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Our Route
Central route is at the heart of Britain's railway. The route covers a major part of the national rail network and is a key commuter line in and out of Birmingham, with hundreds of thousands of passengers, and thousands of tonnes of freight carried within our route each week. Within our route is the Chiltern Main Line between London Marylebone and the West Midlands, the Snow Hill line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, the Cross City line in Birmingham, and lines to other cities including Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, and Oxford.
We are home to Birmingham New Street station, the busiest station outside of London with more than 170,000 passengers using it every day.
Brief Description
Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:
This role is within Central Routes Engineering Planning and Delivery Team. You will be responsible for assisting with the planning and delivering engineering access and associated activities on the railway infrastructure.
You will assist with the management of all aspects of pre-possession delivery and associated planned possessions / engineering access, enabling Regions to deliver work safely and efficiently with minimal disruption to train services.
About the role (External)
As a Delivery Assistant you will be responsible for the following:
1. Prepare and distribute weekly possession documentation.
2. Assist in the local investigation process as required by your line manager.
3. Assist in the co-ordination of Engineering trains within designated depots.
4. Co-ordinate and assist in the delivery of pre-possession meetings.
5. Develop the weekly strategic plan communicating key activities, established risks and known contingencies to your line manager.
6. Validate and reconcile all relevant transactions incurred in delivery and service of supply contracts.
7. Assist in identifying and implementing quality and efficiency improvement initiatives.
8. Compile and distribute possession delivery documentation.
9. Assist in the identification of possession delivery resource profiles and production of robust roster arrangements.
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
1. Relevant successful experience in a front-line delivery operations role or delivery planning background.
2. Ability to undertake structured analysis to problems and produce business-led customer focused solutions.
3. Knowledge of factors and activities critical to efficient possession delivery.
4. Knowledge of possession safety rules and regulations.
5. Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability.
6. Analytical thinking and the writing of reports.
7. Able to work well under pressure.
8. Good MS Office skills.
9. UK driving license.
We would also like, but it isn't crucial to have/to be:
1. Knowledge of Road Vehicle legislation process and procedures.
2. Knowledge of accident and investigation procedures.
3. Experience in the planning or delivery of engineering access on the railway infrastructure.
4. Experience in the planning or delivery of engineering isolations on the railway infrastructure.
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