Senior Construction Manager

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a £10.7 billion Programme of activities that is improving the railway between York and Manchester via Leeds and Huddersfield.

Stretching across the North of England, this key 76-mile Transpennine railway serves 23 stations, crosses over and dips under 285 bridges and viaducts, passes through six miles of tunnels, and crosses over 11 level crossings.

Proposed improvements as will deliver a hard-working, reliable railway for passengers, allowing for trains with more seats, more services and faster journey times.

Here are a few of the benefits we offer:

• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
• Choice of pension schemes
• 75% discretionary discount of leisure travel for you and your family
• 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
• Gym Pass
  -access to gyms across UK
• My Benefits platform- giving national and local retail discount

Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.

We're committed to creating a diverse, inclusive workplace that reflects the communities we serve. To discover more about our ED&I commitments  .We value flexibility and understand the importance of a healthy work-life balance. As a Disability Confident Leader, we'll do everything we can to accommodate any needs throughout the recruitment process.

Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised. If your current salary is above the maximum shown you will transfer into the new role on your current base pay. For more information refer to your pay.

This vacancy is Band 3 C, salary starting £55,596 to £65,966 per annum.

Safe behaviour
is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision .

Location: Manchester or Leeds. Frequent travel to project offices and operational locations across the programme will be required. Current delivery activity is focused within the Huddersfield area, including Deighton Station and associated satellite sites.

Contract Type: Full time, permanent

Office Requirement: Hybrid. Minimum 3 days per week working from the office or site offices/compounds.

Brief Description

Provide senior construction leadership across the TRU West Alliance, directing and assuring safe, integrated and efficient delivery across assigned projects and work packages. The role translates programme requirements into executable construction plans, provides construction management guidance to project teams, and coordinates interfaces with Integration, Network Rail, operations, maintenance, asset management and other delivery disciplines. The post holder will lead by example on safety, quality and compliance, challenge constructability and methodology, and support the successful handback of completed assets.

Role Objectives

• Lead the construction management function for the assigned portfolio, ensuring delivery teams receive clear direction, proportionate assurance and timely decisions.
• Drive safe delivery by championing safety behaviours, challenging unsafe acts and conditions, and ensuring inspections, safety conversations and close-call reporting are completed and acted upon.
• Provide effective construction input to design, planning and delivery so that work is buildable, appropriately sequenced and coordinated with access, possessions and adjoining disciplines.
• Maintain effective operational, maintenance and asset-management interfaces, supporting compliant handback and readiness for entry into service.
• Provide clear, consistent and evidence-based construction reporting, escalating risk, non-compliance and emerging delivery constraints early.
• Develop construction management capability through coaching, technical guidance, collaborative working and the sharing of lessons learned.

Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:

• As functional Line Manager, lead and coordinate the Construction Managers across the assigned portfolio, setting priorities, allocating construction management activity and providing guidance and support to project teams.
• Chair the Weekly Construction Progress meeting on a Monday morning and prepare the Weekly Construction Progress reports based on previous weekends construction activities, ready for distribution to Alliance Partners.
• Champion safe behaviours, challenge unsafe behaviours and ensure…