Senior Project Manager Track Delivery

HS2 Ltd; Birmingham; On-site; GBP 80,000 - GBP 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading UK infrastructure company seeks a Senior Project Manager in Birmingham to oversee rail systems projects from specification to delivery. Responsibilities include managing timelines, budget, and stakeholder engagement while ensuring quality and compliance with contract obligations. The ideal candidate will have a relevant degree and extensive project management experience, with skills in collaboration and decision-making. This role offers an opportunity to be part of a transformative project in the UK's rail sector.

Benefits

Flexible working opportunities

Personal and professional development

Qualifications

• Experience managing rail systems projects throughout the lifecycle.
• Experience in a matrix environment and across functions.

Responsibilities

• Provide project management support to Heads of Delivery.
• Manage change and reporting on project deliverables.
• Ensure project plans are developed and maintained.

Skills

Project management

Problem solving

Decision Quality

Clear direction

Influencing & Negotiating Skills

Collaboration

Education

Degree in project management, engineering, or commercial management

Job description

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

This role is responsible for managing the Rail Systems projects through the development of the specification and tender documents, procurement and the subsequent delivery of the project.

As a Senior Project Manager, you will be responsible for managing the Rail Systems projects through all stages of the lifecycle including the delivery of the design, construction, testing and commissioning of the Track Systems including the delivery supply contracts for Slab Track, Switches and Crossings and Long Welded Rail. As a Senior Project Manager for Rail Systems delivery project(s) at HS2 you will be responsible for the successful delivery of the contract(s) to time, budget, scope and quality. You will be joining HS2 at an exciting time as we move into design of the Rail Systems projects. The scope of the contracts will bring innovative technology to the UK railway and support delivery of this transformational project.

About the Role

• To be responsible for providing project management support to one or more of the Heads of Delivery / Client Directors for their allocated project.
• To be responsible for supporting in the successful delivery of Railway Systems objectives outcomes.
• Interface with relevant Railway Systems stakeholders, for their project, as required.
• To be responsible for the monitoring of the change generated from both the Construction/Delivery teams is appropriately managed; including scope changes and cost changes that impact on the affordability of the project, escalating issues to Client Director / Head of Delivery as required.
• To be responsible for robust reporting on the progression of their project deliverables to the Head of Delivery and more broadly within the Railway systems programme at any required forums / panels, on a routine and ad hoc basis.
• To be responsible to Head of Delivery for ensuring that project plans are developed, maintained, and analysed in order to identify and mitigate delivery risks.
• To be responsible to Head of Delivery in identifying and ensuring that appropriate mitigating actions are implemented to address potential milestone slippages and escalating issues as required.
• To be actively involved in the integrated HS2 team, including matrixed team members and any agency staff or consultants, providing day to day co-ordination to deliver project and / or contract requirements to the agreed schedule.
• To manage the package contractor(s) to ensure successful delivery of the project to time, budget, scope, and quality.
• To ensure the project is successfully integrated with other related HS2 and Network Rail projects.
• To manage the solution development of the named delivery projects.
• Responsible for providing controlled input to the Client Cost Estimate(s), delivery logistics, key milestones and time, cost, quality and safety targets to ensure objectives are achieved in line with overall programme plans.
• Responsible for managing and delivering the required assurance and governance process across the named delivery project(s).
• To undertake the duties of the Project Manager under an NEC3 contract.
• Actively promote and embed Equality Diversity and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work, and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies and procedures on EDI.

About You

Skills:

• Project management - the ability to develop, plan and integrate projects to optimise target costs and project benefits. Skills profile aligned to APM Project Manager (advanced).
• Problem solving – identifying problems and reviewing related information to manage the development and evaluation of options and the implementation of solutions. This includes the management and planning of multiple workstreams, considering the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
• Decision Quality – identifying the necessary information, managing the gathering and synthesising of that information, facilitating the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason.
• Clear direction - Analysing inputs, assessing data, defining strategies and documenting supporting rationales.
• Influencing & Negotiating Skills – including internal functions, external supply chain partners and other stakeholders.
• Collaboration – communication, openness, fostering debate, adaptability and agility and, achieving consensus whilst dealing with dissent.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of the project management knowledge aligned to the level of APM Project Manager (advanced)
• Understanding of the ethical and legal framework of public procurement.
• Understanding of the technical elements and architecture of the relevant scope of work within the overall HS2 programme
• Understanding of the nature of the relevant contract structures and the design and application of appropriate contract and supplier performance systems.
• Understanding the relationship between contract reporting, project cost reporting, programme and business reporting and the criticality of this to business performance
• Understanding of risk identification and management
• Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment
• Understanding of stakeholder management and creation and maintenance of a collaborative working environment involving multiple parties with differing priorities and agendas.
• Degree level qualification in project management, engineering, commercial management and/or the equivalent experience.

Type of experience:

• Experience of the entire project lifecycle including planning, procuring, developing and implementing railways systems project activities.
• Experience of working across functions and disciplines to deliver complex objectives
• Experience of supporting, developing and managing people directly and in a matrix environment.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application, however we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert. Watch this video on how we remove bias in the recruitment process: Removing bias in the recruitment process - YouTube

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.

About Us

High Speed 2 (HS2 Ltd) will be the UK’s new high speed rail network. As well as improving capacity, the new scheme will shorten journey times between a number of Britain’s major population centres, boost the economy and create thousands of jobs.

HS2 Ltd will create a skills legacy and develop a diverse range of talent. We aim to be a leader in EDI practice by creating a safe & inclusive working environment for all our staff - living our values of Safety, Respect, Integrity and Leadership.

In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

HS2 Ltd is also a safety-critical organisation. Employees are required to ensure reasonable care of their own and others’ health and safety by taking personal responsibility for working to our ‘Safe at Heart’ programme principles and following safe working procedures at all times.

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential.

Job Info

• Job Identification 260032
• Job Category Project Management
• Posting Date 02/04/2026, 09:13 AM
• Apply Before 02/28/2026, 11:59 PM
• Job Schedule Full time
• Locations 2 Snowhill, Birmingham, B4 6GA, GB
• Permanent or Fixed Term Contract Permanent