Scheme Project Manager Rail

Posted 08 October 2025
Salary £35k - 45k per year
LocationManchester
Job type Permanent - Full Time
Discipline Rail
ReferenceJO0000061800

Job description

Are you an experienced Assistant Project Manager or established Scheme Project Manager?

Do you have client-side experience in the Rail sector?

Salary: circa £45,000 + benefits
Benefits: 26 days’ annual leave (+BH), 6% pension, private health
Locations: Manchester, Leeds or York (TRU offices) – 3 days per week in office, hybrid remainder

Join a well-established consultancy known for high-quality delivery across rail and wider infrastructure. You’ll be embedded client side on the TransPennine Route Upgrade, acting as the scheme Project Manager within a multi-disciplinary, major projects environment. Expect strong professional development, access to a broad internal technical network (civils, structures, E&P, signalling, stations), and support towards professional qualifications.

You will need:

  • Proven experience delivering major rail or infrastructure projects in a client-side or consultancy setting.
  • Prior experience working as a project manager.
  • Strong fundamentals in project controls: planning, risk, change, cost and reporting.
  • Comfortable managing interfaces across multiple disciplines and suppliers.
  • Confident communicator.
  • Familiarity with Network Rail processes and NEC contracts.
  • Relevant degree and/or professional accreditation (APM/PMQ, ICE, IMechE, IET, RICS).

What you'll be doing:

  • Own day-to-day delivery of assigned TRU work packages: scope, schedule, cost, risk and change.
  • Coordinate multi-disciplinary teams and assure compliance with Network Rail governance and standards.
  • Lead stakeholder engagement across client, contractor and third parties; chair progress and technical meetings and drive actions to closure.
  • Produce clear reporting on programme status, risks/opportunities, financials and change events.
  • Support procurement and contract administration (e.g. NEC) and readiness for access, possessions and commissioning.
  • Champion safety, quality and effective handover into operation/maintenance.