Scheme Project Manager Cambridge, East of England, England
Job description
Req ID:413285
Scheme Project Manager
Site: Cambridge/Hybrid
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Excellent Salary + Benefits- Bonus, Pension, Life Assurance, Contributed Healthcare plus may more
Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide
Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.
Alstom UK&I D&IS have an exciting opportunity to join our team based in Paddington, delivering signalling works on the railway infrastructure across London.
As a Scheme Project Manager you will play a key role supporting our Project Manager or Lead Project Manager in managing the project programme and resources to deliver the planned works within budget, safely and within set timescales.
Responsibilities
- Support our Project Manager or Lead Project Manager by managing and delivering significant elements of the contracted works in line with both client and internal requirements.
- Manage small / lower complexity projects or parts of larger or more complex projects
- Manage and control costs, risks and opportunities associated with your remit, to ensure your remit is delivered in line with business expectations.
- Provide clear and precise reports on the status of project deliverables in line with the Project Management Plan.
- Identify resource requirements and work with your planning colleagues to build programmes including people, plant, materials and subcontractors' activities.
- Liaise with and project manage subcontractors, ensuring they are reporting their progress against programme and communicating issues and risks regularly
- Represent Alstom at regular client and supplier meetings, and support colleagues in presenting to the client
- Produce accurate and concise written reports internally and to the client.
- Maintain a strong delivery culture
- Ensure the Project Risk Management process is regularly and accurately maintained.
- Understand standard industry contract conditions, contractual requirements and be able to identify key variations.
- Accurately track all deliverables through to a successful project close out
Qualifications & Experience:
- Experience working for a main contractor, consultant or client organisation, in a railway systems environment.
- Knowledge of Health, Safety & Environmental requirements applying to project activities, including CDM 2015 Regulations
- Understanding of quantified risk assessments
- Awareness of Network Rail or other major rail client contracts, standards and procedures.
- Understanding of scheduling / planning / programming principles
- Knowledge of the duties of a Principal Contractor in a rail environment
- Comprehension of management systems
- Strong computer skills, specifically in Microsoft Word, Excel and PowerPoint.
What we offer
We offer a highly competitive starting salary, 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to increase this to 30 days, healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
It is also desirable for candidates to hold or be working towards a recognised professional qualification in Project Management (i.e. APM)
Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive, and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?.
We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief. As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.
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