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Key Information
Role: Risk & Value Analyst
Salary: £35,582 to £42,218 per annum
Location: Manchester, Leeds, or York
Contract Type: Permanent
Office Requirement: Hybrid / 3 days per week (across route as needed)
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
To provide Risk and Value Management services to project and programme teams.
We're looking for a proactive and analytical individual to join our Risk & Value Management team, helping to shape the future of one of the UK's most ambitious infrastructure programmes. The ideal candidate will be a confident communicator, a critical thinker, and someone who thrives on making a measurable impact.
The ideal candidate will:
- Be passionate about improving decision-making through structured risk and value management.
- Thrive in a collaborative environment, working across disciplines to embed a culture of proactive risk management thinking.
- Be confident in facilitating workshops, building models, and influencing stakeholders at all levels.
- Bring a curious mindset, always looking for smarter ways to manage uncertainty and optimise outcomes.
- Be motivated by the opportunity to contribute to a safer, more reliable, and more efficient railway for the North.
About The Role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
- Provide leadership and guidance in the concept of R&VM, maintaining their appropriate and effective application to all stages of the project lifecycle.
- Deliver Level 1 Assurance activities as specified by the Principal R&V Manager.
- Manage &/or deliver specialist R&VM support services as dictated by the R&VM maturity of the project community.
- Actively promote R&VM culture and improve R&VM competency across the project and programme management community.
- Monitor the output of others who undertake such R&VM activities to monitor competence, consistency and compliance with Network Rail procedures and provide assurance.
- Manage the buying in of external R&VM support where necessary and that these are delivered to required quality standards.
- Maintain a robust view of required levels of R&VM services and assure that suitably qualified & experienced resource is available to meet these requirements.
- Drive the implementation of ER&VM framework across their area.
We need you to have:
- Expert in all aspects of project and business risk management facilitation
- Able to build risk models in a number of applications, which accurately represent the complexities of cost, schedule and business risk
- Able to coach and challenge management and non specialists, the results of risk management
- Knowledge of risk management techniques
- Knowledge of project management and project control processes
It would be advantageous if you have:
- Membership of the Institute of Risk Management or Association for Project Management Risk Practitioner
- Experience in Network Rail's project management processes and procedures.
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: £35,582 to £42,218 per annum
This role can be based in the following locations:
Manchester, Leeds, or York
Closing date : 14th August 2025
. Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.
