AtkinsRéalis
Transportation
ProgrammeDirector(Transportation)
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“Programme Director (Transportation) at AtkinsRéalis. Skills: executive leadership, governance oversight, strategic delivery management, rail infrastructure and systems programme delivery, multidisciplinary team leadership, stakeholder management, risk management, commercial performance management. Provide executive leadership, governance oversight, and strategic delivery management across a large-scale rail infrastructure and systems programme. Lead multidisciplinary engineering, construction, c”
What You'll Achieve.
ensure programme objectives are achieved; ensure testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness activities are integrated into programme delivery; Drive compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory obligations throughout programme execution
Industry & Context.
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
Minimum 20 years’ professional experience with at least 12 years in senior programme or project director roles, Extensive experience on major rail, infrastructure, transportation, or industrial programmes, understanding of programme controls, systems integration, interface management, and operational readiness, Experience leading multidisciplinary teams within complex stakeholder environments, commercial, contractual, and risk management capability, Excellent communication, leadership, and executive reporting skills
Nice to Have
Master’s degree, Professional membership or chartership preferred (PMP, APM, PE, CEng, or equivalent)
What You'll Do.
Provide executive leadership
and strategic delivery management across a large-scale rail infrastructure and systems programme
Lead multidisciplinary engineering
and operational teams through planning
stakeholder coordination
and operational readiness activities
Lead overall programme governance
and executive-level decision-making across all workstreams
Direct multidisciplinary engineering
and operational teams to ensure programme objectives are achieved
Establish programme management frameworks
and assurance processes aligned with industry best practice
Manage strategic stakeholder engagement with client representatives
government authorities
Oversee programme-wide risk
and commercial performance management
and operational readiness activities are integrated into programme delivery
Drive compliance with safety
and regulatory obligations throughout programme execution
Mentor senior leadership teams and promote a high-performance delivery culture focused on accountability
and continuous improvement
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Lead multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commercial, systems integration, and operational teams; Manage strategic stakeholder engagement with client representatives, government authorities, contractors, operators, and third parties; Mentor senior leadership teams; promote a high-performance delivery culture focused on accountability, collaboration, and continuous improvement
Communication Scope
Excellent communication; executive reporting skills
Process & Methodology
programme governance, delivery strategy, executive-level decision-making, programme management frameworks, reporting systems, assurance processes, risk management, change control, schedule recovery, commercial performance management, testing, commissioning, handover, operational readiness activities, programme controls, systems integration, interface management, operational readiness, commercial, contractual, and risk management capability
Full Job Description
### **Job Description** Our**Transportation business** brings together expertise in **rail, highways, and local transport** into a multidisciplinary team delivering innovative and sustainable mobility solutions. Within Rail, our Systems & Infrastructure capability provides leading expertise across signaling, telecommunications, control systems, and integrated operations. We combine technical excellence with a human-centered approach, ensuring that railway systems are designed for performance, reliability, safety, and long-term operability. ## Overview ## AtkinsRéalis is seeking an experienced Programme Director to provide executive leadership, governance oversight, and strategic delivery management across a large-scale rail infrastructure and systems programme. The role will lead multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commercial, systems integration, and operational teams through planning, delivery, testing, commissioning, stakeholder coordination, and operational readiness activities in alignment with programme objectives, quality requirements, and regulatory obligations. ## Your role ## * Lead overall programme governance, delivery strategy, and executive-level decision-making across all workstreams. * Direct multidisciplinary engineering, construction, commercial, systems integration, and operational teams to ensure programme objectives are achieved. * Establish programme management frameworks, reporting systems, and assurance processes aligned with industry best practice. * Manage strategic stakeholder engagement with client representatives, government authorities, contractors, operators, and third parties. * Oversee programme-wide risk, change control, schedule recovery, and commercial performance management. * Ensure testing, commissioning, handover, and operational readiness activities are integrated into programme delivery. * Drive compliance with safety, quality, environmental, and regulatory obligations throughout programme execution. * Mentor senior
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