Capital Delivery Director (North West and Central)

The North West & Central (NW&C) region

The North West & Central (NW&C) region is the 'Backbone of Britain' - the economic spine linking our main cities. Our infrastructure runs from London Euston and Marylebone in the South through Chiltern and West Midlands regions, the North West of England and Cumbria before joining with Scotland in Gretna. We are home to the West Coast Mainline, the busiest mixed-use railway in Europe, serving in London, Birmingham, Manchester, Liverpool, Edinburgh and Glasgow. We have 8,000 employees. Our mission is to provide and operate safe, efficient, and reliable infrastructure for our passengers and freight users, to enable economic growth and social value.

We're looking for an experienced Capital Delivery Director

Reporting to the NW&C Managing Director, you'll set the strategic direction for the region's capital delivery portfolio, ensuring every project is delivered safely, efficiently and to the highest standards of quality, value and customer service.

This is a permanent, full-time, highly visible leadership role requiring strong presence across the region. The role can be based in either Birmingham, Manchester or London and will involve extensive travel across the North West and Central area to engage with teams, stakeholders and delivery partners.

Your Main Responsibilities will be to

• Develop, define and lead the region's capital delivery and minor renewals delivery strategy, with full responsibility for the regional capital delivery budget and performance against agreed targets.
• Implement the efficient and effective strategy for the delivery of the regional work-bank to client and stakeholder requirements, whilst providing exceptional customer service providing the Managing Director Region with relevant assurance on capital delivery.
• Direct activities and take full responsibility for meeting efficiency targets and commercial objectives, whilst maintaining high levels of confidence in schedule adherence on all projects/programmes.
• Lead the relationship and interfaces with Network Rail (NR) Network delivering on all governance and assurance activities at a local level to support NR's strategic objectives and responsibilities to all internal and external stakeholders.
• Establish and continuously improve partnerships with the supply chain to develop commercially mutually beneficial delivery models.
• Develop and improve relationships with key stakeholders and suppliers throughout the region.
• Lead and direct the development of innovation and best practice throughout the capital delivery organisation, sharing with other regions and functions, as appropriate.
• Contribute to regional integrated planning, giving consideration that considers cross-asset programme and region requirements.
• Direct the project/programme teams, monitoring adequate resources available to deliver a flexible, competent skilled and effective workforce at all times, providing resources to other regions on a consultancy basis, as required.
• Lead the management of safety, in line with corporate management systems in the delivery of projects/programmes and accountable for assurance activity on all projects/programmes in line with corporate governance, processes and systems.
• Direct the timely assignment of, and thereafter, discharge of, Construction Design Management (CDM) duties for all projects/programmes.