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Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Specialist
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Network Rail
At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people, and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain, and operate our network. Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We're an organisation where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us, and you matter to millions. Watch our video to find out more!
The Wales & Western region includes more than 2,700 miles of railway, serving communities and businesses of Wales, the Thames Valley, West of England, and the Southwest Peninsula. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day, and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues, and protecting safety and wellbeing.
About our people and the recruitment process
We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!
* Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel, including family members.
* A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
* GWR ticket alliance - Heavily discounted all day passes for you and up to 3 friends and family to use across the GWR network.
* Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a range of offers including childcare, healthcare, and online shopping.
* A range of Pension schemes to choose from.
* Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35-hour per week contract, hybrid working, flexible working, flexible leave, and enhanced family-friendly support.
* 5 days paid volunteering leave.
* 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
In the Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.
Brief Description
To work cross-functionally, negotiating with Work Deliverers and Operations teams to build and optimise the access plan through worksite integration. Manage work priorities against the objectives of the Route to create a safe, robust, and effective plan.
Your Main Responsibilities will be to:
1. Manage the integration of all access and Temporary Speed Restriction (TSR) requests, prioritising work to enable business requirements in accordance with all relevant standards.
2. Lead and chair effective area/local planning meetings with all Work Deliverers.
3. Manage effective relationships with TOCs and FOCs, including a detailed understanding of their requirements and access restrictions. Work collaboratively to minimise disruption by balancing safety, performance, and TOC / FOC service requirements.
4. Lead and create collaborative relationships with all Works Deliverers for both planned and emergency work, to prioritise safety, performance, and efficiency.
5. Manage and control the late change process in line with specified Route policies.
6. Manage planning information for the area. Provide timely and accurate updates to meet planning timescales and carry out appropriate validation checks.
7. Manage the potential impact of both Schedule 4 and Schedule 8 across all options available to deliver work and make proposals accordingly as required.
8. Provide management, direction, and support to the planning team, acting as a role model through coaching and mentoring, to develop and enhance team performance.
9. Promote a proactive continuous improvement culture, sharing knowledge and best practice across the industry.
You will ideally have:
* Knowledge of relevant train services and network capacity.
* Able to integrate worksite requests into possessions and optimise the possession plan.
* Able to specify all aspects of worksite and possession parameters.
* Able to work under pressure within a continuous planning process.
* Able to prioritise and organise workload to ensure that deadlines are met.
* Able to evaluate complex factors and make decisions to maximise benefit.
* Good communication skills and a customer-focused approach.
* Experienced user of Possession Planning System (PPS) and TRUST.
* Detailed knowledge of the Network Code and Track Access Conditions.
* Knowledge of the isolation planning process.
* Able to operate relevant planning systems.
* Able to engage with customers and build collaborative relationships with stakeholders.
* Able to lead a team and motivate team members.
Not sure if you meet all the requirements? Let us decide.
Company
Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities. From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits, and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.
We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead. We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the railway.
We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.
Your health, wellbeing, and benefits
We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand, and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe that should come first.
We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health, and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance, and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.
We have a range of benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave entitlement.
* My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
* A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers, healthcare offers, cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership, and other benefits.
* Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
* A range of pension schemes.
* 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.
What Diversity and Inclusion means to us
‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.
Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.
Disability Confident Leader
Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.
Find out more about our recruitment process here.
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