Project Director - Rail in Manchester

We have a fantastic opportunity for a permanent Project Director to join our Consulting Rail team. We welcome applications across the north region centring on York, Leeds, Manchester and Sheffield and wider UK.

The standard working week is 37.5 hours, with flexible working practices available to support how you work as your life evolves.

What you will be doing:

• The Project Director will act as a project management subject matter expert, providing clear direction, guidance, and oversight to project management teams, operational leaders, clients, and suppliers across the business.
• This includes leading multidisciplinary teams across projects, accounts, and locations, and undertaking line management responsibilities where required.
• The core focus of the role is to drive project management excellence across the organisation, supporting teams with best practice, consistency, and high performance.

Responsibilities include:

• To act as project management specialist and subject matter expert, providing direction, guidance and supervision as appropriate to project management teams, operational managers, clients and suppliers.
• Leading and directing the preparation and checking of project management related information that enables Amey Consulting commissions to be delivered whilst satisfying the overarching criteria of quality, cost and programme.
• Responsibility for the commercial success of the projects within their portfolio, controlling budgets and managing the costs associated with the production of deliverables.
• Liaising with client and supplier representatives up to director level, including presenting proposals.
• Identifying opportunities for project management initiatives and sponsoring their development.
• Leading the preparation of bids and the general work-winning function, including the role of bid director.
• Assuming the role of people manager when required by the business.

What you will bring to us:

• Bachelors or Masters degree in an appropriate subject.
• Fellowship of the Association for Project Management already held or to be gained within six months of commencement in the role.
• Chartered Project Professional (ChPP) status with the Association for Project Management.
• Applies deep expertise of project management theory and principles to rarely seen situations which require the creation of an outcome from first principles.
• Knowledge, understanding and experience of the project management field, with the ability to manage others.
• Demonstrates a full understanding of the project scope and acts as project management lead for both minor and major projects.
• Highly experienced with project management software and tools.
• Good ability to check work produced by others and able to validate and approve the use of new tools.
• Demonstrates high level commercial awareness.
• Can identify opportunities for project scope variations.
• Excellent knowledge of suppliers and the services they provide, maintained through regular contact.
• Excellent oral communicator, able to present arguments and ideas very well to peers, more senior colleagues and clients.
• Can deliver internal training workshops to peers and presentations to clients.
• Demonstrates an excellent understanding of Health, Safety and Welfare, including specific regulations.
• Demonstrates a very good ability to resolve possible interface clashes and manages interfaces within their own discipline.
• Supervisory and people manager skills. Capable of directing the actions of project management teams regardless of office location, project or account, including the multidisciplinary environment and to undertake the people manager role when required by the business.

What we can offer:

• Exceptional personal development, training and progression plans, designed to allow you to shine in your career, all in line with your personal ambition.
• Competitive salary and compensation.
• Generous pension scheme, with extra contributions from Amey.
• 24 days annual leave, plus bank holidays.
• Flexible benefits scheme, including the option to buy additional annual leave and insurance benefits, Cycle2Work scheme and access to discounted gym membership.
• Our Save with Amey programme gives you access to thousands of discounts from leading retailers to help you save on shopping, days out, or nights in.
• Family friendly policies for new parents or if you provide care for a dependant.
• Membership of our Affinity Networks who connect, support and inspire diverse communities within Amey.
• Two Social Impact Days each year, for volunteering and fundraising opportunities.

About Amey:

Amey is a global, integrated infrastructure consultancy and operations partner. We design, deliver, protect, and maintain critical assets and systems. We advise, design, finance, deliver, and enhance civic, transport, and defense systems. By combining strategic intelligence, engineering, infrastructure finance, and operational expertise, we create secure, resilient, compliant, and high-value outcomes across the lifecycles of new and legacy assets.

Application Guidance:

Diversity and Inclusion: We constantly evolve how we work to reflect the different needs and backgrounds of our employees. We seek out the skills, joy and energy that often-marginalised groups can bring to our teams and welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates, regardless of their race, gender, disability, religion/belief, sexual orientation, or age. We are committed to offering applicants with a disability an interview if they meet the minimum requirements for the role. Please contact our recruitment team at peopleservices@amey.co.uk to discuss any access needs, reasonable adjustments or additional support that you may require at any point during the recruitment process.

Apply today. We may close this vacancy early if we receive sufficient applications. Please apply as soon as possible. We look forward to hearing from you.