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Base pay range
Salary range is £45,000 to £65,000 dependant on skills and experience
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At Great Western Railway, we're more than a train company - we're the proud custodians of Brunel's iconic railway, one of the most prestigious networks in the world.
We're not standing still. With a modern fleet and ambitious plans for growth, we're transforming the way people think about rail travel: relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun. Our team of 6,000+ passionate colleagues play a vital role in this transformation, and we're looking for excellent Project Managers to support our vision during this exciting time of change.
About the role?
We are looking for 2 project managers to join the team. You will be part of an exciting programme that will help us transform how we move customers. Leading and managing projects and workstreams within the overall programme you will be responsible for their deliverables, the project teams day-to-day activities, and driving and overseeing the delivery; ensuring objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.
You will manage all aspects of governing a project including planning, risk and budget management, while ensuring the project accurately reports its progress.
Your main responsibilities will be:
* Deliver projects in accordance with business project methodologies.
* Utilise project management software to manage work breakdown structures.
* Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.
* Identify requirements based on stakeholder needs.
* Lead the project to deliver agreed outputs within time, cost, and quality constraints.
* Day-to-day management of project and key stakeholders
* Track delivery within budget and schedule/manage resources.
* Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned.
* Identify/monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
* Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making.
* Adhere to formal project change management processes.
About you?
You will have sound knowledge of project governance, as well as project management terminology, methodologies, tools and techniques.
You will have proven skills in:
* Project Management
* Facilitation
* Proficient in MS applications
* Leadership and leading through engagement
* Negotiation
* Risk/issue management
* Planning – WBS, Gantt
* Stakeholder management and building collaborative relationships
* Communications management
* Reporting
* Budgets
You will have a track record of:
* Delivering projects in a multi-disciplinary environment, driving delivery and improving performance
* Feasibility assessment and business case development
* Business process improvement
* Business acceptance testing
What do I need?
* Qualified with either PRINCE2 Practitioner/Agile Project Management Practitioner or APM Project Management Qualification
* PMO and/or project governance experience
About the location
This role is based at Milford House, Swindon, with occasional travel required across the network. The team also works in a hybrid capacity to meet business needs.
Working pattern
This role is full time, 37 hours a week.
The Reward
As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including:
* defined benefit pension scheme with the Railways Pension Scheme,
* free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family,
* company-sponsored health care plan,
* discounted shopping and gym membership
* employee assistance programme and much more.
Application
Please apply online via our website https://careers.firstgroup.co.uk/brand-gwr
If you have any problems applying, please email gwrrecruitment@gwr.com
We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.
We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.
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Seniority level
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Mid-Senior level
Employment type
* Employment type
Full-time
Job function
* Job function
Project Management
* Industries
Rail Transportation
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