Join the Arriva TrainCare Team as a Project Manager!
Organisation - Arriva TrainCare (ATC)
Contract – Permanent
Working Hours – 37.5 hours per week Monday – Friday
Location – Bristol
Salary - £46,575 per annum
About Us:
At Arriva TrainCare we provide high quality overhaul, maintenance and servicing of passenger rolling stock, locomotives, freight wagons and track plant. We operate throughout the UK from six strategic locations – Crewe, Bristol, Eastleigh, Cambridge, Tyne Yard and Scarborough.
Arriva TrainCare is part of Arriva, you’ll be part of a professional team with these core behaviours at heart;
1. We care passionately
2. We do the right thing
3. We make the difference
Benefits include 25 days annual leave plus standard UK bank holidays, pension, life and healthcare cover, Arriva UK Trains Travel Pass, Cycle to Work scheme and Arriva Village retailer discount scheme.
The Role:
Reporting into the Senior Project Manager you will undertake Project Mobilisation activities for Light Maintenance, Heavy Maintenance workstreams and Facilities as assigned.
What You’ll Do:
Responsible for all areas of assigned project delivery including not limited to:
1. Tracking & reporting on performance against the project plan to agreed timescales.
2. Recording and managing project issues and Risk.
3. Support the HM Managers with the management of Project change.
4. Tracking Project finance through periodic dashboard.
5. Managing Stakeholders and Liaising with suppliers.
6. Initiating Project closure, including conducting lessons learnt and benefits reviews.
7.Coordinating Project meetings and managing subsequent actions.
8. Ensuring HM Projects adhere to the processes, controls and structured detailed in the HM Process Document.
4. Support and generate various continuous improvement opportunities to enhance the efficiency of the overall Project team.
5. Prepare periodic Dashboard data for all project workstreams with analysis and insights that enable members of the project team to identify actions for margin enhancement, efficiencies and risk management.
6. Maintain a project margin tracker for each HM project, reflecting the cost, revenue impact and the margin evolution of each project, to demonstrate the value added through Contract Variations.
7. Ensure PM team representation in periodic reviews with the Operations team (i.e. Depot Capacity / Pipeline Planning).
8. Establish a database of project cost data (e.g. costs per activity/unit, hours per activity/unit, material, and non-stock costs per unit), based on actual delivery performance from past and current projects to better inform future bids and allow comparison across similar HM and LM projects between depots.
What You Bring:
Experience – previous experience in a project management position
Skills – time management, organisation, ability to work under pressure,
Qualifications – project management qualification in APM. Prince2 or other
Although not essential the following would be advantageous;
9. Good understanding of traction and rolling stock and rail vehicle maintenance activities
10. Training in Lean techniques such as six sigma
Ready to start your next journey?
If you’re passionate about making a difference and supporting Arriva TrainCare, we want to hear from you!
Due to the energising nature of our vacancies, application close dates, when stated, are indicative and may be subject to change so please apply as soon as possible to avoid disappointment. Shortlisting and interviewing will take place whilst the advert is open and will close once a successful candidate has been identified.