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Northern Powerhouse Rail Infrastructure Lead

Job details
Posting date: 27 June 2024
Salary: £51,997 per year
Hours: Full time
Closing date: 10 July 2024
Location: Birmingham
Company: Government Recruitment Service
Job type: Permanent
Job reference: 358408/1

Summary

We recognise the challenges that people with protected characteristics may experience on the job market and in their career progression. We are fully committed to being an inclusive employer and ensuring equal opportunities. We are keen to make our workforce as diverse as possible, and we hope to attract applications from underrepresented groups, including ethnic minorities, people with a disability, and people with gender diverse identities.

Would you relish an opportunity to work on one of the largest infrastructure projects that will transform peoples train journeys?

Are you looking for a role that provides exposure working with senior leaders and industry partners?

If so, we have an exciting opportunity to lead on the design development for Northern Powerhouse Rail (NPR), and we would love to hear from you.

Our NPR upgrades programme will see significant improvements made to the rail network in the north of England, improving connectivity to key cities in the north of England, including Sheffield, Leeds, Hull, Bradford, York and Newcastle.

As Infrastructure Development Lead, you will join our Major Rail Projects Group. We lead on some of the UK’s largest infrastructure projects.

In this role, you will be responsible for leading on the development of NPR infrastructure upgrades, which aims to improve connectivity and help to close the productivity gap between the North and the rest of the UK. This will involve working collaboratively with HS2 Ltd, Network Rail and local authorities to develop NPR and build positive working relationships.

NPR is a unique and unprecedented area of policy development. Your role will be stretching and outward facing, as you will be shaping the future of the rail network in the north of England. Therefore, you will be provided with a range of opportunities for both personal and professional development within an innovative area of the department.

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Your key responsibilities will include:

  • Acting as a sponsor and intelligent client to Network Rail to commission, monitor and challenge design development work of a set of upgrade line options for rail infrastructure across the north of England.
  • Working with the Project Management Office to contribute towards the governance of decision-making, negotiating remits and writing papers for Sponsor and Programme Boards Drafting.
  • Co-ordinating the interaction between multiple projects within NPR and across the wider transport sector to ensure efficient delivery models.
  • Building effective relationships with our primary delivery partners to resolve issues to ensure the programme is successfully delivered to the Department’s requirements.
  • Ensuring there is a robust and reliable cost and delivery schedule for the project.
  • Providing guidance, support and insight on issues surrounding your area of sponsorship and being a focal point of leadership.
  • Ensuring lessons learned are shared with other sponsorship teams across the project and with other major projects.
  • Possibility of line management responsibilities in the future.