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About Network Rail
Key Information
Role: Commercial Manager
Salary: 43,588 and increasing to 50,018 per annum.
Location: Manchester, Leeds or York with the requirement to travel to Huddersfield Project Office.
Contract Type: Full time - Permanent
Office Requirement: Hybrid - Minimum 4 days per week in the office or on site. Expectation to travel to Huddersfield and surrounding areas when required.
28 days annual leave + bank holidays
Employees will be entitled to a 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.
Network Rail Benefits
Join Our Team at Network Rail! Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others.
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce.
Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!
Transpennine Route Upgrade
The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.
Proposed improvements will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.
Brief Description
To provide post-contract commercial management of medium value/medium risk activity and support pre-contract activity within the project delivery team's scope of work, providing specialist commercial advice, guidance and recommendations to mitigate commercial risks.
About the role (External)
Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:
1. Support the programme and project teams in monitoring for breaches of compliance with Network Rail Corporate governance and rules in a timely manner.
2. Manage cost reporting of all allocated projects within the Network Rail reporting framework including Cost Forecasting, Anticipated Final Cost, Cost of Work Done, Gross Billing and Current Contract Value.
3. Monitor, manage and report on all commercial aspects of allocated projects, flagging issues and proposing mitigation actions at the earliest opportunity to Project Manager and/or Programme Manager (functional reporting line) and/or Senior Commercial Manager.
4. Monitor awareness of all activities on allocated projects in order to influence decision making from a commercial perspective.
5. Manage assessment and valuation of contractor's applications and processing of payment certification in accordance with Network Rail processes, contractual terms and conditions and commensurate with contractual entitlement.
6. Provide pro-active advice and guidance to Project Managers on all change including proposed scope changes.
7. Produce applications for payment/invoices to outside clients in accordance with relevant funding agreements.
8. Identify and advise on all commercial risk/claim events.
9. Provide of ad-hoc management information and analysis to promote informed decision-making.
10. Produce appropriate commercial correspondence and contractual notices for issue in accordance with contractual conditions.
11. Undertake final account settlements and internal reconciliation to project close-out.
12. Support demonstration of efficiencies and continual improvement of estimating by undertaking cost analysis of completed projects.
13. Support pre and post contract procurement activities as appropriate.
14. Provide support to estimating resources, offering guidance and advice on project scale/scope as required.
15. Support the negotiation of all prices under existing contracts/framework agreements.
We need you to have:
* Demonstrable experience in commercially managing investment projects
* Demonstrable relevant experience
* Good understanding of railway and construction industry forms of contract
* Good understanding of the construction/railway industry
* Good negotiation skills
It would be advantageous if you have:
* Educated to degree standard in related subject
* Membership of a relevant professional institute, chartered status
* Significant experience of working within a generalist commercial environment
* Awareness of industry issues
* Collaborative behaviours
* Teamwork Experience
* Good verbal and written communication skills
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