Project Manager - York - Duration 12months - Rate c£390/day Umbrella
Key Words / Skills: Project Manager, Rail, Network Rail, Metro, Transport for the North.

Overview:
Wilde Recruitment Ltd are working along side NWR in order to recruit a Project Manager to work on a 12month contract based at York.
As a Project Manager your responsibilities and duties may include:
Main Duties and Responsibilities: Management and delivery of plans to ensure all necessary preparation and execution tasks and dependencies are included.
Ongoing management of those plans to achieve the delivery goals.
Work with key stakeholders to manage the deployment of all aspects of the project assigned to.
Identify and mitigate potential risks for delivery of products.
Operate as a full member of the team; supporting the Programme Director and other team members as directed Project Manage all aspects of specific work packages .
Working with stakeholders to ensure Design; Delivery; Technical Build; testing; MI requirements etc are managed and delivered to date and time
Completion of detailed plan for the medium term including MSP; Resources; costs Completion of the detailed design phase to time and quality; working with the Design team to secure stakeholder sign-off at all stages.
Development of stakeholder relationship with suppliers; including preparation of joint plans; proposals and any design and build documentation.
Completion of the high level plan through to Go Live and BAU handover.
Experience in the delivery of projects; with particular emphasis on the management of suppliers and stakeholders
Experience of governance and risk control frameworks Good planning and organisational skills
Strong leadership; people and communications skills Possess strong analytical skills with a proven ability to persuade and influence senior decision-making.
Major rail enhancement programme, interested in someone with programme management instead of project management. Project development experience.
Stakeholder management experience, Preferably in a transport context, possibly involving stakeholders in the Network Rail environment, such as local authorities or transport agencies eg transport for greater Manchester, Transport for the North
Dealing with local authorities Experience within the rail/programme work. Experience of Network Rail project processes would be an advantage
Stakeholder management experience, possibly involving stakeholders in the Network Rail environment, such as local authorities or transport agencies
Dealing with the development of a programme. Beginning to put together a procurement plan for a major programme of work, engaging with NON government organisation.

Candidate:
You will be an experienced Project Manager
Must have Rail experience
Qualified to HNC / HND / Degree level
Good communication skills both written and oral.
Good people skills.

To discuss this vacancy please contact: James Walker or Mike Kelly
We are an Equal Opportunities Employer and we positively welcome applications from all candidates regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex and sexual orientation.

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