Location
Rugby, GBDepartment Name
North West & Central RegionAbout Network Rail
Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain's railway. From the rejuvenation of King's Cross station and the upgrade and expansion of Thameslink, to Europe's largest civil engineering project - Crossrail - we are involved in some of the most ambitious and diverse ventures the UK has ever seen. This will help us deliver the better railway that is vital for the economic prosperity of this country, transforming how people travel and make a massive difference to passengers and freight users right across Britain.
Brief Description
The Operations and Customer Services function operates the railway day-to-day.It delivers train paths, timetabling and train movements to enable safe performance and meet the needs of our customers. The function owns and manages our business relationships with the passenger and freight operators and external commercial stakeholders. The functional customer focused organisation provides clear ownership of operating responsibilities for all customers and stakeholders. The area delivery units are the building blocks of engineering and operations excellence.
The Route Control centres are responsible for the direct management of incidents affecting the operational railway within the Route on a day to day basis.
About the role (External)
As part of the route control team, you'll support the monitoring of train services throughout the region, ensuring that trains run as close to real time as possible without compromising safety. If a situation arises you'll be supporting the management responsible for liaising and negotiating with train operating companies to regulate services, whilst trying to keep delays to a minimum, as well as communicating with other key Network Rail staff to ensure the service recovers as quickly as possible.You will be responsible for co-ordinating the process relating to infrastructure relating faults.
Do you have….?
Experience of logistics or operations environment?
Experience of strategic decision-making?
Able to manage conflict, influence others and work under pressure?
Knowledge of Network Rail and Train Operating Companies within the Route and the key aspects of their business?
Knowledge of Train Operator performance regime and targets?
Understanding of operational rules and regulations?
Good geographical knowledge of the (enter route name) route?
An appreciation of signalling, track and electrification disciplines
Are you….?
- Driven and determined to continually strive for improvement?
- Energetic and charismatic with the ability to engage customers?
- Visionary, a strategist who thinks and operates proactively?
How to apply (External)
What can we offer you….?
At Network Rail, you have the chance to develop a long, rewarding career. There are many different career paths - and many opportunities to fulfil your potential. After all, we believe that investing in our people via training and development is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability and efficiency of the railway. You can expect competitive pay, a bonus scheme and a choice of contributory pension schemes. We also offer a generous annual leave package, plus up to 70% discount on season rail tickets.
Snapshot:
Salary: Circa £53,876
Closing date: 26/03/2020. Late applications will not be accepted.
How to apply: Please click 'apply now' to apply
