Strategic Operations Planner

Salary
- **£30,000 - £35,488**
- Location
- **Carlisle / Crewe**
- This is a _permanent_, _full time_ vacancy_ that will close _in a month_ at 23:59 GMT_. _

**The vacancy**

**Strategic Operations Planner**

**What is the key purpose of this role?**

**Job Purpose**

As a member of the Strategic Operations Planning team, manage strategic and medium-term operational and resource planning activities to ensure safe, effective, reliable and cost-efficient delivery of all rail services for nuclear and non-nuclear customers.

**What are the key deliverables and accountabilities of the role?**

**Key accountabilities**

**Key Expectations of the Job Holder**

**Key areas**
- Manage demand planning and capacity optimisation (fleet, people, facilities) ensuring all activities and outputs:

- Are safe, secure and reliable
- Meet customer expectations
- Meet commercial targets
- Comply with national, railway and nuclear mandated regulations and standards
- Produce driver recruitment requirements.
- Produce route learning plans.
- Produce, maintain and update base diagrams (services, drivers and fleet) in line with changing business conditions and customer requirements.
- Produce, maintain and update base links in line with changing business conditions and customer requirements.
- Produce weekly locomotive and wagon diagrams.
- Ensure track access to meet long-term and short-term plans’ requirements.
- Manage day-to-day relationship with Engineering (Fleet Delivery) to ensure operational and fleet maintenance plans are aligned and assets are available to fulfil the service delivery plan.
- Measure and report performance against agreed Integrated Business Performance (IBP) key performance indicators (KPIs).
- Provide Strategic Operations Planning input as required to business development, commercial sales and contract management activities.
- Actively contribute to business priorities and the future strategy and direction of the department.
- Support work on train crew efficiencies, link efficiencies, diagram improvements and cross cover opportunities aimed at improving departmental efficiency, reducing costs, and increasing revenue.
- Comply with relevant procedures, work instructions, methods of work and terms & conditions relevant to the role and keep up to date with and ensure understanding of training and safety policies.
- Provide guidance, support and training to Operations Planners and the Resourcing team.
- Support Operations Planning Apprentices in line with development plans.
- Role-model the behaviours that embody the NTS cultural principles of Freedom, Helpfulness and Drive.
- Champion and ensure equality, diversity and inclusion within the Operations team

**What are the benefits of working at NTS?**

We are proud of the commitment we make to diversity and inclusion and of the progress we have made. We have active & vibrant staff networks, special leave policies and workplace adjustments put in place for those who need them. We are continuing to build a diverse organisation, in an inclusive environment which nurtures and realises potential in all, at all levels.

Diversity and inclusion is our top priority, and we embrace uniqueness. We strongly encourage applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. We are a welcoming and inclusive workplace where our people are able to bring their whole selves to work.

**The company**

We are the leading global provider of safe, secure and reliable nuclear transport solutions that make the world safer and more sustainable.

As part of the UK’s Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, we support the largest environmental restoration programme in Europe, and we use our specialist transport and logistics expertise to help customers and partners around the world solve their own complex challenges.

**Benefits**

**Attractive**
**salary**

**Fantastic**
**pension scheme**

**Training and**
**development**

**Generous**
**leave entitlements**

**Flexible**
**working**

**Healthcare**
**scheme