3 Rail Transport jobs in the United Kingdom

Senior Project Manager

CPC is an independent project and cost management consultancy, providing the best technical expertise in delivering infrastructure, property and transformational change projects that are improving people’s lives both at work and at home.

Our people are dedicated to meeting our clients’ needs, unified by a core set of values and behaviours that bring the right knowledge, experience and a fresh approach to unlocking every project’s full potential.

Senior Project Manager

Role: full-time, permanent.

Office: Manchester or Liverpool

Due to considerable growth within our Transport & Infrastructure sector in the North West, we are looking for outstanding individuals to join our team on this exciting journey. Typically working for clients in the Local Authority or Rail space, we require individuals who can consistently deliver excellent results, whilst capitalising on opportunities to expand our business.

Relevant skills and experience:

• Experience of managing projects with complex stakeholder interfaces
• Experience working on Rail or Highways projects
• Experience working in Consultancy delivering for clients, or Client Side
• Experience working on projects for the likes of Network Rail, Combined Authorities, Transport Executives, Local Authorities, National Highways,
• APM Membership and Training (beneficial)
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills to build rapport quickly with new teams and stakeholders
• Strong leadership and team-building abilities, with a focus on mentoring and motivating diverse groups in fast-paced environments
• Proactive and self-motivated, with a client-focused mindset
• Knowledge of emerging technologies in rail, highways or local government
• Understanding of the local political context.
• Excellent communicator

CPC - Big enough to deliver but small enough to care

In addition to a competitive salary, CPC Project Services provides comprehensive benefits including private pension, private healthcare, holidays, assistance with private professional membership subscriptions, training and development, personal performance based bonus and annual salary review.

We encourage you to apply even if your experience is not a 100% match for this position. We are looking for someone with relevant skills and experience, not a checklist that exactly matches the job description. We want to help you grow and in return, you help us grow into a stronger, more inclusive organisation.

CPC is an equal opportunities employer and as a Disability Confident employer, we welcome applications from disabled individuals and provide various opportunities for career development in an inclusive environment.

We recognise and value the diversity of our people and are committed to developing working practices which will allow every person to contribute to our business and achieve their career aspirations.

2024 + 2023 Construction Consultant/Surveyor of the Year (100 staff or over)*

*Building Awards, 2023, 2024

APM SME of the Year 2023

Polite notice to recruitment agencies. We are not requiring any assistance at the moment. Please note, we do not accept speculative CV's and they will not be counted as a valid 'introduction'.

About us

We are champions of rail, inspired to build a greener, more sustainable future of travel. Trainline enables millions of travellers to find and book the best value tickets across carriers, fares, and journey options through our highly rated mobile app, website, and B2B partner channels.

Great journeys start with Trainline

Now Europe's number 1 downloaded rail app, with over 125 million monthly visits and £5.9 billion in annual ticket sales, we collaborate with 270+ rail and coach companies in over 40 countries. We want to create a world where travel is as simple, seamless, eco-friendly and affordable as it should be.

Today, we're a FTSE 250 company driven by our incredible team of over 1,000 Trainliners from 50+ nationalities, based across London, Paris, Barcelona, Milan, Edinburgh and Madrid. With our focus on growth in the UK and Europe, now is the perfect time to join us on this high-speed journey.

The Purpose of this Position at Trainline

Lead Trainline's Payments and Rail Fraud Operations Team, ensuring seamless and reliable payment processing across platforms and partners, while building strong relationships with Train Operating Companies on fraud prevention and revenue protection. You'll define and deliver a clear vision and roadmap to strengthen key success metrics in payments, support industry partners in preventing losses, and drive continuous improvement. As a hands-on leader, you'll oversee the day-to-day running and development of the team, empowering them to deliver impact at scale.

As the Operations Manager for this team at Trainline, you will…

• Lead and mentor a team of Rail Fraud and Payment Specialists, fostering a data-driven culture that delivers better outcomes for partners and customers.
• Define and deliver a clear roadmap for tackling rail fraud and abuse, while optimising payment performance.
• Collaborate with key stakeholders to ensure strategies align with Trainline's wider business goals.
• Define and monitor key fraud, loss, and recovery metrics across rail and payments (e.g. exemptions, authentication, authorisation, cost of payments).
• Identify trends and anomalies to mitigate risks and uncover opportunities.
• Enhance both internal and external fraud reporting, ensuring accuracy, timeliness, and accessibility.
• Increase automation across repetitive tasks to boost team efficiency and scalability.
• Partner with Engineering, Finance, and Product teams to drive cross-functional initiatives.
• Act as a key escalation point for external partners.
• Present findings and recommendations to senior leadership in a clear and impactful way.
• Stay ahead of emerging trends, regulatory changes, and industry best practices to drive continuous improvement.
• Ensure compliance with all data security and privacy regulations.

We'd love to hear from you if you have.

• Experience reviewing dense industry specifications and extracting key datapoints to create actionable insights.
• Strong skills with BI and reporting tools such as Tableau or Power BI to build dashboards and reports.
• Proven ability to lead, mentor, and grow a high-performing fraud and payments team.
• Excellent communication skills to collaborate with fraud, finance, product, and engineering teams.
• Experience managing multiple stakeholders and ensuring projects are delivered on time.
• A strategic mindset to align rail fraud prevention and payment success with business goals and long-term vision.
• Knowledge of regulatory frameworks such as GDPR, PCI DSS, and PSD2, or other fraud/data compliance standards.
• Experience identifying and mitigating revenue leakage through analytics, and working with partners to track emerging fraud trends.
• Familiarity with payment methods, international networks, and payment processors.
• Experience managing diverse internal and external partners, building strong relationships, and solving problems collaboratively.
• A strong analytical mindset with excellent problem-solving skills.
• The ability to communicate complex insights clearly to both technical and non-technical audiences.
• Exceptional attention to detail when analysing large datasets to detect fraudulent activity.
• Hands-on experience working with payments and fraud partners, maintaining relationships, and ensuring accountability for results.

More information:

Enjoy fantastic perks like private healthcare & dental insurance, a generous work from abroad policy, 2-for-1 share purchase plans, an EV Scheme to further reduce carbon emissions, extra festive time off, and excellent family-friendly benefits.

We prioritise career growth with clear career paths, transparent pay bands, personal learning budgets, and regular learning days. Jump on board and supercharge your career from day one

Our values represent the things that matter most to us and what we live and breathe everyday, in everything we do:

• Think Big - We're building the future of rail
• Own It - We focus on every customer, partner and journey
• Travel Together - We're one team
• Do Good - We make a positive impact

We know that having a diverse team makes us better and helps us succeed. And we mean all forms of diversity - gender, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, nationality and diversity of thought. That's why we're committed to creating inclusive places to work, where everyone belongs and differences are valued and celebrated.

Interested in finding out more about what it's like to work at Trainline? Why not check us out on LinkedIn, Instagram and Glassdoor

Compensation Range: £5K - 5K