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Project Manager – Fleet
Arriva Group. Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of fleet introduction activities, ensuring successful integration of new rolling stock into service.
Core Competencies
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Demonstrates expertise in project management, including planning, governance, and risk management, with a strong focus on delivering complex projects within the rail industry or safety-critical environments. Proficient in stakeholder management and communication, ensuring successful integration of new rolling stock and operational readiness.
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Project Management QualificationProgramme GovernanceStakeholder ManagementRisk ManagementAdvanced Microsoft Office Skills
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Hard Skills
Project PlanningBudget ManagementRisk Register DevelopmentChange Control ProcessesExecutive ReportingProgramme DeliveryOperational ReadinessTransport Infrastructure ProjectsRolling Stock IntroductionAnalytical Problem-Solving
Soft Skills
Communication SkillsFacilitation SkillsOrganizational SkillsPresentation SkillsInfluencing Skills
Tools & Technologies
Microsoft ExcelMicrosoft PowerPointMicrosoft SharePointMicrosoft Teams
Certifications & Qualifications
PRINCE2 PractitionerAPM PMQMSP
Industry Keywords
Rail Industry StandardsSafety-Critical EnvironmentProject Governance FrameworksContinuous ImprovementSupplier Management
About the role
Key responsibilities & impact- Lead the planning, coordination and delivery of fleet introduction activities, ensuring successful integration of new rolling stock into service.
- Deliver projects and programme workstreams from initiation through to implementation against agreed scope, timescales, budgets and quality standards.
- Develop and maintain integrated project and programme plans, milestones, dependencies, critical paths, resource requirements and delivery risks.
- Establish and maintain project governance arrangements, reporting structures, project boards, assurance activities, decision logs and programme controls.
- Manage project budgets, forecasts and expenditure, escalating risks and variances.
- Identify, assess and manage programme and project risks, issues and opportunities.
- Coordinate activities across operational, engineering, safety, customer, commercial and finance functions.
- Manage relationships with suppliers, contractors, manufacturers and delivery partners.
- Produce reporting, business cases, governance papers and executive updates.
- Lead project change control processes and assess operational, financial, safety and delivery impacts.
- Facilitate project boards, workshops and stakeholder forums, tracking actions, decisions and dependencies.
- Work with Business Change Managers on business readiness, communications, training and implementation plans.
- Ensure compliance with company policies, rail industry standards, regulatory requirements and safety obligations.
- Capture lessons learned and promote continuous improvement across Rail Services project delivery.
Requirements
What you’ll need- Degree-level qualification or equivalent experience in Project Management, Business Management or a related discipline.
- PRINCE2 Practitioner, APM PMQ, MSP or equivalent project or programme management qualification.
- Demonstrable experience delivering complex projects or programmes from inception through to implementation.
- Experience developing and maintaining project plans, budgets, governance frameworks and risk registers.
- Strong experience of programme governance, reporting and assurance frameworks.
- Experience managing project risks, assumptions, issues and dependencies.
- Strong stakeholder management skills with the ability to influence at senior leadership level.
- Experience producing executive-level reports, dashboards and governance packs.
- Experience leading workshops, programme reviews and planning sessions.
- Strong supplier and third-party management experience.
- Excellent communication, facilitation and presentation skills.
- Strong analytical, organisational and problem-solving capability.
- Advanced Microsoft Office skills, including Excel, PowerPoint, SharePoint and Teams.
- Experience delivering rolling stock introduction programmes, major operational change initiatives or transport infrastructure projects.
- Experience working within the rail industry or another safety-critical environment.
- Experience supporting operational readiness and implementation activities.
- Experience working alongside Business Change, Transformation or Organisational Change teams.
Benefits
Comp & perks- Contributory Pension Scheme: Arriva Workplace Pension Plan (AWPP) provided by Standard Life.
- Employee Assistance Programme provided by Health Assured, offering free confidential 24-hour counselling and information services.
- Career development opportunities across the wider Arriva Group.
- Private Medical Insurance.
- Health and Wellbeing Benefits Package.
- Cycle to Work Scheme.
- Arriva Village employee rewards and benefits platform.
- Additional travel-related benefits where applicable.