Project Manager, Program ​/ Project Manager, Operations Manager

Internal promotions will be aligned to the pay policy.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

As a Project Manager for Rail Systems delivery project(s) at HS2 you will be responsible for the successful delivery of the contract(s) to time, budget, scope and quality. You will manage the preparation for contract award and delivery of the Phase One works. You will be joining HS2 at an exciting time as we move into contract award. The scope of the contracts will bring innovative technology to the UK railway and support delivery of this transformational project.

This project management role is within the HS2 client team responsible for the design and construction of the Washwood Heath rolling stock depot & Network Integrated Control Centre (NICC) in Birmingham. The depot will serve as the main rolling stock maintenance hub for the HS2 fleet and as a result contains a complex mix of civil engineering, buildings and rail systems scope.

• To be responsible for providing project management support to one or more of the Rail Systems Senior Project Managers / Heads of Delivery for their allocated project.
• To be responsible for supporting in the successful delivery of Railway Systems objectives outcomes.
• Interface with relevant Railway Systems stakeholders, for their particular project, as required.
• To support the monitoring of the change generated from both the Construction/Delivery teams is appropriately managed; including scope changes and cost changes that impact on the affordability of the project, escalating issues to the Senior Project / Project Manager as required.
• To support robust reporting on the progression of their project deliverables to the Senior Project Manager/ Head of Delivery and more broadly within the Railway systems programme at any required forums / panels, on a routine and ad hoc basis.
• To support the Senior Project Manager / Head of Delivery for ensuring that project plans are developed, maintained and analysed in order to identify and mitigate delivery risks.
• To support the Senior Project Manager / Head of Delivery in identifying and ensuring that appropriate mitigating actions are implemented to address potential milestone slippages and escalating issues as required.
• To be actively involved in the integrated HS2 team, including matrixed team members and any agency staff or consultants, providing day-to-day co-ordination to deliver project and/or contract requirements to the agreed schedule.
• To manage the package contractor(s) to ensure successful delivery of the project to time, budget, scope and quality.
• To ensure the project is successfully integrated with other related HS2 and Network Rail projects.
• To undertake the duties of the Project Manager under an NEC3 contract.
• 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.

Skills:

• Project management - the ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs and project benefits.
• Problem solving – identifying problems and reviewing related information to manage the development and evaluation of options and the implementation of solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple work streams, considering the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
• Decision quality – identifying the necessary information, managing the gathering and synthesising of that information, facilitating the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason.
• Clear direction - analysing inputs, assessing data, defining strategies and documenting supporting rationales.
• Influencing and negotiating skills – including internal functions and external supply chain partners.

Knowledge:

• Project management knowledge aligned to the level of APM…