Project Manager or Senior Project Manager (Development)
Location: Scotland (Cumbernauld or regional Scotland base)
Sector: Rail & Civil Engineering ¦ Enhancements & Early-Stage Development
Are you ready to shape the next generation of Scotland’s rail and infrastructure enhancements? We’re looking for a driven Development Project Manager or Senior Project Manager to lead the early stage development of multi-disciplinary enhancement projects, developing client requirements into deliverable, value-engineered solutions.
Join us and help deliver the strategic infrastructure that supports Scotland’s communities, transport networks and future growth.
What We Offer
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Competitive Salary – based on experience
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Company Car or Car Allowance
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25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays (increasing with service)
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Volunteer Days to support causes that matter to you
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Pension Scheme & Life Insurance
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Health & Wellbeing Benefits – Medicash Health Cash Plan & Rewards
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Ongoing Career Development & Progression
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Supportive & Inclusive Culture with strong employee voice mechanisms
About Us
Be part of a business delivering complex civil engineering and rail infrastructure projects for clients including Local Authorities, Network Rail, Scottish Power Energy Networks and environmental bodies. Our Scotland portfolio spans:
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Highways & Roads
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Station Improvements & Structures
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Tunnels & Embankments
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Flood Alleviation & Environmental Works
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Major Enhancements & Renewals Frameworks
With long-term frameworks and a strong project pipeline, this is an exciting opportunity to influence early-stage strategy and set projects up for success.
The Role
As a Development Project Manager or Senior Project Manager, you will lead the front-end development of enhancements projects, working closely with clients, engineering teams, land and environmental specialists, and internal delivery teams.
You will play a critical role in shaping project scope, strategy, risk, access, consents and delivery approaches to ensure projects are buildable, efficient, and aligned with client expectations.
Key responsibilities include:
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Managing initial desktop and site reviews of locations and client requirements.
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Leading early client engagement and supporting optioneering discussions.
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Identifying early project risks and coordinating surveys, design input, ecological and property support.
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Producing initial CDM documentation for early project phases.
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Working with Engineering Manager, CEM and Design Manager through project/portfolio development.
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Developing delivery, access and construction strategies, including land requirements, permits and permissions.
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Identifying opportunities for value engineering and efficiencies.
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Attending early engagement, integration and strategy meetings with key stakeholders.
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Supporting pre-construction and tendering inputs.
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Developing implementation programmes and engaging strategic supply chain early, including long-lead items.
You will be central to ensuring projects are well-defined, efficient, safe and strategically aligned before moving into full delivery.
What We’re Looking For
The ideal candidate will bring:
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Experience working in rail or civil engineering project development, pre-construction, design management or early-stage enhancements.
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Strong understanding of project scoping, planning, risk identification, access planning and early-stage strategy.
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Experience leading stakeholder discussions, optioneering workshops, or early client technical meetings.
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Ability to coordinate multidisciplinary inputs (ecology, surveys, design, property, CDM, engineering).
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Excellent communication and relationship-building skills to engage clients and internal teams.
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A proactive approach to identifying efficiencies and creating buildable delivery strategies.
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Technical or professional qualifications (Degree / HNC / HND in engineering or similar) and/or progress toward CEM/CRE responsibilities would be advantageous.
Why Join Us?
You will have a unique opportunity to influence some of Scotland’s vital future rail and civil engineering infrastructure schemes, shaping projects before they reach site delivery.
If you want to play a strategic role in defining, optimising and preparing enhancements projects for successful delivery, this is the role for you.
AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, and waterways.
AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we offer challenging and worthwhile careers to everyone. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.
