Rail Project Director

Swindon, England, United Kingdom

1/7/2025

Company Description

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Job Description

The Rail Wales & Western Project Director will be responsible for leading the Project Management team in the Rail sector within the Wales and Western region. This role encompasses stakeholder engagement, client intelligence, business development, budget management, pipeline oversight, winning and delivering frameworks and projects, and ensuring governance and reviews are consistently applied throughout bidding, project management, and design delivery. The Project Director will also collaborate closely with other Regional Project Management Leads and the Professional Head to ensure effective project delivery across the region.

This region plays a key role by supporting major pursuits in other regions, in addition to delivering its own projects. Key external stakeholders include Network Rail, West of England Combined Authority (WECA), and various Design & Build (D&B) Framework Contractors.

Role:

Safety Leadership:

• Support the safety culture and initiatives across the region, ensuring adherence to safety standards and best practices.

Work Winning & Client Engagement:

• Foster and maintain strong relationships with key clients, stakeholders, and supply chain partners to build a robust project pipeline and ensure delivery of target revenue and margin.
• Lead high-value bids and frameworks, ensuring alignment with business growth objectives.
• Promote a culture of success within the team and drive a winning strategy for the region.
• Collaborate with other areas of AECOM (including different sectors and Client Account Managers) to support overall business growth and strategy.
• Oversee business development and bid delivery, ensuring alignment with budget and strategic objectives.
• Motivate and manage the regional team to develop and sustain effective client relationships and opportunity pipelines.

Excellence in Execution:

• Promote the use of robust governance and business processes to ensure effective project delivery.
• Ensure projects are adequately resourced and managed to meet client expectations and business goals.
• Champion technical oversight and quality assurance across all regional projects.
• Lead the development of talent within the region, supporting succession planning and team growth.
• Collaborate with other regional project management leads within AECOM to deliver best-in-class bids and projects.

People & Team Development:

• Build and manage a high-performing Rail Project Management team in the Wales & Western region.
• Ensure the team has a clear structure, with defined development and succession plans.
• Foster a collaborative culture that encourages knowledge sharing and continuous learning.
• Represent the R,S&GE Regional Director when required in meetings and key client interactions.

Qualifications

Qualifications

• Bachelor Degree preferred but not essential.
• Chartered Engineer

Behavioral Attributes:

• Safeguard: Operate ethically and with integrity, prioritizing safety and security in all actions.
• Decisive: Exhibit clear decision-making, setting priorities and driving accountability.
• Impactful: Communicate effectively and drive results through execution and leadership.
• Client-Focused: Demonstrate a collaborative, innovative, and strategic approach to client relationships.
• Role Model: Lead by example, setting high standards for safety, integrity, and excellence.

Experience:

• Experience leading a team of more than 50 FTEs.
• Background in engineering design, consultancy, rail, or construction sectors.
• Strong understanding of safety and quality requirements in design and delivery within the rail sector.

Additional Information

We celebrate diversity, including neurodiversity, and believe it enriches our team. We welcome applications from all backgrounds and abilities. If you are an applicant with a disability that requires reasonable accommodation to complete the application process, please contact us at ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com

At AECOM, we value everyone's unique contributions and perspectives.

If you meet some of the requirements above or have transferable skills you believe would benefit us, we would be delighted to hear from you

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

About AECOM

AECOM is the world’s trusted infrastructure consulting firm, delivering professional services throughout the project lifecycle – from advisory, planning, design and engineering to program and construction management. On projects spanning transportation, buildings, water, new energy and the environment, our public- and private-sector clients trust us to solve their most complex challenges. Our teams are driven by a common purpose to deliver a better world through our unrivaled technical and digital expertise, a culture of equity, diversity and inclusion, and a commitment to environmental, social and governance priorities. AECOM is a Fortune 500 firm and its Professional Services business had revenue of $14.4 billion in fiscal year 2023. See how we are delivering sustainable legacies for generations to come at aecom.com and @AECOM.

Freedom to Grow in a World of Opportunity

You will have the flexibility you need to do your best work with hybrid work options. Whether you’re working from an AECOM office, remote location or at a client site, you will be working in a dynamic environment where your integrity, entrepreneurial spirit and pioneering mindset are championed.

You will help us foster a safe and respectful workplace, where we invite everyone to bring their whole selves to work using their unique talents, backgrounds and expertise to create transformational outcomes for our clients.

AECOM provides a wide array of compensation, benefits and well-being programs to meet the diverse needs of our employees and their families. We’re the world’s trusted global infrastructure firm, and we’re in this together – your growth and success are ours too.

Join us, and you’ll get all the benefits of being a part of a global, publicly traded firm – access to industry-leading technology and thinking and transformational work with big impact and work flexibility. As an Equal Opportunity Employer, we believe in each person’s potential, and we’ll help you reach yours. We are a Disability Confident Employer and will offer an interview to applicants who have a disability or long-term condition, who meet the minimum/essential criteria for the role. Please let us know using this email address ReasonableAccommodations@aecom.com if you would like to apply through the Disability Confident Interview Scheme.

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

ReqID: J10122218

Business Line: Transportation

Business Group: DCS

Strategic Business Unit: Europe & India

Career Area: Business Management

Work Location Model: Hybrid

Legal Entity: AECOM Infrastructure and Environment UK Limited