Project Manager (Inside IR35)

Contract Term: 12 Months

Contracting Authority: Network Rail

Location: Hybrid ( 3 - 4 days a week on site, Bristol Temple Point & the rest WFH)

Also, travelling to other sites will be expected.

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 Project Manager, your main responsibilities will be to:

• 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 and implement contracting and procurement strategies for assigned projects within Legislative, Corporate Governance and procurement guidelines so that delivery and integration responsibility is led by 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 SPEED principles.

• 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:

• 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.
• Rail experience/ background.
• Knowledge of procurement principles and processes.
• Demonstrable experience of challenging self and others to improve services and approaches.
• 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.

If this role sounds like something that you would be interested in, please click the link to apply

Network Rail is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity. They welcome applications from everyone.

Disability confident

As a member of the disability confident scheme, Network Rail guarantees to interview all candidates who have a disability and who meet all the essential criteria for the vacancy. In cases where we have a high volume of candidates who have a disability who meet all the essential criteria, we will interview the best candidates from within that group.

If you qualify for the above, please notify us.

We will be in touch to discuss your suitability and arrange your Guaranteed Interview.

Should you require reasonable adjustments at any point during the recruitment process or if there is a more accessible way for us to communicate, please do let me know.

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.

Please be aware that this role can only be worked within the UK and not Overseas.