Overview
Package Manager – London
Job Description
To provide end-to-end project management and delivery leadership for allocated HRS03 work packages, taking accountability for safe, predictable and commercially effective delivery from scope definition and design through procurement, manufacture, construction/installation, testing, commissioning and handover.
The Project Manager/Package Manager will lead an integrated multidisciplinary team and manage scope, programme, cost, risk, opportunity, change, quality, interfaces, resources and supply-chain performance. The role will coordinate engineering, commercial, procurement, planning, construction and assurance functions and maintain effective relationships with HS2, the Rail Systems Alliance, suppliers and other project stakeholders.
The role will make timely decisions within delegated authority and escalate matters in accordance with SMCJV governance where their value, programme impact, safety, quality, interface, contractual consequence or strategic significance requires higher-level approval.
Responsibilities
Responsibilities
1. Package leadership and accountability
Own the end-to-end management and delivery of allocated work packages, establishing clear scope, objectives, deliverables, responsibilities, resources and delivery strategy.
Lead the integrated multidisciplinary package team, setting clear priorities and driving ownership, timely decisions and delivery against agreed commitments.
Ensure package scope and requirements remain clearly defined, controlled and traceable throughout the project lifecycle.
2. Programme and delivery management
Develop, maintain and manage integrated package delivery plans and programmes aligned with the HRS03 baseline programme and key contractual milestones.
Actively manage critical path, dependencies, constraints, interfaces, resources and key deliverables across design, procurement, manufacture, construction, installation, testing and commissioning.
Monitor progress and productivity, identify emerging delay or underperformance and implement appropriate mitigation and recovery actions.
3. Commercial and financial performance
Own package budget, forecast and cost performance in conjunction with the Commercial team, ensuring expenditure and commitments remain within approved parameters.
Manage supply-chain commercial performance, including delivery against subcontract and purchase-order obligations, valuations, variations and emerging liabilities.
Ensure change, compensation events, commercial risks and opportunities are identified early, properly evidenced and managed through the appropriate contractual and governance processes.
Drive value, productivity and cost efficiency while protecting the JV contractual and commercial position.
4. Risk, opportunity and change management
Own and maintain package risks and opportunities, with clear owners, mitigation actions, contingencies and escalation routes.
Ensure technical, programme, commercial, safety, quality and interface consequences are understood before changes or commitments are made.
Apply effective change control so that scope, programme, cost and contractual impacts are identified, assessed, approved and recorded.
5. Engineering, interfaces and assurance
Coordinate design, engineering, procurement, manufacture, installation, testing and commissioning activities to deliver a fully integrated package.
Identify and actively manage technical, physical, programme and organisational interfaces with other HRS03 packages and the wider Rail Systems programme.
Ensure technical approvals, assurance requirements, inspection and test plans, records, documentation and handover evidence are progressively developed and completed.
Ensure defects, non-conformances and technical issues are resolved in a timely and controlled manner.
6. Health, safety, environment and quality
Demonstrate visible leadership of health, safety, environment, wellbeing and quality across the package.
Ensure activities are properly planned, risk assessed and delivered in accordance with applicable legislation, project requirements, company policies and approved methods of working.
Promote a positive safety and quality culture and ensure corrective actions are implemented and closed effectively.
7. Stakeholder and supply-chain leadership
Lead and coordinate subcontractors, suppliers, designers, engineers, planners, commercial teams, site teams and assurance functions against agreed package outcomes.
Manage supplier and subcontractor performance against contractual obligations, deliverables, programme, quality and productivity expectations.
Maintain effective package-level relationships with HS2, the Rail Systems Alliance and other internal and external stakeholders within delegated authority.
Chair package progress and coordination meetings, ensuring decisions, actions and accountabilities are clearly recorded and driven to closure.
8. Governance, reporting and performance
Provide accurate and timely reporting on programme, cost, forecast, risk, opportunity, change, safety, quality, supply-chain performance and delivery status.
Maintain appropriate package registers, action logs, risk and opportunity records, programme updates and other project controls.
Operate in accordance with SMCJV governance, delegated authority, change control and reporting requirements.
Make decisions at the appropriate level and promptly escalate issues where their significance exceeds delegated authority or threatens wider project outcomes.
Drive the successful completion, testing, commissioning, documentation, acceptance and handover of the allocated package scope.
Key Performance Indicators
- Delivery against agreed programme, milestones and package commitments.
- Package cost performance, forecast accuracy and management of financial commitments.
- Health, safety, environment, wellbeing and quality performance.
- Effective management and closure of risks, opportunities, change, interfaces, defects and non-conformances.
- Subcontractor and supplier performance, productivity and delivery reliability.
- Accuracy and timeliness of project controls, reporting and escalation.
- Successful testing, commissioning, assurance, acceptance and handover of package scope.
Knowledge, Skills, and Experience
Essential
- Demonstrable experience managing construction, rail, infrastructure or multidisciplinary engineering projects or work packages through multiple lifecycle stages.
- Proven ability to lead multidisciplinary project/package teams and coordinate engineering, commercial, procurement, planning, construction and assurance functions.
- Strong understanding of project management, project controls, programme management, risk and opportunity management, change control and project governance.
- Commercial awareness with experience managing budgets, forecasts, contracts, subcontractors, suppliers and supply-chain performance.
- Experience managing complex interfaces, dependencies and stakeholders in a multi-party project environment.
- Good understanding of health, safety, environmental and quality requirements applicable to major infrastructure delivery.
- Ability to interpret technical drawings, specifications, programmes, commercial information and project documentation and translate these into delivery actions.
- Strong leadership, planning, communication, problem-solving, negotiation and stakeholder-management skills.
Desirable
- Experience of major UK rail or regulated infrastructure programmes, preferably involving rail systems, power or complex systems integration.
- Working knowledge of NEC3 and/or NEC4 contracts and associated change and early-warning processes.
- Experience of testing, commissioning, technical assurance, acceptance and handover.
- Experience working within a joint venture, alliance or similarly complex collaborative delivery environment.
Qualifications
Essential
HNC/HND, degree or equivalent demonstrable experience in construction, engineering, project management or a relevant discipline.
Desirable
APM, PRINCE2 or equivalent recognised project-management qualification.
Relevant professional membership or progress toward professional membership, for example APM, CIOB, ICE or an appropriate engineering institution.
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About Us
Costain helps to improve people’s lives with integrated, leading edge, smart infrastructure solutions across the UK’s energy, water, transportation and defence markets. We help our clients improve their business performance by increasing capacity, improving customer service, safeguarding security, enhancing resilience, decarbonising and delivering increased efficiency. Our vision is to be the UK’s leading smart infrastructure solutions company. We will achieve this by focusing on blue chip clients whose major spending plans are underpinned by strategic national needs, regulatory commitments, legislation or essential performance requirements. We offer our clients leading edge solutions that are digitally optimised through the following five services which cover the whole lifecycle of their assets: future-shaping strategic consultancy; consultancy and advisory; digital technology solutions; asset optimisation and complex programme delivery. Our culture and values underpin everything we do.
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