Rail Project Manager

Job Description

Rail Project Manager | AECOM

The Tone:
This is a full-time hybrid role at AECOM, offering career opportunities across the United Kingdom and Ireland. AECOM serves as the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, providing professional services across the entire project lifecycle, encompassing advisory, planning, design, engineering, program, and construction management. The firm partners with clients on projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy, and the environment to solve complex challenges and build lasting legacies for future generations. This role is pivotal for a Rail Project Manager seeking to deliver some of the most exciting rail infrastructure programmes, which will help shape the future of mobility, connectivity, and sustainable transport, making a positive and tangible impact on communities across the UK and Ireland.

The TL;DR
• Role: Full Time
• Type: Full-time
• Location: Hybrid United Kingdom & Ireland
• Mission: Lead the successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary rail projects across the UK and Ireland.

What You’ll Actually Do
• Lead: The successful delivery of complex, multidisciplinary rail projects, including major rail enhancement programmes, station developments, electrification, and multidisciplinary design initiatives across the UK and Ireland.
• Manage: Diverse stakeholder groups, bringing together various disciplines such as Electrical Power, OLE, Civil Engineering, and Technical Specialists.
• Drive: Project performance, ensuring efficient progress and adherence to targets throughout the project lifecycle.
• Ensure: Safe, innovative, and efficient delivery across projects, from initial concept through to completion.
• Contribute: To projects that make a lasting impact on communities by improving journeys, connecting regions, and supporting economic growth.

The Must-Haves
• Background: An experienced Project Manager with a proven interest and substantial experience in the rail sector.
• Experience: Demonstrated expertise in leading and delivering complex, multidisciplinary railway enhancement projects, managing critical renewals portfolios, overseeing iconic station developments, guiding transformational regeneration programmes, and implementing rail integration and assurance initiatives.
• Skills: Strong leadership in project delivery, effective management of diverse stakeholder groups, proven ability to drive project performance, and a commitment to ensuring safe, innovative, and efficient project execution.