Bids & Project Management Graduate

About Us

A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there's something for everyone to get stuck into. And that's where you come in.

Hitachi Rail is driving the Mobility Transition - helping every passenger, customer and community enjoy the benefits of more connected, seamless and sustainable transport. Our mission is to deliver superior, original technology and products for mobility projects around the world. Our products are designed to make sustainable mobility a reality across all areas of the global railway sector.

Everything that we do at Hitachi Rail is underpinned by our values;

• Wa (Harmony): We need to show respect to our colleagues, our suppliers, our clients and our stakeholders. We show respect to earn respect.
• Makoto (Sincerity): We should act with integrity in all we say and do, this shows that we are sincere in holding to our stated values. We maintain fairness in all our dealings; our reputation is founded on how we go about our business.
• Kaitakusha - Seishin (Pioneering Spirit): We lead with ambition, seeking new challenges; we are not afraid to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of our business.

At Hitachi Rail you will have the opportunity to contribute to society through the development and delivery of superior, original technology and products that power sustainable connectivity.

Delivering complex projects is an essential part of providing our products and technology to our customers. The Bid and Project Management (BPM) Graduate Development Programme has been designed to enable a diverse and robust understanding of bid and project management capability within Hitachi Rail.

The Graduate Development Programme is a 2 year rotational programme, comprising BPM skills and leadership training alongside four work placements. You will gain experience within a number of different roles and business areas, developing a variety of skills and competencies including:

• Project Management
• Project Planning
• Project Controls
• Bid Management

Upon completion of the programme, we aim to place you into a permanent role within the Bids and Project Management Office (BPMO). The focus of this role will be either, Project Planning & Control, Project Management or Bid Management as the starting point of your BPM career.

The BPM scheme offers graduates the opportunity to study towards a formally recognised international certification in Project Management, and engage with the wider project management profession with the Association of Project Managers (APM) and the International Project Management Association (IPMA).

Flexibility on your location is required; however, you will work mostly from our site in Cheadle, Manchester. There may be an opportunity to perform a rotation in one of our London offices, so flexibility to relocate may be required.

• Undertake bid and project management activities in support of the Bid and Project Management Team to ensure the successful delivery of the project
• Assist with the creation of bids and proposals
• Assist with the creation and maintenance of the project schedule; generate, maintain and monitor the progress of work packages; establish the schedule impact of work being complete/not complete against project milestones
• Support with updating budgetary information; updating resource information and validating the derived resource profiles
• Provide assistance for the provision of governance and support on project schedule generation, structuring and reporting
• Administer and maintain the project risk and opportunity register
• Provide support in performance measurement and variance reporting
• Provide assistance to the nominated Project Manager and their team for the extraction and coordination of data for reporting or analysis purposes

You will be on track to or have achieved a bachelor's degree in any subject.

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