Ready to join something exceptional? Discover opportunities at GWR and be part of our journey.

At Great Western Railway, we're more than a train company - we're the proud custodians of Brunel's iconic railway, one of the most prestigious networks in the world.

We're not standing still. With a modern fleet and ambitious plans for growth, we're transforming the way people think about rail travel: relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun. Our team of 6,000+ passionate colleagues play a vital role in this transformation, and we're looking for excellent Project Managers to support our vision during this exciting time of change.

About the role?

We are looking for 2 project managers to join the team. You will be part of an exciting programme that will help us transform how we move customers.  Leading and managing projects and workstreams within the overall programme you will be responsible for their deliverables, the project teams day-to-day activities, and driving and overseeing the delivery; ensuring objectives are clearly defined and achieved within the agreed time, cost and quality constraints.

You will manage all aspects of governing a project including planning, risk and budget management, while ensuring the project accurately reports its progress.

Your main responsibilities will be: 

• Deliver projects in accordance with business project methodologies.
• Utilise project management software to manage work breakdown structures.
• Identify key stakeholders and develop effective relationships.
• Identify requirements based on stakeholder needs.
• Lead the project to deliver agreed outputs within time, cost, and quality constraints.
• Day-to-day management of project and key stakeholders
• Track delivery within budget and schedule/manage resources.
• Ensure benefits are identified, understood, measured, tracked and owned.
• Identify/monitor project risks and issues. Develop mitigating actions and escalate as appropriate.
• Provide key reports and support effective governance and decision making.
• Adhere to formal project change management processes. 

About you?

You will have sound knowledge of project governance, as well as project management terminology, methodologies, tools and techniques.

You will have proven skills in:

• Project Management
• Facilitation
• Proficient in MS applications
• Leadership and leading through engagement
• Negotiation
• Risk/issue management
• Planning – WBS, Gantt
• Stakeholder management and building collaborative relationships
• Communications management
• Reporting
• Budgets

You will have a track record of:

• Delivering projects in a multi-disciplinary environment, driving delivery and improving performance
• Feasibility assessment and business case development
• Business process improvement
• Requirements definition
• Business acceptance testing
• Business change deployment

What do I need?

Essential

• Qualified with either PRINCE2 Practitioner/Agile Project Management Practitioner or APM Project Management Qualification

Desirable

• Agile/scrum methodologies
• PMO and/or project governance experience 

About the location

This role is based at Milford House, Swindon, with occasional travel required across the network. The team also works in a hybrid capacity to meet business needs. 

Working pattern 

This role is full time, 37 hours a week.

The Reward

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including:

• on-going development,
• defined benefit pension scheme with the Railways Pension Scheme,
• free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family,
• company-sponsored health care plan,
• discounted shopping and gym membership
• employee assistance programme and much more.

Application

Please apply online via our website https://careers.firstgroup.co.uk/brand-gwr

If you have any problems applying, please email gwrrecruitment@gwr.com

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment. 

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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