Sponsor

Brief Description:

Direct and manage the development and implementation of major renewal and enhancement projects, funded by government, customer, stakeholder, or multiple funders, or is part of a sponsorship role. Deliver the project benefit realisation to agreed scope, time and cost.

There are many interesting projects and programmes within Central Route that you will be involved in. These could include key transport initiatives with the West Midlands Combined Authority, Depot Enhancements for West Midlands Trains to bring on new rolling stock, Access for All station enhancements, or ad-hoc projects around the route’

This is a secondment opportunity for 12 months and has the potential to become permanent. [remove if not applicable]

Please note, that secondments are subject to agreement from your line manager; please discuss this opportunity with them before applying to avoid disappointment.

Key Accountabilities:

1. Build effective relationships, (internally & externally) to balance the requirements of the client, and the industry as a whole. Champion the interests of clients, customers and stakeholders acting as the focal point for escalation within our company.
2. Review and interrogate client remits to confirm their viability. Work with internal and external stakeholders to establish a scope which optimises client requirements, value for money, network availability and capacity for future development and whole life cost.
3. Be responsible for the conversion of the client remit into an agreed project requirements specification. Be accountable for the development of the initial project plan and budget; working with the project manager to specify how the project is going to be delivered, expected milestones and associated timescales, resource requirements, risks & issues and funding needs/sources.
4. Produce business cases and investment papers for projects.
5. Devise solutions which maintain the ‘business as usual’ accessibility for our customers, take consideration of the 7 day railway principles and therefore minimise disruption to end rail users. Take a national/route wide view across portfolios to generate additional benefits, identify and resolve conflicting work and drive efficiencies.
6. Lead the process of quantifying risk associated with the project. Devise mitigating actions and periodically review recovery progress.
7. Interrogate and challenge plans to assess the deliverability of agreed scope within stated timescales and cost parameters, presenting any required scope changes to the client for approval.
8. Hold the Project Manager accountable for programme delivery to cost, time and scope parameters. Hold periodic reviews to understand and challenge delivery progress against the client remit. Communicate progress status against defined milestones and expectations to stakeholders putting contingency measures in place if required.
9. Negotiate with customers and stakeholders on the project’s commercial and contractual terms in accordance with relevant corporate policy and strategy. Act as the focal point for negotiations and resolution of external scheme interface requirements, including any Parliamentary or Statutory processes, external consents issues to optimise the value of the scheme to us and funder(s).
10. Comply with the requirements of investment regulations, other corporate governance and Project Acceleration Controlled Environment (PACE). Adhere to corporate processes, including those related to safety, finance, legal and corporate affairs.
11. Facilitate the discharge of the duties assigned by the Client as detailed within the Construction Design Management (CDM) Regulations for the programme of projects allocated to you.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

Qualified to degree level or equivalent
Experience of dealing with client portfolios and liaising with people at all levels
Ability to articulate complex business problems into manageable work packages and produce synthesised logical solutions
Proven ability to write coherently; conveying report / investment information in a concise manner
Commercially astute, persuasive, and customer focused
Proven influencing and negotiating skills
Experience of leading a successful team.

Salary: Starting from £46,701 and increasing to £53,589 per per annum.

We adhere to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.

Closing date: 10th February 2025 Late applications will not be accepted.

This is an FTC for 12 months and has the potential to become permanent.

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