Section Planner, Administrator

Section Planner, Administrator [Works Delivery]

**Location**:
Three Bridges, GB

**Department Name**:
Southern Region - Capital Delivery

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**Brief Description**:
We have an opportunity for a Section Planner, Administrator to be part of our Works Delivery Team (Kent & Sussex).

Based at Three Bridges (Crawley). you'll undertake the development of detailed, fully resourced and optimised work plans for approval and provide an accurate and effective administrative support to the line manager and their team.

You'll be required to have experience of Work Planning along with excellent administrative skills.

**About the role (External)**:
**Your Key Accountabilities will be to**:

- Plan and optimise all agreed work activities for the section.
- Accurately update systems, databases and records as required.
- Produce Safe System of Work plans.
- Submit green zone access and isolation requests.
- Produce draft quarterly plans.
- Manage weekly Plan-Do-Review meetings.
- Represent Section Managers at planning meetings.
- Collate and maintain infrastructure maintenance records.
- Administration of rosters and timesheets.
- Support the administration of the Assessment in The Line process.
- Set up and maintain efficient filing systems for the Section(s) paying particular attention to confidentiality where necessary and also those documents deemed to be safety critical.
- Undertake general office administration duties for the Section Manager using a range of knowledge and skills to provide effective support.

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**Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications**:
Essential
- Work Plan production and resource optimisation skills
- Scheduling profile in work planning/scheduling system
- Core Planning Skills Level 2
- Knowledge of access and possession processes and systems
- Safe System of Work Planning Process and System
- Good interpersonal, communication and organisational skills
- Experience of clerical support and office management
- Excellent time manager
- Knowledge of relevant IT systems
- Ability to work on own initiative

Desirable
- Knowledge of operational railway environment

**Salary**: £25,000 - £30,000