Senior Programme Integration Manager

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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. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!

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. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here.

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!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

We offer excellent benefits, including:

Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.

Defined benefit pension scheme.

75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.

Up to 75% off leisure travel for you and your family (subject to terms and conditions)

Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.

Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.

Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.

Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.

Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.

We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments

Route Services is a division of Network Rail that provides the Routes with services so they can help Network Rail deliver a better railway for a better Britain. We support the Routes with a myriad of services and supplies they need to maintain and operate the railway.. To learn more, please click here to watch our video.

This role sits within Supply Chain Operations (SCO), an area of the business which supplies and delivers the logistics, materials, components, rail and road fleet that enable the maintenance and renewal of the railway. SCO keeps the materials, machinery and components required by its customers moving making sure they are on-site when needed so work can go ahead as planned and on schedule.

Brief Description

Are you an innovative project professional whos keen to embrace future technologies, and play a key role in ensuring the railway is safe and reliable?

Do you have experience in delivering high value, highly complex programmes, or working with Infrastructure Monitoring Technologies which make a real difference to business performance?

Do you want to play a key role in the future of Network Rails Infrastructure Monitoring Strategy and Service? If so, this could be the perfect opportunity for you!

We are looking for an experienced Senior Programme Manager, with a proven track record in developing, controlling, and delivering investment programmes to join our Infrastructure Monitoring (IM) team. The role will lead an exciting programme to deliver change, and long-term improvement in the IM fleet, Systems and Service Performance to our Customers. Ensuring they receive the data they need, when they need it.

What is Infrastructure Monitoring?

Our fleet of bespoke trains complete c300,000 miles annually covering the national rail network.

These specialised trains provide the mechanism to collect vital data, that is then processed and analysed to identify track compliance and inform engineers of their track condition. This data highlights sections of track that require maintenance and renewals, thus ensuring Network Rails infrastructure remains safe and operational.

Who is Supply Chain Operations

Supply Chain Operations (SCO) is a multi-faceted business area that sits within Route Services. SCO provides key services to Routes and Regions, helping ensure the railway remains safe, compliant, and operational. Each year SCO:

- Is responsible for over 1billion worth of spend.

- Delivers over 3,000 engineering trains.

- Delivers over 1million miles of seasonal track treatment.

- Measures over c300,000 miles of track to identify compliance (Infrastructure Monitoring).

- Delivers over 800,000 metres of rail and 1million tonnes of ballast

This role will own and deliver NRs IM Investment programme to transform the way we collect and provide data to our customers. Leading on customer engagement, strategy, sustainability, business change, and brining new innovation into the future IM service.

About the role (External)
The Role

This role will lead NRs Infrastructure Monitoring programme which will transform the way we delivery Infrastructure Monitoring service. A diverse role that leads on customer engagement, business strategy, sustainability, research and innovation

The role will:

- Lead an exciting change programme, shaping the way Network Rails IM service is delivered.

- Deliver resilient and innovative strategies, embracing new technologies and market opportunities for intelligent procurement.

- Develop interim solutions to support BAU performance and deliverables.

- Work closely with NRs Digital Data and Technology teams supporting greater alignment between delivery and data.

- Lead on stakeholder engagement and customer / supplier forums.

- Maintain and enhance fleet and system availability.

- Lead and inspire your team.

The role will report to the Delivery Director Infrastructure Monitoring in NRs Supply Chain Operations Directorate.

Meet the essential criteria/ Apply today to join our team!

Essential

• Proven industry leader with extensive experience in the development and delivery of strategies and complex infrastructure programmes
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Experience of dealing with large complex client portfolios and able to demonstrate significant commercial success
• Strong knowledge of rail industry structure, regulation and commercial framework
• Significant experience of negotiating with internal and external stakeholders at senior level to achieve project or company objectives
• Proven experience of preparing and managing complex budgets, and knowledge of the principles of investment processes and procedures
• Extensive experience in the use of rail industry technical, safety and performance standards including GRIP
• Qualified to degree level or equivalent

• Experience in the design and integration of complex engineering and/or operational systems
• An understanding of railway safety management systems and risk assessment techniques
• MBA or other related postgraduate qualification
• Member of recognised Railway Engineering or Operations institution, or Chartered Engineer

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.

From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious, and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe, that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accreditedDisability Confident Leader . This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.

Find out more about our recruitment processhere

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