Network Rail Careers – Lead Portfolio Manager

About the job

Location

London, GB

Department Name

Eastern Region

About Network Rail

Network Rail has played a key role in keeping the country moving during the coronavirus pandemic – and we will play an equally important part in rebuilding from it.

We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.

We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation!

Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.

We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.

In joining Network Rail, you’re not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

Does this sound like an organisation you’d like to be a part of?

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit, we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

Brief Description

The Buildings & Civils Renewals portfolio in Capital Delivery Eastern South is a diverse and high-profile portfolio consisting of a variety of overbridge and underbridge replacements, strengthening, embankment renewals and buildings projects on the Anglia and East Midlands Routes.

You will lead the development and delivery of this portfolio of exciting and ambitious buildings and civils portfolio projects within a high-performing Capital Delivery Eastern team. Working together with our supply chain and Route customers in a sector leading agile clienting model you will provide support to your portfolio and people assuring that projects are successfully delivered in a safe and environmentally responsible manner to cost, time and quality in line with Legislation, company standards, procedures, corporate governance and the Project Acceleration in a Controlled Environment (PACE) Framework.

You will play a key role in a collaborative team, driving progress and seeking more efficient & sustainable solutions to deliver required outcomes for our passengers.

Key Accountabilities

About the role (External)

• Control and lead and control the development of robust Development/Approval in Principle for assigned projects, focussing on specific and measurable outcomes, benefits and requirements, to achieve an unambiguous procurement exercise and efficient contract award.
• Identify and secure optimum options for clients and funders considering programme/schedule and cost options, contribute to the strategic planning, alignment and delivery of the business case for the assigned projects.
• Develop access strategies for assigned projects in Collaboration with Regional colleagues to achieve optimum balance between affordable, deliverable and of minimal impact to passenger and freight colleagues in alignment with Putting Passenger First Principles.
• Develop funding strategies for assigned projects to secure optimum incremental funding, embodying and promoting project SPEED and PACE Principles in the approach to investment proposals and decisions.
• Develop the specification and early stage embedment of appropriate, specific and measurable KPI / KRA into the pre-contract documentation for assigned projects to provide a foundation for active monitoring and measurement throughout the contract phase.
• Develop and implement contracting and procurement strategies for assigned projects within Legislative, Corporate Governance and procurement guidelines, adopting Agile Client Principles to transfer delivery and integration responsibility to the supply chain wherever appropriate.
• Conduct evaluation of supplier proposals to achieve timely contract award for assigned projects, in alignment with the overall programme objectives and strategic objectives of the Portfolio.
• Contribute to establishing the strategy for the contracting and financial authorisation processes of assigned projects to achieve a timely, risk managed approach to contract award, embodying Agile Client and PACE principles.
• Develop the facilitation and management of a progressive programme of Level 1 assurance reviews within assigned projects and undertake Level 2 assurance activities within the wider capital delivery portfolio as directed. Implement the measurement and monitoring of discharged and delegated responsibilities for assigned projects, generally for core systems and processes compliance, with particular focus on responsibilities under the Construction Design Management (CDM) 2015 regulations.
• Establish, implement and monitor the assurance framework appropriate to the stages of assigned projects within the Portfolio / PACE project lifecycle, implement an assurance regime that monitors the supply chain compliance with standard requirements and those identified in the specification stage and also the core requirements of delivering safely to time / cost / quality.

Essential

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent demonstrable experience.
• Membership (or working towards membership) of the Association for Project Management.
• Registered PRINCE2 Practitioner or equivalent.
• Demonstrable project safety management practice and knowledge of Health and Safety legislation and best practice.
• Knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations.
• Knowledge of procurement principles and processes.
• Knowledge and demonstrable previous application of assurance principles and processes.
• Demonstrable experience of the application of Construction Design Management (CDM) and the Common Safety Method (CSM).
• Knowledge and application of the Three Lines of Defence Assurance Model.
• Demonstrable experience of bringing different people together; promoting working as one team.
• Demonstrable experience of challenging self and others to improve services and approaches.
• Demonstrable experience of supporting the physical and mental well-being and safety of themselves and colleagues and of challenging business and safety related risks.
• Demonstrable ability to work proactively through complex issues.
• Demonstrable experience of thinking through the cost, business priorities and customer implications of their decisions.

Desirable

• Detailed Knowledge of Investment, Commercial and Procurement regulations and practices.
• Demonstrable experience of the application of PACE
• Knowledge of structuring safety cases in support of projects.
• Formal qualifications in risk identification and assessment.
• Knowledge of Network Rail’s assets and how they are managed.

How To Apply (External)

Salary : £53,202 to £59,853

Closing date: 20th October 2023. – Late applications will not be accepted.

Interviews will take place the week commencing 31st October 2023

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