Junior Project Manager

About Us

Transreport is a technology company focusing on improving the passenger experience across multiple transport modes and geographies. As an organisation with its roots in UK Rail, Transreport has developed ground-breaking technologies to improve the health and safety of transport employees and passengers alike, whilst ensuring that the customer experience is central to how transport operators deliver their services.

At Transreport, we develop innovative technology solutions that make travel accessible for all. We are a young and driven team, passionate about our mission to develop technology that positively impacts society by working towards a much more equal travel experience for all.

We are well backed by two leading VC organisations and we have also won financial awards from the Department of Transport in recognition of the innovation we are bringing to the UK transport sector.

As a Project Manager, you will have a passion for delivering outstanding levels of customer service and will be organised with good attention to detail; managing the delivery of projects to ensure the benefits of the company strategy. Acting as the main point of contact and taking complete ownership of project, liaising with internal departments and project stakeholders and ensuring requirements are met on time, to budget and with a high level of quality and professionalism. This position is ideal for somebody looking to establish a career in project management.

Join us on an exciting journey and become a member of our growing team.

Our culture

Key aspects of our culture here at Transreport:

Open and transparent, we share knowledge & experience, and encourage everyone to contribute so we can all learn together.

We actively encouragement and support self-development

We listen respectfully, ensuring everyone s opinions are equally heard and carefully considered

We all work together, collaborating effectively across teams, departments and locations.

We strive for best-practice in all we do: treating our clients fairly and communicating transparently across colleagues, associates and business partners

Tasks

About the Role

We are looking for a project manager. As a member of the team, your main responsibilities are, but won't be limited to:

• Work closely with our business, stakeholders and delivery partners to understand business requirements and drive the development of high-quality solutions
• Day-to-day management of projects to time, resources, cost and quality
• Monitor the quality of project deliverables and ensure project objectives are met
• Exchange project related information and knowledge with the team
• Collaborate with specific teams and external parties to ensure solutions are fully aligned to business requirements
• Escalate complex challenges to senior team members or managers in a timely manner and work to assist in addressing those challenges
• Customer focused, based on openness, trust, and delivering on promises
• Knowledge and use of standard program/project methods, tools and techniques
• Ensures effective communication channels exist with all stakeholders - providing timely project and programme updates
• Support efforts to create process improvements within the project

Requirements

About You

You will be expected you to have:

• Understanding of project management skills such as project planning, status reporting, timeline estimation, issue tracking, meeting facilitation, and process documentation
• Experience in project delivery that includes the use of suppliers
• Track record of working both independently and in a multi-disciplinary-team collaborative environment
• Excellent interpersonal skills, written and verbal communication skills including documentation and reporting skills
• Well-developed influencing skills, strength of character, tenacity, and cultural sensitivity to be persuasive and effective
• Flexibility; can accommodate additional working hours to meet deadlines when appropriate
• Management skills to manage one or more complex projects simultaneously

The following are not essential but would be well-received by us in respect to this role:

• Appropriate training in Project Management (Agile or Prince2), or equivalent experience
• Technical background with experience across application development life cycle
• Educated to Degree level in a relevant technical subject (or equivalent industry experience)
• Experienced in the use of Project Planning tools (e.g. MS Project)

Benefits

Location: UK Based, ability to commute into London when requiredEmployee Benefits/Perks of the Job:

• Company Pension Scheme
• Tech & Cycle Scheme
• Work From Home
• Company issued laptop
• Free Flu Jab
• Discretionary Bonus (Dependent upon organisational and individual performance)

Location: UK Based, ability to commute into London when required