Possession Planner

Req ID:409774

Possession Planner

**Site Flexible **:Cambridge/Hybrid

**Appointment Basis**:Permanent

**Excellent Salary + Benefits Include**:Pension, Contributed Healthcare, Life Assurance

Leading societies to a low carbon future, Alstom develops and markets mobility solutions that provide the sustainable foundations for the future of transportation. Our product portfolio ranges from high-speed trains, metros, monorail, and trams to integrated systems, customised services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility solutions. Joining us means joining a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide

Employing 6,000 people within the UK & Ireland, we are the prominent supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet, as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas.

**POSITION OVERVIEW**

This is a mandatory, safety critical role within the Alstom business under the new 019 standard and is an important role within all projects as well as to external clients and suppliers.

Mandated under the 019 Standard, each project is required to appoint a Possession Planner to plan all access requirements for each function within our business, liaise with the Client Network Rail and deliver those identified access requirements, ensuring compliance with the RIPS license and the 019 Standards requirements at all times.

The Possession Planner role is a critical and mandatory position within all railway infrastructure projects requiring access on or near the line. The Possession Planner (SWL2) is responsible for liaising with our business functions, our clients, Network Rail (NWR) and third party contractors to develop, plan, book then deliver our access plan whilst ensuring the plan meets with the access requirements of our projects to deliver the project and whilst maintaining our compliance with the NR/L2/OHL/019/09 standard at all times. The Possession Planner will report functionally to the Project Director and hierarchically to the Safe Work Manager.

**RESPONSIBILITIES**
- Book worksites through the national possession planning system
- Work with NWR and third parties to resolve any access conflicts
- Review all work content with the project management team and the client to ensure the access plan is fully understood and suitable for the task
- Ensure that all access requirements are planned and delivered in accordance with NR/L2/OHS/019/09
- Represent Alstom at all access review, access planning, Picop, whiteboard and production meetings as required
- Contribute to the performance, development and success of the regional planning teams to promote a cohesive and high performing team
- Develop and maintain relationships with Alstom and Network Rail, as well as third party planning teams
- Undertake the role in a manner that is consistent with, and reinforces company standards
- Liaise with NWR and other contractors to maximise available track access
- Identify and communicate interface risks and opportunities
- Ensure all sub-contractors Safe system of work packs meet Alstom’s standards
- Assume responsibly and accountability as the projects Adjacent line open (ALO) process planner, planning all ALO activity in line with National and regional mandatory standards and communicate the ALO plan accurately and in a timely manner to those responsible for its delivery on site as Task Person in Charge.

**Safe Work Leader 2**

A trained and certified SWL2 competent individual, the SWL2 shall manage standard possession worksites as the Worksite Person in charge, with overall accountability and responsibility for that engineering worksite.

You will be experienced and involved in:
A) planning and managing the safety arrangements within a standard engineering worksite;
B) leading and managing the interface risks associated with multiple tasks and/or groups.

The risks associated with each task will be managed by each relevant Task PIC who is accountable and holds the safe work pack for that activity.
- In a standard engineering worksite containing multiple tasks and/or groups the SWL2 reviews the interface risks associated with multiple tasks.
- Responsible for the identification and management of the de-confliction process where ever any work conflicts occur
- Shall confirm that the relevant Task PIC has assessed and will implement the controls to manage the risks associated with the delivery of their task.
- The SWL2 shall be fully involved and take the lead in the planning process for all worksites they shall lead.
- Be involved in the planning and briefed on the interface risks created by the parties intending to work within the engineering worksite, in timescales that allow any additional interface controls to be included in the SWP for the worksite.

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