Rail Project Management
Rail Project Management Jobs
Project Management Jobs in Rail
Rail project management jobs covers job titles across the programme and project management industry including programme managers, project managers, project leaders, project controllers, project engineers and project planners.
Arras People have worked with rail organisations and operators across the UK - both large and small. Project management jobs have included rail policy; operator services; regulator operations; back office systems and design and business change.
With an increasing number of rail sector programmes and projects planned for the future as well as existing maintenance and upgrading work there has never been a greater need for programme and project management capabilities and a push for excellence in programme and project delivery. Processes and methodologies such as GRIP (Guide to Railway Investment Projects) or APM’s Body of Knowledge and specific toolsets and systems such as P3, Pertmaster, Earned Value Analysis are already embedded and widely used within the rail sector from organisations such as Network Rail and TfL through to railway contractors and suppliers.
Rail based project management job requirements are not just "man and boy" rail experienced project management professionals - experienced in the engineering and infrastructure side of the rail industry. Increasingly rail based businesses are looking for project management resources to manage and support business change and transformation initiatives too.
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Project Management Jobs within the Rail Industry
Arras People’s experiences with rail organisations has been diverse and wide ranging. A small sample gives an insight into the different types of organisations and roles. If these jobs match the kind of position you're looking for, register with us today:
Candidate Overviews
- Project disciplines include: electrical, mechanical, structural, civil, communications, signalling, control and information
- PPP/PFI project management experience
- Bid proposal management
- Possession Planning experience
- Chartered Professional Engineers
- Risk management and mitigation
- Project Planning and Earned Value Analysis
- Contract Management
- Stakeholder Management
- Team Management - Estimators, Project Planners, Quality Assurance, Engineers
- Full lifecycle from feasibility to handback
Further Resources from Arras People
Standards Manager
The Rail Safety and Standards Board, lead and facilitate the railway industry's work to achieve continuous improvement. Not all Arras People's rail project management recruitment is for rail operations and trackside projects. RSSB turned to Arras People when looking for a Standards Planning and Improvement Manager. The core skills of the role included managing a porftolio of projects across the business which needed previous rail industry knowledge and experience.
Signalling Project Manager
GE Transportation, the locomotives, passenger rail, renewal parts, railroad control systems and electronic products manufacturing organisation, approached Arras People to recruit a number of roles as part of a recruitment campaign to attract project management professionals across its business lines.