ERTMS Assistant Business Change Manager

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November 29, 2025 (10 days left to apply) job requisition :
ATR-4511

Freightliner is the UK's largest maritime intermodal logistics operator, transporting containers from all major deep-sea ports to our national network of inland terminals, as well as a leading operator in the UK Heavy Haul rail freight market. Freightliner has operations across Europe offering both Intermodal and Heavy Haul rail freight services seamlessly connecting European countries and the  the UK the Freightliner Group operates under a number of legal entities including Freightliner Group Ltd, Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd, Freightliner Ltd, Pentalver Transport Ltd, and Pentalver Cannock Ltd.

Freightliner was recently voted Rail Freight Company of the Year at the 2025 Multimodal Awards. We are a proud WORK
180 endorsed employer for women, highlighting the company’s commitment to increased diversity and a supportive work culture for all employees.#
** Vacancy: ERTMS Assistant Business Change Manager
**** Company:
** Freightliner Group Ltd
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* Location:

** Hybrid/National |
** Team:
** ERTMS Programme |
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* Reports to:

** ERTMS Business Change Manager
** Be at the forefront of digital transformation in UK rail freight.
** Freightliner is seeking an
** Assistant Business Change Manager
** to play a key role in the Freightliner ERTMS Programme Team to support the identification and delivery of business change activities related to people, process, and organisational change in Freightliner. This role is key to ensuring the business is adequately prepared for, and able to successfully adopt, the changes implemented by the introduction of ERTMS technologies.

The postholder will apply the structured change management approach defined within the Rail Change Guide (RCG) - and any other business change methodologies or frameworks as appropriate - to ensure that the business is ready, capable, and confident to operate safely and efficiently within the new ERTMS environment.
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* Key Responsibilities:

*** Support development and maintenance of the ERTMS Change Management and Business Readiness Plans.
* Lead change impact assessments across people, processes, and systems.
* Maintain action plans, readiness trackers, and manage programme risks and mitigations.
* Identify, map, and engage stakeholders using established methodologies.
* Prepare communications, presentations, and workshop materials.
* Gather and analyse stakeholder feedback to assess change readiness.
* Contribute to readiness assessments and transition planning.
* Support training schedules and competence frameworks with L&D teams.
* Assist in compiling evidence for stage gate reviews.
* Monitor and support the organisation’s capacity to manage ongoing change.
* Identify and document measurable business benefits.
* Maintain records for reporting to governance and assurance bodies.
* Participate in lessons-learned reviews and continuous improvement activities.
* Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align change requirements.
* Support reporting to governance forums (e.g., Business Integration Forum).
* Ensure compliance with internal and external change and safety frameworks.
** On your first day, we’ll expect you to have:
*** Experience of major/complex change projects.
* Change Management Qualification (e.g. APMG, ACMP, PROSCI).
* Knowledge of business change techniques and process modelling.
* Understanding of UK railway operations/rail industry or a related sector.
* Excellent communication (oral and written), interpersonal, presentation, and negotiation skills.
* Ability to collaborate, build relationships, and influence at all levels (internal and external).
* Excellent organisational skills.
* Ability to work to deadlines and manage time effectively.
** Desirable

Qualifications:

*** Educated to degree level.
* Experience of applying project methodologies (e.g. PMQ, Prince2).
* Member of a professional body/association or willing to work towards.
** Our perks and benefits:
** Our people are our most important asset. We…