Job Title - Project Manager/Development Manager

Location - York

Salary - £50,000 - £52,000 + bonus + 23 days annual leave

About the role / project:

Working on the Northern Powerhouse Rail project. Focusing on collating and developing plans for delivery of future phases of design works. Role will involve working closely with senior members of staff. Excellent verbal and written communication skills required to gather, synthesise and present complex information.

Key accountabilities:

• Agree remit and success criteria of change projects with the relevant Executive Sponsors and Functional Directors.
• Manage the development and delivery of change projects in compliance with company processes and procedures.
• Manage the production of project management plans for change projects.
• Establish and manage collaborative cross-functional virtual teams to deliver change projects, where appropriate.
• Deliver regular progress reports on change projects, including relevant risks and issues, to Executive Sponsors and Functional Directors.
• Manage project budgets within agreed targets.
• Promote and monitor the use of efficiency improvement methods.
• Disseminate lessons learnt.

Essential:

• Rail or major infrastructure experience.
• MS Office
• Bid infrastructure or consultancy experience useful
• Confident
• Good communication skills
• Ability to work effectively with senior stakeholders
• Demonstrable project safety management practice knowledge and application of relevant construction and Health and Safety legislation, including Construction Design Management (CDM) and Common Safety Method (CSM).
• Commercial acumen including contract management experience (internal and external).
• Proven ability to influence/communicate at all levels

What you'll get in return

Network Rail (powered by Capita), understand what it is like to work as a contractor and do everything they can to make it a simple process for you - this includes a dedicated Onboarding and extension teams and access to a web based timesheet portal giving you an ability to access and submit your timesheets wherever you are.

About our client - Network Rail

Network Rail is at the operational centre of the railway and playing a key role in a rapidly evolving industry. We are responsible for rebuilding Britain's railway infrastructure and are managing some of the biggest and most complex engineering programmes in Europe. Over the next five years we will be spending around £23 billion to maintain and upgrade every aspect of an infrastructure that comprises 21,000 miles of track, 2,500 stations, 9,000 level crossings, 40,000 bridges and tunnels, and signalling and power for the movement of 25,000 trains every day.

What we hope you will do next

Help us find out more about you by completing our short application process - Click apply now. You will then be directed to a Capita owned microsite that will assist you with your application. Once completed you will then be contacted by the relevant recruiter.

Network Rail welcomes applications from a diverse range of candidates regardless of background, disability or gender and is committed to interviewing all applicants who declare a disability and meet the essential criteria advertised. We are striving to achieve the 'two ticks' disability symbol and to create a workforce as diverse as the communities we serve.

Network Rail is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.