About the job
Lead all aspects of the day to day resource management of South Western Railway Drivers, Metro Guards and Commercial Guards. Ensuring delivery of a safe, punctual train service within budgetary guidelines. Proactive management of train crew resources to minimise train service delays.
Your main responsibilities will be:
1. Co-ordinate drivers, guards and commercial guards on a day to day basis ensuring efficient use of resources.
2. Ensure fitness of duty of traincrew when booking on and off duty.
3. Responsible for accurate recording of traincrew sickness, including timely reporting to line managers.
4. Responsible for the management for the display of safety critical information.
5. Responsible for the timely submission of traincrew reports.
6. Conduct first line chain of care when required.
7. Contribute towards the efficient structure of traincrew diagrams and links through liaison with appropriate line managers.
8. Through proactive resourcing arrangements contribute to the continued improvement in SWRs train performance.
9. Establish a leadership style to consistently promote SWTs vision and values with a strong focus on professional business delivery.
10. Responsible for certification and authorisation of traincrew overtime.
11. Ensure all diagram changes are communicated to traincrew.
12. Responsible for the dissemination of traincrew diagrams and amended diagrams within terms and conditions
13. Use of IT software packages such as Genius, Crewplan, Trust, P2, etc to improve dissemination of information and improve productivity.
14. Retain a detailed knowledge of train crew conditions of service and local depot codifications
15. Knowledge of rostering, FR&I, GRI, DRI and the national and business conditions of service
16. Detailed understanding of performance regimes
17. Knowledge of route geography and traction essential.
As a minimum, you will need to have:
18. Experience in the Railway industry is not essential but could be an advantage
19. Leadership qualities together with general management, interpersonal skills, clear thinking, judgment and organisation ability.
20. Have an appreciation of Health and Safety legislation
21. Experience in a strongly unionised environment desirable.
22. Educated to a good academic standard with a professional certificate in management desirable
23. Proven ability to manage a busy workload and prioritise.
24. Proven excellent communication skills.
Working pattern
Average of 42 hours per week over 5 days.
Early turn - 0400-1224
Late turn 1200 - 2024
Spare turn is day hours but will pick up early and late turn if needed to cover holidays and any absences.
The weekend may on occasions be day shifts usually starting at 0900.
Also while night turns are not in the Bournemouth shift at this time you may be required to cover nights shifts usually starting app 2130 to 0645
The Reward
In return we offer a competitive salary and a variety of valuable benefits, including:
25. Free duty and leisure travel on SWR services for employees
26. Free leisure travel for spouse/partner and dependants (criteria dependent)
27. 75% discount on many other train operating companies
28. Full training and support with development
29. Large range of exclusive retail offers
30. Excellent pension scheme