.
- Ensure the accuracy and quality of all Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) relevant to assigned work packages, and submit them on time for the Senior Management Team.
- Co‑lead and be responsible for a multi‑disciplinary design team to deliver design on time, on budget and to a sufficient level of quality and detail to meet project objectives, together with the Design Manager.
- Maintain compliance with relevant health and safety legislation, champion the Health and Safety culture, resolve arising issues or escalating as appropriate, and ensure safe delivery in line with the corporate safety vision.
- Undertake safety tours for all on‑site works.
- Own complex internal and external stakeholder engagement and management.
- Agree project requirements with the Senior Project Manager / Project Director & Engineering Lead to ensure business objectives are met.
- Own and be accountable for project governance, reporting and control structures, with issues, risks and decisions escalated through the agreed governance arrangements as appropriate.
- Secure procurement approvals in line with, and linked to, the accepted programme.
- Identify and manage any interfaces and dependencies between the assigned project and other ongoing network activities or projects.
- Own the project budget, ensuring it is set and reported against, proactively driving efficiency and mitigating cost impact of risks.
- Assist with the change and commercial management processes under NEC3 OptionC, proactively identifying, notifying and managing early warnings, compensation events and risk to protect project time and cost.
- Lead the non‑technical management of the multi‑disciplinary design team, including line management, mentoring and development of Assistant Project Managers and junior project staff.
Qualifications
This role is suited to an experienced and commercially astute project management professional with a proven track record of delivering large infrastructure or construction projects. Ideally, the candidate will have contractor experience delivering design and build projects in a complex or rail environment.
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