Delivery Assistant

2 weeks ago


Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom Network Rail Full time


Delivery Assistant



Location



Birmingham, GB



Department Name



Route Businesses



About Network Rail



We're proud to be recognised by Glassdoor as one of the Top 50 Best Places to Work in 2021. Find out more from our people here.

Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. We do work that matters to millions. And we do it in millions of different ways.

This is an exciting time to join Network Rail. We're passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by "putting passengers first". Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves - what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?

You will be part of the NW&C Region which consist of three routes:

· North West Route, covering Manchester, Liverpool, Lancashire and Cumbria.

· Central Route, covering the West Midlands and Chiltern areas.

· West Coast South Route, covering the south of Crewe to London Euston.

There is also a Regional Team which supports Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.

To find out more about us - Take a look here

For 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.

We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider flexible and hybrid working applications. If we can make it work – we will Please click here for more information.



Brief Description



Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

Manage all aspects of pre-possession delivery and associated planned possessions, enabling Regions to deliver work safely and efficiently with minimal disruption to train services.



About the role (External)



About the role: 1. Prepare and distribute weekly possession documentation 2. Assist in the local investigation process as required by your line manager. 3. Assist in the co-ordination of Engineering trains within designated depots 4. Co-ordinate and assist in the delivery of pre-possession meetings 5. Develop the weekly strategic plan communicating key activities, established risks and known contingencies to your line manager. 6. Validate and reconcile all relevant transactions incurred in delivery and service of supply contracts.

7. Assist in identifying and implementing quality and efficiency improvement initiatives. 8. Compile and distribute possession delivery documentation 9. Assist in the identification of possession delivery resource profiles and production of robust roster arrangements In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

  • Relevant successful experience in a front line delivery operations role or delivery planning background
  • Ability to undertake structured analysis to problems and produce business-led customer focused solutions
  • Knowledge of factors and activities critical to efficient possession delivery
  • Knowledge of possession safety rules and regulations
  • Knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability
  • Analytical thinking and the writing of reports
  • Able to work well under pressure
  • Good MS Office skills
  • UK driving license We would also like but it isn't crucial to have/to be:
  • Knowledge of Road Vehicle legislation process and procedures
  • Knowledge of accident and investigation procedures
  • Knowledge of access planning principles.
  • Knowledge of industry rostering principles.
  • Personal Track Safety (PTS) Competency


How to apply (External)



We are a Disability Confident Leader and want to make the most of the skills and talents disabled people bring to the workplace - skills and talents we need in our business Click here for more information

Salary and benefits:

· Salary: Circa £34,000 (experience dependant)

  • Pro-rata annual leave entitlement (28 days)
  • 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
  • 75% discount on leisure travel
  • A choice of contributory pension schemes
  • 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community

Want to find out about what fantastic benefits we offer? Find out here

Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Closing date: 2nd July 2024. Late applications will not be accepted.

Click 'apply now' to apply.

Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision

We will endeavour to offer a diverse interview panel wherever possible.

Drugs & Alcohol test: All prospective candidates offered a conditional role will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.




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