Project Manager in Birmingham

Currie & Brown is one of the leading international physical asset management and construction consultancies, dedicated to advising clients worldwide with our expertise and experience in multiple sectors and services. We are differentiated by our people, innovation and reputation with a genuine global office network. Our people, from the first-day apprentice to senior management, make our business what it is today. Everybody in the Currie & Brown family, no matter how experienced they are, plays their own unique part in our success and have fun along the way.

Due to our recent appointment onto the ASPRO framework for the North West and Central region, Currie & Brown are seeking several ambitious and highly motivated Asset Protection Project Interface Managers and Scheme Project Managers with experience in the rail infrastructure sector to join our teams based in London, Manchester and Birmingham. We are looking for several people who can safely and seamlessly integrate externally funded projects into the railway environment, whilst minimising impacts on railway operations and operational infrastructure.

Your Core duties will involve:

• Develop and deliver solutions for externally funded, high value, politically sensitive and multi-disciplinary projects (Levels of Control 2, 3 & 4) and where mandated, assure delivery in accordance with the GRIP lifecycle. Manage the seamless integration of all project risks affecting the operational railway.
• Engage with and manage the interface with internal stakeholders to enable compliance with governance and assurance processes. Facilitate compliance against the Railways Act and Network Licence and oversee the completion of deliverables.
• Interrogate the Client remit and programme and provide clarity of operational railway interface requirements, devising solutions to enable early and accurate decision making by the Client.
• Liaise with Construction Design Management (CDM) Client and other duty holders to establish principles for project compliance with the CDM Regulations.
• Support the interface with projects to secure and allocate resource and assure that delivery of projects is in compliance with processes and procedures. Assist in communicating progress against defined milestones and expectations, supporting implementation of contingency measures where necessary.
• Assist in facilitating agreement between all parties to identify which organisation acts as proposer for infrastructure changes in accordance with the Common Safety Method - Risk Assessment Regulations. Monitor and analyse all aspects of risk and performance over the project lifecycle.
• Review lessons learned and develop mitigation strategies with stakeholders to refine project proposals to facilitate successful delivery.
• Provide support to accident, incident & close call events, sharing outputs with client teams.
• Build effective relationships with all stakeholders, manage expectations, champion project interests.
• Identify and progress opportunities to reduce asset and maintenance liabilities, resolving conflicting works and driving efficiencies.
• Assist in facilitating full recovery of costs in accordance with the Legal Agreement between the external party and the client.

What skills we are looking for from you:

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Membership (or working towards membership) Association for Project Management.
• Achieved PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent.
• Knowledge of the operational railway and railway infrastructure.
• Demonstrable experience of delivery of projects in the rail environment.
• Excellent stakeholder management and communication skills.
• Team player able to quickly build relationships and share knowledge acquired.
• Demonstrable ability to constructively challenge the ideas of others with good evaluation and decision-making skills.
• Understanding of project commercial requirements & programme controls.
• Knowledge of health, safety & environmental requirements and legislation including CDM Regulations and CSM-RA.
• Knowledge and experience of project budget management.
• Knowledge of GRIP.

Desirable:

• Knowledge of investment, commercial and procurement practices.
• Previous experience working within Asset Protection.
• Understanding of rail infrastructure maintenance techniques.
• Knowledge of rail possessions/ isolations.

Why choose Currie & Brown? Unlike some businesses, we prioritise for the long term and honour our commitments. We are compassionate and inclusive in the way we approach our work, and always look to invest in our people's futures. Be it a desire to work internationally, a drive to progress, or even a curiosity to operate in a new sector, we are there for our people at every stage - providing advice, support and the structure to achieve. That is why so many of us have established and built successful careers here for so long. We don’t offer just a job; we offer a career with clear structured route to progression, and a track record of making international mobility happen with international moves encouraged on a permanent or secondment basis.

We are an international industry leader - Working for us provides the chance to work for a leading brand with a focus on excellence, being digitally-led in our approach, we present the chance to work on some of the world’s most prestigious projects and for some of the world’s top clients. We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day and that is why we firmly believe equality, diversity and inclusion should be taken seriously. Diverse people, backgrounds and experiences develop the most innovative of ideas, they are essential to our success, that is why we actively encourage applications from all backgrounds. We are a truly independent business where our people are empowered to make quick, agile decisions that drive real impact.