Scheme Project Manager in York, Yorkshire and Humber, United Kingdom
Scheme Project Manager Inside IR35
Contract Term: 6 Month
Contracting Authority: Network Rail
Location: Based in York, with hybrid office/home working available.
Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail – Europe’s largest civil engineering project – to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we're involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!
As a Scheme Project Manager, you will:
- Be accountable for delivery of low complexity projects or parts of complex projects in a safe & environmentally responsible manner to time, cost, and quality, in accordance with the Governance of Railway Investment Projects (GRIP), applicable Network Rail company standards, current legislation and procedures including HMRI guidance where appropriate
- Support the project Sponsor in preparing and maintaining definitions of the project requirements
- Manage multi-disciplinary teams including commercial, programme controls, engineering, and others to identify solutions to client requirements and establish a robust baseline plan
- Identify and monitoring project risks (threats and opportunities), plan and implement mitigations to them, and respond to other issues that affect the project
- Implement and update resource allocation plans needed for delivery of the project including identification and management of critical resource requirements. Secure resources needed for projects from internal and external sources
- Manage stakeholders, taking account of their levels of influence and particular interests
- Manage project reviews at appropriate points throughout the project lifecycle which will inform governance decisions of projects by providing evaluations of progress, performance, risk, contingency, and continuing relevance
- Establish and implement, where necessary, protocols to change the scope of projects and updating configuration documents as required
- Support accident investigations when remitted to by the relevant designated competent person
You will have the following skills, qualifications and skills:
- Project management/project delivery experience in a buildings/civils environment.
- Good stakeholder engagement and communication skills.
- Experience providing support in terms of forecasting/cashflow.
- Membership (or working towards membership) of the Association for Project Management (desirable)
- Achieved PRINCE2 Foundation or equivalent experience (desirable)
- Project safety management and Health and Safety legislation knowledge.
- Experience working in a rail environment (desirable)
- PTS (desirable)
If this Scheme Project Manager sounds of interest to you and you would be interested in being added to our pipeline, please click the link to apply.
Network Rail are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. They welcome applications from everyone
In applying for this role, you acknowledge the following: this role falls in scope of the Off Payroll Working in the Public Sector legislation. Any rates of payment quoted will reflect the gross rate per day for the assignment and will be subject to appropriate taxes and statutory costs. As such the payment to the intermediary and your income resulting from this contract will be different.
Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain’s railway. From Crossrail – Europe’s largest civil engineering project – to investment in world-class stations and major programmes of electrification, we're involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures that this country has ever seen. We at Network Rail are dedicated to becoming one of Britain's best employers and believe this starts with placing the candidate at the heart of everything we do!
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