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Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Assistant
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.
We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. 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.
Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern; if you need flexibility to complete your role, just let us know and we will do our utmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.
Brief Description
The Planning Assistant (Access) assists and supports in the optimisation and integration of access into the Route engineering access plan. They work cross-functionally, liaising with all work requesters, customers, and stakeholders to build and optimise the engineering access plan through worksite integration.
Please note: we are currently recruiting for two posts, 1 x 12 month FTC / Secondment and 1 x permanent post.
About the role (External)
Key Accountabilities
Support the Planning Team to deliver all activities associated with planning for possessions, worksites, line blockages, TSR's, On Track Machines and Engineering Trains in accordance with all relevant standards.
Process and support Route access requirements and successfully integrate within the engineering access plan.
Attendance, and when required co-chairing possession planning meetings including producing, checking, validating publications and updates as necessary.
Assist and support with the creation of materials and documentation to aid the operational delivery of the engineering access plan.
Engage with Route wide stakeholders and customers and support with the coordination of their access requirements.
Assist and support with the identification and implementation of quality and efficiency improvements.
Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications
Essential
Able to work under pressure.
Able to prioritise and organise workload to ensure that deadlines are met.
Able to demonstrate the ability to organise effectively.
Displays a good attention to detail.
Displays good communication skills and a customer focused approach within a team or as an individual.
Willing to learn to document all aspects of Access Planning requirements.
Good understanding of IT and operating of systems.
Desirable
Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability.
Knowledge of relevant train services and network capacity.
Knowledge of relevant planning systems.
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 encourages 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.
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