Senior Project Manager in Birmingham

RSS Infrastructure is seeking an experienced Senior Project Manager to lead the safe, compliant and commercially successful delivery of civils and construction projects within rail and infrastructure environments. This is a senior leadership role with accountability across the full project lifecycle, from initiation through to handback and closeout.

What you’ll do

• Lead the planning and delivery of multiple civil and construction projects, ensuring alignment with CDM, health and safety and environmental requirements at all stages.
• Provide visible leadership on health and safety, driving a zero-harm culture across project teams and supply chain partners.
• Own the project programme, ensuring realistic planning, critical path management and effective interface management with other contractors and disciplines.
• Manage project budgets and cost performance, including change control, early warning, compensation events and final account agreement.
• Ensure all construction activities under the role’s control comply with CDM 2015, relevant UK health and safety legislation and RSS Infrastructure procedures.
• Ensure that roles and responsibilities of CDM duty holders (Client, Principal Designer, Principal Contractor, Contractors) are understood and that project arrangements support those duties.
• Develop, review and maintain project risk registers, method statements, task briefings and safe systems of work, ensuring they are communicated, understood and implemented on site.
• Ensure suitable construction phase plans and welfare arrangements are in place and maintained throughout the project lifecycle.
• Implement effective stage gate reviews at key milestones (e.g. concept, design freeze, start on site, access readiness, commissioning, handback and close-out) to assure readiness, compliance and risk control.
• Monitor daily operational performance for safety incidents, close calls, non-conformances, delays and defects, ensuring prompt investigation and corrective action.

What you need – Qualifications

• Degree or equivalent in Construction Management, Civil Engineering or a related discipline (or extensive equivalent experience).
• A recognised project management qualification is desirable (e.g. APM PMQ, PRINCE2 Practitioner or similar).
• NEBOSH General Certificate or Construction Certificate (or equivalent) preferred; minimum IOSH Managing Safely or equivalent as a baseline.
• CDM-specific training/qualification is highly desirable (e.g. CDM duty holder training).
• PTS and other relevant rail competencies as required by role and client standards (or willingness to obtain where not already held).
• Full UK driving licence.

What you need – Experience

• Substantial experience in a Project Manager or Senior Project Manager role delivering civil and construction projects, ideally within the rail or wider infrastructure sectors.
• Demonstrable track record of delivering projects safely, on time, to budget and to required quality standards within a safety‑critical environment.
• Proven experience applying CDM Regulations and health and safety legislation in planning and managing construction works.
• Experience managing multidisciplinary teams and supply chain partners, including through possessions and high‑risk works.
• Experience implementing formal programme control and stage gate processes to manage time, cost and risk.
• Evidence of building strong client relationships and contributing to repeat business and framework performance.

About RSS Infrastructure

RSS Infrastructure (RSSI) is a multi‑disciplinary service provider for the rail and construction sectors. We have an award‑winning reputation for developing solutions to improve safety and productivity. Founded in 2007, RSSI provides a diverse range of solutions across the infrastructure sector through three divisions: Technical Services, Managed Environments, and Welding Services. The Technical Services division encompasses Civils and Construction, Rail Operations, Signalling and Telecommunications (S&T), and Track Warning Services. Notably, RSSI stands out as the UK's sole provider of Track Warning Services. The Managed Environments division offers Arboriculture, Ecology Services, Industrial Rope Access (IRATA), and Vegetation Management services. Lastly, the Welding Services division specialises in Rail Welding and boasts an outstanding performance record, with a 99% first‑time approval rate for our welds. RSSI has over 200 full‑time employees and a large contingent workforce covering most of the UK. It operates from offices in Birmingham, Cwmbran, Doncaster and Tonbridge. As an equal opportunities employer, RSSI does not discriminate based on ethnicity, race, religious beliefs, age, disability, gender, or sexual orientation. As a proud signatory to the Armed Forces Covenant, we encourage reservists and veterans of the Armed Forces to apply for positions.