Resource Planner

7 days ago


Ashford, Kent, United Kingdom Cleshar Contract Services Full time

About Us:


Established in 1992, Cleshar Contract Services Limited is a well-established company and respected provider of Track, Civil Engineering, Construction, and maintenance services to the railway industry.


At Cleshar, we employ over 1,400 people across multiple projects and disciplines, delivering the following rail services to provide a sustainable future for the rail industry and enhance the lives of people and their communities.


Key areas we cover include:

  • Rail
  • Capital works and Infrastructure
  • Support Services
  • Infrastructure maintenance
  • Welding
  • Safety critical resources
  • Power systems
  • M&E (Mechanical and Engineering)
  • Signals and Telecom
  • Safety Training


We are seeking for a Resource Planner to join our dynamic Network Rail (NWR) team in Ashford (Kent) to manage the day to day planning and allocation of resources to meet the contract demands, manage any short notice changes by the client and any short notice requests for resources, and have ownership of the plans.


Job Title:
Resource Planner (Maternity Cover)

Location:
Ashford (Kent)

Main Duties & Responsibilities (but not limited to)

  • Planning and allocating resources to jobs.
  • Briefing of information and safety communications.
  • Management and reporting on site diaries.
  • Monitoring of working hours and on call demands.
  • Manage a portfolio of resources which includes increasing and decreasing as per the contract demands.
  • Liaison with clients on resource requests.
  • Reporting of planned resource demands versus actual resources supplies.
  • First line of contact for pay queries.
  • Cascading of company policies and procedures.
  • Reporting via visualisation board.
  • Reporting on nonattendance.
  • Requesting PPE and training.
  • Agreeing and reporting of annual leave.
  • Resource build up for long term plans, medium term plans, and short term plans.
  • Production of Training and Competency Matrices.

Key skills and experience:

  • Computer literacy in Word, Excel, PowerPoint and Outlook.
  • Have good interpersonal communication (verbal, written and listening) skills, that will support the delivery of your duties and able to clearly explain tasks and inspire others with varying backgrounds.
  • Have high standards of attention to detail in all aspects of your work.
  • Show initiative and know when to escalate issues for Supervisor/ Management support.
  • Be a team player with regards to sharing information, helping to resolve a problem, working towards common goals, properly dividing tasks between team members, etc.
  • Have the ability to handle pressure and meet deadlines.

What we offer in return:

  • 33 days holidays as standard (including bank holidays).
  • 24/7 Employee Assistance Programme (Carefirst).
  • Company Pension Scheme (Company 3%, Employee 5%).
  • Specsavers Eye Test Evouchers.
  • Cleshar Contract Services Ltd is an Employee Owned Trust Company.

Job Type:
Fixed term contract

Work Location:
In person

Reference ID:
RP_NWR001
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