Major Engineering Works Planning Manager

at  South Western Railway

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.

THE REWARD

In return we offer a competitive salary and a variety of valuable benefits, including:

• Free duty and leisure travel on SWR services for employees
• Free leisure travel for spouse/partner and dependants (criteria dependent)
• 75% discount on many other train operating companies
• Full training and support with development
• Large range of exclusive retail offers
• Excellent pension scheme

We all belong at SWR. FirstGroup’s vision is to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues, across its group of businesses, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
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• Development of capacity studies, timetables and associated resourcing plans for major possessions determining the optimum train service that can be operated robustly whilst enabling work to be delivered in an efficient manner.
• Determining the effect on SWR services, resources and costs / losses ensuring necessary plans are in place to contain business impact. Preparation of briefings and papers for Exec, TRIG and other forums detailing options and impacts of significant engineering works.
• Identify the planning implications of major possessions, seeking resource allocation from the TPU team and then managing such assigned resource in compilation of the operational plan.
• Undertake reviews and share learning from major possessions to gather learning for repeat or similar instances of work.
• Undertake other duties as directed by the Engineering Strategy Manager
• Line management of two x CO4 Engineering Works Planning Clerks
• Support the Engineering Works Planning Manager in periods without major possessions with production of engineering work summaries.
• Develop robust specifications for amended train plans and their resourcing, co-ordinated with other TOCs and FOCs as necessary, reflecting project governance timescales, Informed Traveller and other industry and company production deadlines being optimised to balance the needs between customer service, productivity, resource availability and utilisation and robust operational delivery.
• Determination of optimised operational plans concerning train services and their resourcing with associated mileage, rolling stock and traincrew cost implications.