Property Work Stream Lead

Location: Birmingham, B3 2ES

Salary: Competitive salary & excellent benefits

Hours of Work: Mon-Fri 37 hours

About the Company:

West Midlands Trains (WMT) has an exciting opportunity for a Property Work Stream Lead to join our team based at Head Office in Birmingham. WMT is currently investing £1 billion to improve rail services from London to Liverpool and across the West Midlands. This includes new trains, improved stations and better journeys.

The role is responsible for the successful delivery of projects by providing technical expertise/knowledge and support to the wider implementation team. Acting as the focal point for delivery the Work Stream Lead works with the project manager (Internal or External) to define the scope of the project and ensure that the project achieves the quality criteria specified in the design. The Property Workstream Lead is responsible for reviewing and accepting risk and method statements on behalf of West Midlands Trains.

Property Work Stream Lead Responsibilities:

• Agreeing the workstream definition and delegated scope with the Project Manager and taking responsibility for delivery of the products and the desired outcomes.
• To act as Project Manager on projects as required by the Project.
• Resolve any user requirements and priority conflicts, through application of subject matter expertise.
• Delivering the workstream tasks in detail as defined by the project manager, taking responsibility for the progress of the work and use of resources. Initiating corrective actions to assure delivery when necessary, within the constraints laid down by the Project Manager.
• Review and approve risk and method statements of the 3rd party contractors.
• Review and comment of detailed specifications and technical designs.
• Required to create specifications and scoping documents.
• Managing specific issues and risks relating to the workstream or as directed by the Project Manager.
• Ensuring that workstream products are delivered to appropriate quality levels (e.g. through adequate review, test, trial etc.), and that signoff and acceptance processes are in place for deliverables.

Property Work Stream Lead Requirements:

• Data Analysis experience
• Proven track record in successful delivery of infrastructure and M&E enhancements and renewals
• Ability to work creatively, within a framework, to provide high quality outcomes. Will need to understand the wider objectives
• Proven ability to manage multiple discipline contractors on site
• Proven expertise and credibility in the field of construction and M&E
• Proven track record of delivery in a design and build environment
• Knowledge of rail industry and network rail infrastructure useful
• Degree, HNC/HND or equivalent experience within a construction or mechanical/electrical discipline
• Ability to train and mentor staff on best practice techniques/principles
• Self-motivator able to work alone, engage and inspire difficult challenging stakeholders
• Able to collate complex, complicated data and present in a transparent format
• Health and Safety Qualification – IOSH minimum, NEBOSH (Desirable)
• Knowledge of process improvement, lean practices such as 6 sigma / Kaizen (Desirable)

Property Work Stream Lead Benefits:

• Free travel on West Midlands Trains and other Abellio group trains for you, your partner and any dependent children
• 75% discount on all other train operating companies over most of the UK rail network
• Enrolment of our West Midland Railways Pension Scheme and our pension salary sacrifice scheme – Smart Pensions.

If you think that you are suitable for this Property Work Stream Lead role, please apply now!