Project Manager Rail Infrastructure Construction (m/f/d)

Project Manager Rail Infrastructure Construction (m/f/d)

Since 1953, our ROCKEN partner has offered a wide range of planning, consulting and management services for all project phases in the fields of infrastructure, real estate, structural civil engineering, energy & environment, mobility & transport as well as surveying.

Role:

On behalf of a client, we are looking for an experienced professional as Senior Project Manager: Rail Construction and Railway Infrastructure for an established Swiss engineering and planning company specialising in transport infrastructure, rail construction and civil engineering. You will take on the technical and economic overall management of demanding rail infrastructure projects from feasibility study through design to commissioning. The focus is on track and route planning, interdisciplinary project coordination, project management according to SIA as well as cost, schedule and quality management. Depending on experience, the position offers the opportunity to take over the technical and personnel management of the rail construction division and actively shape its strategic development.

Responsibilities:

• Overall project management rail construction: Independently leading complex railway infrastructure and track construction projects from feasibility study to realisation and commissioning

• Rail infrastructure planning: Responsible for the design of track systems, railway routes, switch connections, platform facilities, stations and rail-adjacent civil engineering structures

• Project execution according to SIA: Managing the technical and organisational project processing through the relevant SIA phases 21-53 and accompanying commissioning

• Interdisciplinary project coordination: Coordinating the specialist areas of track construction, roadbed, overhead line, signalling systems, railway power supply, drainage and structural civil engineering

• Leading project teams: Professionally leading civil engineers, project engineers, designers and external specialist planners as well as ensuring coordinated project processing

• Cost and schedule management: Preparing and monitoring project budgets, cost estimates, quotations, schedules and resource planning

• Client and authority coordination: Aligning project planning with rail infrastructure operators, BAV, cantonal specialist offices, municipalities and other project participants

• Tendering and awarding: Responsible for preparing specifications, tender documents, technical specifications and award recommendations

• Quality and risk management: Ensuring compliance with relevant SIA and VSS standards, BAV regulations as well as rail-specific safety and quality requirements

• Digital planning and BIM: Promoting and further developing BIM methods, 3D infrastructure models and digital planning and coordination processes

• Acquisition and network maintenance: Supporting existing clients, maintaining contacts with rail infrastructure operators and specialist offices as well as participating in the acquisition of new projects

• Division development and technical leadership: Depending on experience, taking over the technical and personnel management of the rail construction division, including resource planning, staff development and strategic business development

Qualifications:

• Completed studies as a civil engineer ETH or FH with a bachelor’s or master’s degree, preferably specialising in transport infrastructure construction, rail construction or infrastructure construction

• Several years of professional experience in managing demanding rail infrastructure projects, ideally with references in track construction, route construction or railway civil engineering

• Sound knowledge in rail infrastructure planning, track construction, routing and interdisciplinary project coordination

• Very good knowledge of Swiss SIA and VSS standards as well as relevant BAV regulations, implementation provisions for the railway ordinance (AB-EBV) and rail-specific guidelines

• Experience in overall project management, cost and schedule management, tendering and professional leadership of interdisciplinary project teams

• Proficient use of modern project management, CAD and BIM applications, such as MS Project, AutoCAD Civil 3D, ProVi or comparable systems, as well as interest in sustainable infrastructure technologies

• Fluent German skills in spoken and written form as well as experience in collaboration with rail infrastructure operators, authorities and public clients

• Participation in health measures
• Flexible working hours
• Market- and performance-based salaries
• Attractive training and development opportunities
• Open corporate culture

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Work location
Lucerne