Resource Co-ordinator

**Operations Resource Coordinator**

**Rail / Civil Engineering**

**Location - Warrington, North West**

Due to continued growth and business success, we are recruiting for an Operations Resource Coordinator to take responsibility for coordinating the operational delivery resource for the North West & Central regional business unit. The role is responsible for interacting with site project teams to deploy resources, and any requirements for upcoming work ensuring that current resource pool is utilised effectively and efficiently.

**Business Unit**

A busy and fast paced project environment with an expansive portfolio of civils projects underway including a line side rail civils contracts, bridges and structures renewals, large structural installations including new bridges, Access for All (AFA) schemes and general civils works.

Projects can typically include bridge upgrades and refurbishments, station work (platforms etc), access for all schemes, structures including bridges and footbridges, line side civils etc.

**The Role**

The key purpose, objectives and responsibilities of the Operations Resource Coordinator in the North West & Central regional business unit, includes:

- Liaise with site teams & access planning team to understand resource requirements on a weekly basis and distribute effectively.
- Coordinate with other business units resource coordinators to ensure internal utilisation is maximised.
- Coordinate the rostering and planning of required resources to ensure that fatigue management rules are adhered to, and holidays and training have mínimal operational impact.
- Liaise with operatives, ensuring they have all the correct site and shift information.
- Asist with Emergency works labour requirements and liaise with sites to ensure the business can react efficient.
- Liaise with external resource providers, raising orders where required and ensuring 2-way feedback.
- Asist with the approval of timesheets for both internal and external operatives.
- Coordinate van/vehicle utilisation to ensure the most efficient usage is maintained, off hiring, and requesting from fleet where necessary.
- Forward planning resource for blockades to ensure labour requirements are identified early enough to secure best possible labour.
- Work with project and planning team to forecast requirements to allow proactive resourcing of projects.
- Coordinate the training plan for the business unit and ensure delegates and site team have visibility of upcoming training to plan resource adequately.
- Liaise with our training provider to organise, book and coordinate with site operative training.
- Ensure that training and competence records are kept up to date utilising the Skills ID platform.
- Work with the project leads and possession planning team to improve visibility throughout the region.
- Coordinate vehicle maintenance to ensure limited operational impact.
- Asist with the implementation and training of new members on systems concerning resource management, rostering, fatigue, and competency.
- Induct new starters to the business, ordering PPE, equipment and request appropriate access to systems where required.

**Requirements**:
To excel in this role, you will have a sound knowledge and understanding of operational delivery in a rail and civil engineering environment.
- Experience of rostering, planning, management of operational resource
- Management
- Planning
- Administration

**In return**
- Competitive annual salary negotiable dependant on experience
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with service)
- Up to 3 volunteer days
- Company contributory Pension scheme
- Life Insurance
- Westfield Health Cash Plan & Westfield Rewards
- Generous Employee referral scheme
- Support and employee infrastructure embedded in the business as a platform for personal and professional development creating pathways for unrivalled career development and progression opportunities internally.
- Consistent learning opportunities
- A safe place to work
- Employee forum’s that provide a platform for having your voice heard

AmcoGiffen has a wealth of experience working on sensitive, live assets in highly regulated environments, we deliver exceptional peace of mind for our customers, creating and maintaining assets across a growing range of high-quality public and private sectors. These include rail, power generation, electricity distribution, flood defence, and waterways.

AmcoGiffen is an Equal Opportunities Employer and we offer challenging and worthwhile careers to everyone. It doesn’t matter to us what your age, disability, employment status, gender, health, marital status, sexual preference, membership or non-membership of a trade union, nationality, race, religion or social class are, or indeed any other personal characteristics not directly related to the relevant job. Anyone who meets the requirements of the job is eligible for employment with AmcoGiffen.