Project Manager - Rail & Infrastructure in Birmingham

Project Manager - Rail & Infrastructure in Birmingham

Birmingham Full-Time 46350 - 56650 £ / year (est.) No working from home possible
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At a Glance

  • Tasks: Manage exciting rail and infrastructure projects, ensuring client satisfaction and successful delivery.
  • Company: Fast-growing project management consultancy with a strong team culture.
  • Benefits: Competitive salary, generous leave, hybrid working, and travel expenses covered.
  • Other info: Genuine progression opportunities in a rapidly expanding company.
  • Why this job: Join a dynamic team and make a real impact on transport infrastructure.
  • Qualifications: 4-5+ years in project management, ideally within rail or infrastructure.

The predicted salary is between 46350 - 56650 £ per year.

About the role

We're recruiting on behalf of a growing project management consultancy operating across the rail and transport infrastructure sector, working with clients including HS2, Network Rail-affiliated organisations, Midlands Rail Group, and long-standing train operating company partners. This is a client-side project management role. You'll represent the client's interests on projects ranging from a few hundred thousand pounds to £10 million, either interfacing with third parties delivering work on the client's behalf, or managing the delivery of client-commissioned construction projects directly. Projects are almost always customer-facing — new stations, station improvements, walkways, and similar passenger experience upgrades.

What's in it for you

  • Salary: £50,000–£60,000, depending on experience (likely mid-£50s for the right candidate)
  • Pension: 5% employee / 8% employer contribution
  • Annual leave: 26 days plus bank holidays, with a genuinely flexible approach
  • Travel & expenses: mileage covered for client site travel, meals and hotel stay covered when overnight travel is required, and pool cars available for high-travel roles
  • Hybrid working: typically client office 1–2 days/week, company office once a week (Thursdays), remainder flexible
  • Team culture: twice-yearly company-wide team events (summer and winter), including past trips to a private glamping site with hot tubs
  • Genuine progression opportunity in a business that has grown from a single founder in 2019 to over 30 people today, with a clear trajectory into larger, multi-year framework contracts

About the business

A small but fast-growing infrastructure project management consultancy, founded in 2018 and built around a strong, behaviour-first culture. The team values people who get involved, take ownership, and build genuine relationships with clients — technical competence matters, but so does being someone people enjoy working with.

What you'll be doing

  • Representing the client throughout the lifecycle of infrastructure projects
  • Managing third-party contractors delivering work on client assets, or overseeing direct project delivery on the client's behalf
  • Helping shape project scope, supporting the move into contract, and managing that contract through to completion
  • Splitting time between the client's office, the company's Birmingham office (typically one day a week, Thursdays), and remote working, the exact mix depends on the client and project

What we're looking for

  • 4–5+ years' experience in a project management role within rail, transport, or broader infrastructure — ideally at "scheme PM" level and ready to step up
  • A background with Network Rail, a train operating company, National Highways, or similar infrastructure organisations is ideal, but candidates from other infrastructure-adjacent sectors with strong transferable skills are equally welcome
  • A relevant qualification such as PRINCE2, APM, or PMQ is preferred, though not essential if you can demonstrate equivalent hands-on experience
  • Confident, self-sufficient, and comfortable running a project with minimal oversight — this isn't a role for someone who needs a lot of hand-holding
  • Strong client-facing communication skills; able to build relationships, flag issues proactively, and manage day-to-day delivery
  • A driving license is a strong advantage given regular travel to client sites, though not mandatory if you're well-connected by rail

Interested candidates should apply with an up-to-date CV. Strong preference for candidates already based in or able to easily travel to the Birmingham / East Midlands corridor, or along the Birmingham–York–London route.

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We think you need these skills to ace Project Manager - Rail & Infrastructure in Birmingham

Project Management
Client-Facing Communication Skills
Relationship Building
Contract Management
Scope Definition
Experience in Rail and Transport Infrastructure
Knowledge of Network Rail or Train Operating Companies