Planning Manager
1 month ago
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.
Join our team and help us continue to improve quality of life, by bringing people together to get the most out of life.
SWR is part of FirstGroup, the largest rail operator in the UK and second largest bus operator in the UK outside London. FirstGroup operates services throughout the UK and Ireland, with over 30,000 employees providing services that make travel smoother and life easier. FirstGroup works hard to reduce its impact on the environment, introducing cleaner and more environmentally responsible methods of transport.
About the job
Allocation of rolling stock to train plan giving due consideration to unit mileages with regard to scheduled Maintenance requirements, unit defects, and other operational requirements. Work with the Production Manager to establish available resource against workload, and ensure delivery of balanced workload for the Depot. React positively to deal with out of course failures to ensure the delays are minimised.
Your main responsibilities will be:
- Reports to the Depot Manager Salisbury Traincare Depot.
- Responsible for allocation of units to service for SWR West of England Line, Local Hampshire services, Bristol services.
- Ensure preparation of trains allocated to services.
- Responsible for safe operation of Salisbury Traincare Depot.
- Effective and efficient utilisation of Depot Drivers.
- Manipulate all stock based a Salisbury to meet the needs of the Train Plan and all safety, maintenance and quality requirements.
- Rolling stock requiring attention is identified and the workload is prioritised in support of the Production Process.
- Allocate units to diagrams using Genius system.
- Liaise with Operations Department and Signal box as required.
- Issue of Train Preparation certificate to Traincrew.
- Issue and control of ‘Contractors Permits to Work'.
- Ensure safety of contractors and visitors on site.
- Pro active use of unit diagnostic systems (Nexala) to identify in service failure modes and take appropriate action to minimise delays to service.
- Maintain effective TIN Log and gather information to determine Delay Attribution.
- Produce and circulate end of day summary reports.
- Prepare and circulate five day forward projections of allocation of units to diagrams to ensure maintenance needs are met and Depot workload is balanced.
- Liaise with Materials Manager to ensure al materials are planned for exams.
- Input defects and casualties to Genius and unit history files and maintain appropriate records in Genius log.
- Liaise with Depot Manager and SWR Control Manager regarding movement of units to and from Level 4 and Level 5 maintenance locations and out stations and keep records as appropriate.
- Pro actively monitor services operated by Class 159 and 158 units, bringing any deviation from plan to the attention of the Depot Manager/Control Manager and assist in restoration to normal working.
- In conjunction with Depot Manager, allocate units to diagrams to ensure units which are called to works have achieved maximum permissible mileages without having to stand idle awaiting due date.
- Liaise with other Depot, Fitters, Traincrew and other Train Operating Companies as necessary.
- Assist with training as required.
- Audit unit mileages and exams to ensure accuracy and integrity of data.
- Record all cleans and external washes of units.
- Undertake additional tasks as required by the Depot Manager, applicable to the role.
- Allocation of Fleet
- Depot Operational decisions.
- Service Operational decisions
As a minimum, you will need to have:
- Thorough knowledge of Depot Operating Procedures and safety requirements.
- Knowledge of SWR Operations and Procedures.
- Knowledge of rules and regulations relating to shunting, if not competent will be required to pass out competent to shunt.
- Experience of IT systems, including Trust, Tops, Ravers, Genius, Word, Lotus Notes.
- Good written and oral communication skills.
- Ability to write report
About the location
Salisbury Depot is home to South Western Railway's award winning Class 15X diesel fleet. The engineering team at the depot are responsible for all aspects of maintenance and repair of the trains, this includes; engines, transmissions, electrical control equipment, HVAC and the passenger environment amongst many other systems.
Serving the West of England, the SWR Class 15X are the long-standing reliability and performance leaders in their field across the UK due to the hard working team at Salisbury depot. Knowledge, pride and accountability among everyone at Salisbury helps make it a great environment to work, thrive and deliver the best possible journeys for our customers.
Working pattern
Working an average of 42 hours per week over 4 days
Dayshifts for 5 weeks - 0630 to 1600 Monday to Friday
Nightshift for 10 weeks - 1900 to 0630 5 nights on 5 nights off
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.
We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.
We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.
If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.
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