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Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Network Rail
Join Our Team at Network Rail!
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others.
We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone.
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!
Brief Description
To lead the negotiation and development of a safe, efficient and robust Route Engineering Access Plan, supporting the delivery of the Route Strategic Business Plan, minimising financial exposure and resolving access conflicts through industry engagement and consultation.
Key Accountabilities
1. Lead, develop and negotiate the Route Engineering Access Strategies, acting as the Route lead for the resolution of cross-Route boundary conflicts, minimising Schedule 4 liability and disruptive impact on TOCs and FOCs to balance whole industry cost.
2. Lead and influence work delivery agents, contractors, Route Asset Management and Sponsorship teams in the establishment of integrated engineering access and Temporary Speed Restriction (TSR) strategies.
3. Lead the decision making for Route and National compliance to the Network Code for the Engineering Access Statement, drafting and confirming Period Possession Plans and subsequent late disruptive access requests.
4. Lead and manage the Dispute Resolution Process on behalf of the Route, in a timely and constructive manner, with professional stakeholder management promoting positive customer relations.
5. Identify and manage the requirement for capacity studies to support the Engineering Access Strategy and delivery of the amended timetable.
6. Support Route and National functions in the development of industry communications and media in connection with disruptive engineering work.
7. Develop, manage and promote collaborative relationships with all key internal and external stakeholders in the development of access strategies to facilitate programme delivery.
8. Provide leadership, management and direction to the planning team, acting as a role model through coaching and mentoring, to develop and enhance team performance.
9. Deliver compliance through competency assessment systems to maintain a competent planning team.
10. Promote a proactive continuous improvement culture, sharing knowledge and best practice across the industry.
Essential Requirements
1. Experienced user of Possession Planning System (PPS).
2. Detailed knowledge of the Network Code and Track Access Conditions.
3. Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability.
4. Knowledge of relevant train services and network capacity.
5. Knowledge of Train Planning and access impact to capacity on the infrastructure.
6. Able to integrate worksite requests into possessions and optimise the possession plan.
7. Able to specify all aspects of worksite and possession parameters.
8. Able to work under pressure within a continuous planning process.
9. Able to evaluate complex factors and make decisions to maximise benefit.
10. Proven ability in building organisational capability through the development and implementation of processes and business disciplines.
11. Proven ability to engage with customers and build collaborative relationships with stakeholders at a senior level.
12. Good negotiating skills and ability to make objective decisions.
13. Good communication skills and a customer focused approach.
14. Experienced and skilled in leadership and development of people.
15. Able to lead a team and motivate team members.
Desirable Requirements
1. Understanding corporate governance e.g. procurement rules.
2. Understanding of company's obligations in relation to ORR.
3. Understanding railway industry structure and responsibility.
4. Experience of investigatory skills (Root Cause Analysis).
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.
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 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.
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.
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