Project Director - Rail

We are seeking an experienced Project Director to lead the delivery of complex, multi-disciplinary rail and light rail infrastructure programmes. This is a senior leadership role accountable for the successful delivery of major design commissions across the full project lifecycle from concept and optioneering through to detailed design and handover.

You will provide strategic leadership across technical, commercial, and programme functions, ensuring high-quality, safe, and deliverable design solutions for clients including Transport for Wales, Network Rail and Transport for London.

We welcome applications from Project Directors across the Southwest, Bristol, Cardiff, and wider London region.

The standard working week is 37.5 hours, with flexible working practices available to support how you work as your life evolves.

The main focus of the role:

• To provide overall accountability for the delivery of rail design programmes, ensuring alignment to client outcomes, programme objectives, and business strategy
• Lead and inspire multidisciplinary teams to deliver project and or programme outcomes
• Establish a high-performing project culture focused on safety, collaboration, and continuous improvement

The Project Director will act as a project management subject matter expert, providing clear direction, guidance, and oversight to project management teams, operational leaders, clients, and suppliers across the business. This includes leading multidisciplinary teams across projects, accounts, and locations, and undertaking line management responsibilities where required. The core focus of the role is to drive project management excellence across the organisation, supporting teams with best practice, consistency, and high performance.

This is a pivotal leadership role within Amey, responsible for ensuring that high-performing, technical teams are effectively mobilised to develop innovative and high-quality solutions for framework tenders. The Project Director will provide strategic leadership across Technical, Bidding, and Programme functions to support successful work‑winning and delivery outcomes.

In addition, the role requires building and maintaining strong relationships with new and existing clients, while fostering a collaborative and high-performing project delivery environment. A blend of technical expertise, project leadership, and stakeholder management will be essential to ensure successful outcomes across the framework.

• To act as project management specialist and subject matter expert, providing direction, guidance and supervision as appropriate to project management teams, operational managers, clients and suppliers
• Leading and directing the preparation and checking of project management related information that enables Amey Consulting commissions to be delivered whilst satisfying the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives up to director level, including presenting proposals
• Identifying opportunities for project management initiatives and sponsoring their development
• Leading the preparation of bids and the general work‑winning function, including the role of bid director
• Assuming the role of people manager when required by the business.

• Proven track record delivering large-scale rail or light rail infrastructure projects in a design or programme leadership capacity.
• Experience managing multi-disciplinary design teams across complex, regulated environments.
• Strong commercial awareness, with demonstrable experience delivering projects under NEC or similar contract frameworks.
• Experience working with major UK rail clients or equivalent infrastructure organisations.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills, with the ability to influence at senior levels
• Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject
• Fellowship of the Association for Project Management already held or to be gained within six months of commencement in the role
• Chartered Project Professional…