Package Manager

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

• 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.

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.