Your Responsibilities

CML are looking for a Scheme Project Manager to lead a growing portfolio of works across various Frameworks. You will be accountable for the safe, efficient, and commercially sound delivery of projects, ensuring that all works are planned, managed, and executed in line with client requirements and business objectives.

You will provide clear leadership to delivery teams, offering practical and technical guidance to ensure the successful execution of both permanent and temporary works. With a strong understanding of project management principles, you will drive effective planning, governance, risk management, and performance reporting across the project lifecycle.

You will take ownership of stakeholder engagement, building and maintaining strong client relationships, while ensuring clear communication across all parties.

As Health & Safety is paramount to the work we do, you will lead by example in embedding a strong safety culture, ensuring compliance with all relevant standards and promoting continuous improvement in safe delivery practices.

At CML, we believe in treating each other fairly and supporting one another to achieve our goals. A successful Scheme Project Manager is someone who combines technical capability with strong leadership, takes accountability, and consistently drives performance—approaching challenges with a respectful, proactive, and solution-focused mindset.

• Any other duties as may reasonably be required

Person Specification

To be successful in the role, you will be able to:

• Undertake the planning and delivery of construction works in a rail industry environment.

The perfect candidate will have:

Suitable qualified by experience, and have relevant construction knowledge, skills and experience Relevant industry knowledge, skills and experience, Railway Safety Training, PTS SSSTS

Experience of reactive Works Delivery Frameworks/Project work in a fast paced environment (at least 5 years)

• Civil Engineering Construction work, ideally in a railway environment (minimum 5 years)

• Appreciation of Network Rail design process

• Demonstratable Line management experience

• Demonstratable commercial experience – NEC 4 contract experience desirable

• Demonstratable Programme Management experience

The Package

• Competitive Pay

• A collaborative and friendly working culture, focussed on investing in people

• Up to 25 days holiday + Statutory Bank Holidays

• Company Sick Pay

• Annual professional subscription costs

• Excellent training & development opportunities, provided by our award nominated in house Training team

• Paid Volunteering days and Charity events

• Annual Flu Jabs

• Employee Assistance Programmes for advice and counselling

• Access to a committed Mental Health First Aider team

• Company Pension and Death in Service scheme of 2x annual salary

• A generous Employee Referral scheme of £1000 per successful hire
  

• At CML we are committed to creating a diverse workforce and an inclusive culture where everyone can be themselves and reach their full potential, not only because this is the right thing to do, but because it makes us a better business.

We welcome candidates from all backgrounds and experiences and all applicants will be considered purely on their merits and potential, regardless of where they are from, their age or gender, their lifestyle choices , their beliefs or what disability they may have.

We’re also striving to be a Disability Confident employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities apply and interview for roles.