Works Planner

Works Planner

**Location**:
Gravesend, GB

**Department Name**:
Southern Region

**About Network Rail**:
**Works Planner (Renewals)**

It’s an exciting time to be joining Network Rail High Speed. We are making the biggest fundamental change to our business in its history, as we look to modernise and deliver an even more sustainable and high performing high speed railway than we already have today

**Who we are**

Network Rail High Speed Ltd. (NRHS) is responsible for operating and maintaining the UK’s only international high-speed railway, High Speed (HS1).

The 109km HS1 infrastructure consists of a diverse range of railway assets such as the track, signalling, overhead line, lineside buildings, depots, viaducts and long tunnels. NRHS is also responsible for operating and maintaining three international stations; St Pancras, Ebbsfleet and Stratford International.

As a wholly owned subsidiary of Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd, NRHS is privately financed under an agreement with our client ‘HS1 Ltd’, undertaking a diverse range of activities from railway infrastructure maintenance and operations - through to station facilities management and retail on behalf of our client.

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

**Brief Description**:
**The role**

We are looking to recruit a Works Planner to manage the renewals planning for Network Rail (High Speed) through the development, optimisation and integration of access, haulage and OTM requests

You will take accountability for the management and delivery of annual and periodic access plans, whilst also monitoring and improving the planning strategy (taking account of all the requirements of all stakeholders).

**About the role (External)**:
**The person**
- Have a knowledge of relevant railway geography and network capability?
- Have knowledge of relevant train services and network capacity?
- Have the ability to integrate worksite requests into possessions and optimise the possession plan?
- Have the ability to work under pressure within a continuous planning process?
- Have the ability to operate a planning system?

**The important stuff**

The role will be based at Singlewell, however frequent travel to our other office and site locations along the High Speed line is/may be expected.

We follow a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the following pay range:
Band 4B £34,050 - £38,305 plus outer London allowance of £1,942.

We can offer you a rewarding career with competitive pay and excellent benefits, including:

- 28 days annual leave (plus bank holidays)
- Bonus scheme
- Healthcare
- Excellent choice of pension schemes
- 75% subsidy on rail season tickets (including London underground)
- 75% off leisure rail travel for you and your family
- ‘my benefits’ - our discounted online shopping site
- Training, development and employee assistance programme available
- Two weeks paid reserve leave for our armed forces community
- 5 days paid volunteering leave

If successful at shortlisting stage, you will be invited to an interview.