Assistant Project Manager
Are you an organised and proactive project professional with a passion for engineering and delivering improvements? Join CrossCountry as an Assistant Project Manager and play a key role in delivering refurbishment and interior upgrade projects across our fleet.
Working alongside experienced engineers, depot teams, suppliers, and contractors, you'll help ensure our trains remain safe, reliable, accessible, and comfortable for our customers.
This is an excellent opportunity to develop your project management experience in a dynamic rail environment while contributing to projects that make a real difference.
As an Assistant Project Manager, you'll support the planning, coordination, administration, and governance of fleet refurbishment programmes. Your responsibilities will include:
Supporting the planning and delivery of rolling stock refurbishment projects, including interior upgrades, cosmetic improvements, accessibility enhancements, and sustainability initiatives.
Coordinating project documentation, including specifications, scopes of work, task instructions, and change control documentation.
Assisting project engineers and depot delivery teams in monitoring refurbishment progress across the fleet.
Carrying out feasibility assessments, gathering technical information, and supporting risk assessment activities.
Maintaining accurate project records, approval documentation, and governance packs.
Ensuring projects comply with Railway Group Standards, RIS guidance, manufacturer requirements, and internal governance processes.
Building strong working relationships with engineering teams, depot colleagues, suppliers, and refurbishment contractors.
Supporting project meetings, supplier briefings, inspections, and stakeholder reviews.
Producing project updates, dashboards, reports, and performance information.
Analysing refurbishment progress, quality data, and defect trends to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
Supporting audits, quality inspections, technical assurance activities, and project handbacks.
Assisting depots and suppliers with project queries and implementation activities.
Promoting safe working practices and supporting site inspections where required.
Please note: This position is included within the Fleet on-call roster.
About You
We're looking for someone who is organised, collaborative, and eager to develop within a project management environment.
Essential Requirements
Experience in project coordination, engineering support, or depot-based project roles.
Understanding of rolling stock refurbishment, fleet maintenance, or rail operational environments.
Knowledge of engineering documentation, Railway Group Standards, technical governance, or change management processes.
Experience working with rolling stock fleets (such as Turbostar, Voyager, Electrostars) or within depot operations.
HNC/HND qualification, or equivalent practical experience, in a relevant engineering or project management discipline.
At CrossCountry, you'll be part of a team delivering improvements that directly enhance the experience of our customers and the reliability of our fleet.
In return, you'll benefit from:
The opportunity to work on varied and high-profile fleet refurbishment programmes.
Exposure to experienced engineering and project management professionals.
Opportunities to broaden your technical and project management skills.
A collaborative environment where your ideas and contributions are valued.
The chance to make a visible impact on the future of our trains and passenger experience.
If you're looking for a rewarding opportunity where no two projects are the same, we'd love to hear from you.
Closing date for applications:13 July 2026
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Arriva is the leading passenger transport operator in Europe, employing around 36,200 people and delivering 1.5 billion passenger journeys each year, with businesses across 11 European countries.
Our services include local buses (scheduled and demand-responsive); inter-urban commuter coaches; local, regional and national train services; waterbuses, bicycles and school transport.
We operate passenger transport services in Czech Republic; Croatia; Hungary; Italy; Netherlands; Poland; Slovakia; Slovenia, Spain and the UK. We also have a rolling stock leasing company in Romania.
