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Key Information

Role: Project Management Assistant

Salary: circa £28,000 per annum depending on experience

Location: York, Leeds or Manchester

Contract Type: 12 months secondment opportunity

Office Requirement: Hybrid, 3 days minimum in the office

28 days annual leave + bank holidays

Employees will be entitled to a 75% discount off leisure travel this includes off peak and super off-peak tickets. Employees will also be entitled to 75% discount on season tickets.

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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. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here .

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.
Transpennine Route Upgrade

The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a 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 29 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.

For more information visit www.theTRUpgrade.co.uk

Brief Description

This position will support the Chief Engineers team in their role to provide functional leadership of engineering and construction activity across the TRU Programme. It supports the Chief Engineer and their deputy in the production of reports, organisation of events, preparation for meetings and many other tasks to keep the team running smoothly. The role will provide an excellent grounding in the engineering systems and processes required to deliver a major railway programme.

The Ideal Candidate

• Dedicated to adding value and working to a high quality

• Thorough and enthusiastic

• Organised

• Multi-tasker

• Always looking for better ways of working to support the team objectives.

About the role (External)

Some of the key accountabilities of this role are:

1. Work as part of the TRU Engineering Team, assisting in delivery of projects to time, cost and quality through various phases in a safe and environmentally responsible manner.

2. Monitor and report programme and progress in accordance with project reporting systems and guidelines.

3. Develop and integrate, effective support systems to enable the TRU Chief Engineer & Senior Programme Engineering Manager to manage and control change.

4. Monitor performance indicators and provide periodic progress reports.

5. Support the TRU Engineering Team in providing a safe working environment at all times during the execution of those projects under their responsibility.

6. Ensure data is accurately tracked, consistent and concise to support informed forward planning and decision-making within the team.

7. Produce Presentation packs for all Engineering Meetings in a timely manner
We need you to have:

• Some management experience including project management.

• Educated to HND/HNC or similar standard.

• HSQE awareness, issues and principles.
It would be advantageous if you have:

• Membership (or working towards membership of) the Association for Project Management.

• A degree or equivalent.

• Knowledge of safety, quality, environmental, commercial and financial aspects.

How to apply (External)

We are an inclusive employer of choice, Disability Confident Leader ! We encourage people to work flexibly and welcome applications from everyone Click here for more information .

Vi sit Evenbreak's Career Hive should you need accessibility support to apply. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please contact EasternResourcing@networkrail.co.uk .

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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do, safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should be able to demonstrate your personal commitment to safety and awareness in your application.

Salary: circa £28,000 per annum depending on experience.

This role can be based in the following locations: York, Leeds or Manchester

Closing date : 13th March 2026 Late applications will not be accepted. We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based on application volumes.