WHO ARE WE?

South Western Railway (SWR) operates over 1,500 services each weekday across the network and employs more than 5,000 people. We provide easy and convenient mobility, connecting people and communities in South West London, southern counties of England, and the Isle of Wight.

• Co-ordinate drivers, guards and commercial guards on a day to day basis ensuring efficient use of resources.
• Ensure fitness of duty of traincrew when booking on and off duty.
• Responsible for accurate recording of traincrew sickness, including timely reporting to line managers.
• Responsible for the management for the display of safety critical information.
• Responsible for the timely submission of traincrew reports.
• Conduct first line chain of care when required.
• Contribute towards the efficient structure of traincrew diagrams and links through liaison with appropriate line managers.
• Through proactive resourcing arrangements contribute to the continued improvement in SWRs train performance.
• Establish a leadership style to consistently promote SWTs vision and values with a strong focus on professional business delivery.
• Responsible for certification and authorisation of traincrew overtime.
• Ensure all diagram changes are communicated to traincrew.
• Responsible for the dissemination of traincrew diagrams and amended diagrams within terms and conditions
• Use of IT software packages such as Genius, Crewplan, Trust, P2, etc to improve dissemination of information and improve productivity.
• Retain a detailed knowledge of train crew conditions of service and local depot codifications
• Knowledge of rostering, FR&I, GRI, DRI and the national and business conditions of service
• Detailed understanding of performance regimes
• Knowledge of route geography and traction essential.