Responsibilities
Operational Management: Oversee the buildings Management Framework for Network Rail, ensuring compliance with health, safety, environmental, and quality standards.
Client Liaison: Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.
Programme and Commercial Planning: Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, particularly regarding compensation events and risk management. Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost management.
Project Controls: Monitor project performance against budgets, handle scope change identification, and ensure timely change orders and early warning notifications.
Reporting and Analysis : Produce and analyse progress reports, updated cost forecasts, and lead monthly review meetings with project teams.
Risk Management: Implement a comprehensive risk management process to pre-emptively identify and mitigate potential risks.
Safety Management : Be accountable for all safety, health, environment, and quality matters within the framework, maintaining knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations applicable to the rail industry.
Candidate specification
- Strong leadership and stakeholder management skills, with the ability to manage multiple projects simultaneously. Excellent problem-solving skills and ability to make decisions under pressure.
- Knowledge of health, safety, and environmental regulations applicable to the rail industry.
- Strong understanding of NEC3/NEC4 contracts, particularly regarding compensation events and risk management. Commercially astute, with experience in budgeting, forecasting, cost management.
- Proven experience managing framework contracts within rail, infrastructure, or buildings asset management.
- Experience overseeing both reactive maintenance and project works in a fast-paced environment.
- Experience working on Network Rail Frameworks
- Relevant engineering or commercial qualification (e.g. BSc Civil Engineering, Quantity Surveying or NVQ 6/7 in Construction minimum or suitably qualified by experience.
- Railway Safety Training (PTS) or willingness to obtain