Project Manager (NR Integration) in Manchester

Location: Birmingham

Salary: £54878 to £64562 + 20% flex fund

HS2 Ltd endeavours to ensure everyone working for us and with us feels included, thrives and achieves their full potential. In practice, this means we are positive and inclusive about making adjustments, providing flexible working, encouraging our staff networks to flourish and providing personal and professional development opportunities.

Job Purpose

As Project Manager for Network Rail Integration in the Rail Development Directorate, you will be responsible for leading integration with Network Rail (and/or GBR in future) to provide functional leadership, assurance and development / implementation of an appropriate collaborative operating model.

About the Role

• Technical Specialist providing advice and solutions relating to NR integration.
• Primary Point of Contact for HS2 or RDD teams needing to contact NR for integration north of Handsacre, and for NR to contact RDD / HS2. Acting as a conduit to link subject matter experts in NR / RDD.
• Responsible for ensuring Rail Development Directorate schemes are integrated with the Conventional Railway Network and that Network Rail have no substantive objections to the development work in the hybrid Bill or other workstreams.
• At the appropriate stage in the project lifecycle, you will lead the development and implementation of a delivery mechanism suitable for the shared/competing outputs and governance of RDD and NR.
• Accountable for the historic but active Phase 2b Protective Provisions Agreement and U&As with Network Rail.
• Accountable for the development of Joint Management Plans, Management Frameworks and Strategies describing collaborative Ways of Working with Network Rail. Development and implementation of a collaborative operating model.
• Arranging surveys on NR property as required.
• Establishing, monitoring and managing contracts with NR as required, including identification of emergent or systemic problems, leading to resolution.
• Proactively managing NR integration risks and support the mitigation of programme level risks.
• Responsible for supporting a collaborative culture which enables high performance by encouraging innovation and knowledge sharing between RDD, NR, DfT, supply chain and other Integrated Project Teams.
• Actively promote and embed Equality, Diversity, and Inclusion (EDI) in all your work and support and comply with all organisational initiatives, policies, and procedures on EDI.

About You

Skills:

• Influencing & Negotiating – the ability to influence and negotiate with internal functions and external partners.
• Building Relationships – ability to establish and maintain relationships with internal and external stakeholders and suppliers to resolve emergent risk situations.
• Problem Solving – the ability to identify problems and review related information to assist in the development and evaluation of options and the implementation of solutions, including the ability to manage and plan workstreams, considering the competing demands of stakeholders, cost, time and quality.
• Decision Making – the ability to manage the gathering and synthesising of necessary information to assist in the identification of options and the application of judgement based on logic and reason.
• Analysis - the ability to analyse inputs, assess data to assist in the development of strategies and document supporting rationales.
• Project Management - the ability to plan and integrate projects to deliver target costs, dependencies, risk management and project benefits.

Knowledge:

• Understanding of matrix organisations and programme and portfolio delivery.
• Understanding of risk identification and management.
• Understanding of project schedule management, dependencies and risk assessment.
• Knowledge of contract management.
• Knowledge of governance and assurance, specifically NR and HS2 processes.

Type of experience:

• Experience of the project lifecycle including early stage concept design, planning, procuring, developing, and implementing similar project activities, in a railway environment.
• Experience of working in cross-organisational teams, navigating competing and conflicting processes and governance, and establishing joined up, agreed working principles that deliver efficient, value-added outputs.
• Experience of leading people and working across functions and disciplines to deliver objectives.
• Demonstratable experience of being an innovative problem solver willing to challenge standard practice and deliver solutions that benefit the whole industry and provide value for money for the taxpayer.
• Qualification in project management, or the equivalent experience.

We ask for a variety of detail in your online application; however, we perform the first assessment of suitability for a role based solely on the information in your CV. In a further development of our efforts to create a more diverse workforce, your CV will be anonymised and personal information will be removed during the first stage of the application review. This removes bias from the process and makes it even more important that you attach an updated word version of your CV for each new application ensuring you include evidence directly related to the criteria in the job advert.

Any applications received after the closing date will not be considered.