Portfolio Manager

Network Rail; York; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading company in the railway sector as a Portfolio Manager, managing significant projects in York. You will work within a dedicated team to ensure effective project delivery and optimal outcomes. This role offers competitive benefits, a clear development path, and the opportunity to make a real difference in maintaining and enhancing the railway network.

Benefits

Up to 28 days annual leave

Flexible working arrangements

Healthcare benefits

Discounts on shopping and gym memberships

Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Demonstrable commercial focus and financially astute.
• Successful relevant experience including contracting and project delivery.

Responsibilities

• Develop and manage existing projects within the portfolio of re-signalling and level crossings.
• Implement funding mechanisms for projects to secure optimum incremental funding.
• Evaluate supplier proposals to support timely contract award.

Skills

Commercial focus

Project safety management

Team working

Health and Safety legislation knowledge

Education

Degree in a relevant discipline

Membership of the Association for Project Management

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Department Name
IP ECD - Signalling & Telecoms (454301) G2

Location
York, GB

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Vacancy: Portfolio Manager

Location: York, George Stephenson House

Salary: £43,588 to £51,719

Role Type: Permanent

Network Rail Benefits - To find out about what benefits we offer, click here - At Network rail you will have a clear development path with access to training and additional qualifications. You can enjoy a range of employee benefits, such as up to 28 days annual leave, 75% of Leisure Travel and Season Ticket for travel, a range of pension options, flexible and agile working arrangements, healthcare, discounts on shopping, gym memberships and much more.

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If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Brief Description

We are looking for an enthusiastic and experienced Portfolio Manager to join the Signalling and Telecoms Capital Programmes team, based in York, covering the North and East and East Coast Routes within the Eastern Region of Network Rail.

As Portfolio Manager you will develop and manage some of our existing projects within the portfolio of re-signalling, life extension and level crossing projects and support the development of new projects for delivery in CP7. The role will require a minimum office attendance of three days per week.

Key Accountabilities

1. Manage the production of a robust development and approval in principle for assigned projects, focusing on specific and measurable outcomes, benefits and requirements, to allow an unambiguous procurement exercise and efficient contract award.
2. Identify and contribute to the securing of optimum options for clients and funders. Analyze various schedule and cost options, contribute to the planning, alignment and delivery of the assigned projects.
3. Identify access strategies for assigned projects to achieve optimum balance between affordable, deliverable and of minimal impact to passenger and freight colleagues in alignment with Putting Passenger First Principles.
4. Implement funding mechanisms for assigned projects to secure optimum incremental funding, embodying and promoting project SPEED and PACE Principles in the approach to investment proposals and decisions.
5. Specify appropriate, specific and measurable KPI / KRA into the pre-contract documentation for assigned projects to provide a foundation for active monitoring and measurement throughout the contract phase.
6. Implement established contracting and procurement strategies for assigned projects within Legislative, Corporate Governance and procurement guidelines, adopting Agile Client Principles to transfer delivery and integration responsibility to the supply chain wherever appropriate.
7. Undertake evaluation of supplier proposals to support timely contract award for assigned projects, in alignment with the overall programme objectives and strategic objectives of the Portfolio or Major Project.
8. Implement the strategy for the contracting and financial authorisation processes of assigned projects to support a timely, risk managed approach to contract award, embodying Agile Client and PACE principles.
9. Provide facilitation and contribute to the management of a progressive programme of Three Lines of Defence Level 1 assurance reviews within assigned projects. Maintain the measurement and monitoring of discharged and delegated responsibilities for assigned projects, generally for core systems and processes compliance, with particular focus on responsibilities under the Construction Design Management 2015 regulations.
10. Monitor the assurance framework appropriate to the stages of assigned projects, review the supply chain compliance with standard requirements and those identified in the specification stage and also the core requirements of delivering safely to time, cost and quality.

Essential

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

• Educated to degree level in a relevant discipline or equivalent experience.
• Membership (or working towards membership) of the Association for Project Management or other relevant Professional Membership.
• Demonstrable commercial focus and financially astute.
• Successful relevant experience including experience of contracting and project delivery.
• Knowledge and experience of project budget management.
• Project safety management and Health and Safety legislation knowledge.
• Knowledge of the Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015.
• Understanding of procurement principles and processes.
• Understanding and previous application of assurance principles and processes.
• Demonstrable experience of effective team working, helping and supporting others and sharing knowledge skills and experience.
• Demonstrable experience of seeking ways to improve ways of working, being open to change and doing things differently.
• Demonstrable experience of being focussed on their own and others safety and in understanding the implications of their behaviour and the safety rules.
• Demonstrable understanding of how the role influences the customers' experience.
• Demonstrable experience of having a positive attitude about work and change and demonstrating positive working behaviours.

Desirable

• Knowledge of the PACE Framework
• Experience of application of GRIP, and Construction Design Management (CDM)
• Knowledge of Network Rail’s Project, Investment, Commercial and Procurement practices.
• Experience in risk identification, assessment and mitigation.
• Knowledge of Network Rail’s assets and how they are managed.

Don’t meet every requirement?
Research suggests that individuals from underrepresented groups may be less likely to apply for a job if they don't meet all the listed criteria. We are building a diverse and inclusive place to work where people of all backgrounds can thrive. We encourage you to apply for this role. If this isn’t the job for you, there may be other roles available in the wider team.

How To Apply (External)

Salary: £43,588 to £51,719

Closing date: 07th July 2025. - Late applications will not be accepted.

Remote working opportunity! this role requires working in the office a minimum of 3 days a week

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