Location
Manchester, GB
Department Name
IN TRU - West of Leeds Delivery (457310) G2
About Network Rail
Key Information
Role: Programme Manager
Salary : £71,163 to £84,437 per annum
Car Allowance: £6,000 per annum
Location: Manchester with the expectation of travel to the Huddersfield office.
Contract Type: Full time – Permanent
Office Requirement: Hybrid - 3 days a week
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a discretionary 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.
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Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is the largest Infrastructure project in the North delivering £10.7 billion Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 11 level crossings.
Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
For more information visit www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk
Brief Description
Manage the delivery of closing out a major programme of work, ensuring that all scope, schedule, cost, and quality requirements are met. Work collaboratively with business stakeholders and their representatives to achieve progressive, phased closure of the programme.
About The Role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
- Deliver a portfolio of programmes and/or projects.
- Implement an assurance framework and KPIs for programme management activities.
- Develop and implement relevant programme management standards, processes and procedures.
- Develop and deliver a specific programme/project on time, to budget and to other agreed success criteria, within corporate guidelines.
- Produce investment plans for the programme in accordance with Investment Regulations.
- Deliver the effective development and management of suppliers and staff to meet all corporate rules and means of control (including standards), in particular those relating to safety, quality and environment, and disseminate lessons learned.
- Deliver the effective development and management of suppliers to meet programme requirements.
- Establish and manage collaborative cross-functional virtual teams to deliver change projects, where appropriate.
- Identify and implement quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.
- Develop the capability and professional development of staff within the programme and project management teams.
- Liaise with internal and external customers to address customer needs by fully understanding them and taking them into consideration in any strategic or policy changes that may arise.
- Discharge Network Rail's CDM related duties as required by company process.
We need you to have:
- Degree or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
- Excellent interpersonal, management and communication skills
- Substantial proven experience in programme management
- Excellent knowledge of programme and project controls processes and systems
- Proven experience in managing and developing teams to achieve high performance
- Proven ability to work with senior industry stakeholders to understand their requirements
- Membership of a relevant professional body
It would be advantageous if you have:
- Chartered status
- Knowledge of the rail industry and its regulatory framework
- Knowledge of the principles of investment processes and procedures
- Experience of closing out major programmes
How To Apply (External)
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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do,
safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.
Salary: £71,163 to £84,437 per annum
Car allowance: £6,000 per annum
This role can be based in the following locations: Manchester, with the expectation of travel to the Huddersfield office.
Closing date :
21 st July 2025. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
