Job Title: Project Manager - Rolling Stock Solutions
Location: Remote
Salary: Competitive
Contract Length: Permanent
Benefits: Bonus, industry leading pension scheme, flexible working, ongoing professional development, life assurance, healthcare, up to 30 days holiday excluding statutory.
About Our Client:
Our client is a leading provider of digitally enabled rolling stock solutions that contribute to the success of Britain's railways. They offer high-quality rolling stock vehicles and asset management services focused on driving performance, safety, and suitability for the asset's life span.
Role Responsibilities: Deliver lease obligations for delivery of New Rolling Stock, associated Contract Variations, Heavy Maintenance and Modifications.Ensure that projects are delivered to time, cost, and an acceptable level of quality.Ensure that all projects are managed to support the safe operations of vehicles on the railway system, with due consideration to respective lease obligations.Work with supplier services as required to ensure that projects allocated to you are managed to deliver their time, cost, and quality objectives.Ensure that projects allocated to you are reported so the business has sufficient visibility of the progress, issues, costs, risks, and opportunities within your projects.Undertake regular project reviews to monitor overall project performance.Ensure Project Execution Plans and workbooks for your projects are up to date.Chair the regular contract review meetings.Ensure that milestone payments due to the business are progressed in accordance with the contractual arrangements.Manage Contract Variations.Compile Engineering Change requests to support contract variations.Manage applicable warranty systems with both operators and suppliers to minimize risk.Requirements: Chartered Membership of Engineering Institution or APM desirable.Degree, HNC, or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering or alternative appropriate Traction and Rolling Stock experience.Project Management qualification is desirable.New Build Projects desirable.Good knowledge of railway industry rolling stock, organization, and players.Knowledge of contractual obligations and operating lease agreements.Good knowledge of project management tools.Ability to understand and comment upon engineering instructions and drawings.Knowledge and understanding of vehicle maintenance and overhaul requirements.
