Overview

Position Title: Planning Manager

Company: South Western Railway

Location: Guildford, UK

Job Description:

To support the full availability of safe and reliable SWR rolling stock assets by ensuring that mileage based scheduled maintenance activities, non-scheduled maintenance activities, defects in traffic and cleaning requirements are managed effectively to set plan. Also to be reactive when required in dealing with changes to the plan and supporting the depots in delivering their requirements. All allocation of rolling stock must be to appropriate diagrams within the GENIUS system as part of the train plan.

Responsibilities: 

  • Create and distribute maintenance plans showing effective management to balance depot workloads.
  • Liaise with Depot Management and Service Delivery Team regarding the required alteration to a plan or the movement of units.
  • Support the Service Delivery team as required in formulating stock change plans for review with NR under VSTP conditions.
  • Monitor all services operated by SWR fleets and ensure that any deviation to the plan is highlighted and support the restoration of normal working.
  • Ensure that routine maintenance requirements on SWR fleets are plan led with rolling stock being moved back to depots to fill pre-agreed slots which allows a beat rate to be achieved. This give more flexibility to the operational railway with less focus on planning to zero miles.
  • Review Altered Carriage Working Notices (ACWN), special workings and engineering notices to ensure that we are able to deploy the fleet appropriately based on the current train plan.
  • Ensure depots and outstations are kept informed with regard to arrivals and departures, including any special requirements to support the delivery of the maintenance plan or the train service.

Reqirements:

  • Fleet Planning experience.
  • Knowledge of TRUST, GENIUS, Asset Management Systems etc.
  • Detailed knowledge of the SWR control environment and processes.
  • Customer focused.
  • Knowledge of the South Western Railway business structure.
  • Knowledge of the SWR operation and network.
  • Detailed knowledge of the Fleet environment.
  • Knowledge of the railway operating environment.

About South Western Railway

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