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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!
About the role
Reporting to the Head of Production and Optimisation, you will deliver a pro-active and improvement driven approach ensuring the effective management and control of all production and some operational functions within the business.
The Production Service function specialises in the manufacture and distribution of railway materials and plays an integral role in the Network Rail Route Services supply chain. The function is accountable for delivering exceptional customer services safely, compliantly, and sustainably.
This role is a great opportunity for someone with a passion and desire to deliver change through continuous improvement in a fast and dynamic environment made up of 46 regional operational locations where a variety of manufacturing, material handling and rolling stock maintenance activities are undertaken.
The role may involve some travel to other locations on an average of 4 days per month.
Key accountabilities include:
1. Provide operational safety leadership on Health, Safety and Environment (HSE) matters associated with operational and engineering facilities, focusing upon current legislation that encompasses the management of facilities and people.
2. Lead multiple facilities within one geographical location, developing the resourcing, planning and delivery of all facility focused engineering works and depot operations.
3. Manage the safe system of work for all operational areas, leading on the planning and logistical protection arrangements for site access.
4. Develop, implement, and review the operational and engineering facilities strategy, overseeing and defining safe systems of work packages.
5. Define the strategic facilities plan by developing local assurance protocol, competence management systems and processes.
6. Lead multiple Supply Chain operated facilities in the development of continuous improvement programmes and initiatives.
7. Manage the development and implementation of communication strategies, achieving positive relations with customers, suppliers, and internal departments.
8. Drive the implementation of sustainable facilities management and operational best practices throughout the operational sites.
9. Lead the operational facilities relationship with internal stakeholders and external suppliers.
The ideal candidate will have experience of the following:
Essential:
* Experience in facilities management
* Professional safety qualification relevant to industrial site operation, for example NEBOSH General Certificate or equivalent
* Demonstrable experience in a Railway focus engineering environment
* Proven record of successful team management
* Good commercial awareness / knowledge
* Ability to lead and motivate people to comply with the Health and Safety at Work Act and all relevant regulations
* Work knowledge of all relevant technical, quality, environmental, sustainability and environmental standards
* Wide experience of railway or a complementary engineering environment
* Excellent communication and motivation skills
* Able to drive change and willing to learn
* Knowledge of computer systems desirable
Desirable:
* Working towards a professional qualification in Engineering
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.
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.
* A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers and healthcare offers.
* 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.
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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