We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work.
At East Midlands Railway (EMR), we are proud to serve over 30 million passengers every year and none of it would be possible without the dedication and expertise of our people. We are now seeking a Operational Planning Project Manager to join our team, based in Derby.
At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
1. Establish and maintain partnerships with other functions and programmes to develop and deliver compliant and accurate rolling stock and train crew stabling and deployment specification proposals for new and cascaded fleets.
2. Manage the production / publication of all fleet test train timetable, stock, and resource plans, to the agreed specification which are compliant with industry and business process / timescales.
3. Manage the production / publication of all fleet cascade amended timetables, stock, and resource plans, to the agreed specification which are compliant with industry and business process / timescales.
4. Establish and maintain operational partnerships with equivalent supervisory roles in Network Rail System Operator to influence fleet cascade planning outcomes to meet the specification proposals.
5. Establish and maintain partnerships with Operational Planning teams and suppliers to identify, understand and develop system and process change project proposals to increase functional capabilities and efficiencies.
6. Manage user-acceptance-testing with suppliers for new and proposed system enhancement projects.
7. Manage and facilitate the system release processes with the supplier and internal change management and release management processes.
8. Manage and facilitate end-user training and briefing for system and process changes in the function.
9. Produce and maintain detailed project plans for operational planning projects which report milestone progress, risks, issues, and opportunities.
10. Line-manage a small team, managing workload effectively and supporting team development.
Skills and experience needed
11. Experience of an Operational and/or railway/transport environment.
12. Experienced management skills and the ability to motivate, direct, influence and engage with people at all levels.
13. Experience of successful project management and problem-solving complex challenges.
14. Knowledge of key team interfaces between departments in EMR and with Network Rail / other operators.
15. Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal and an ability to influence decision makers.
16. Ability to work on own initiative, self-motivated and able to set and achieve demanding targets and objectives.
As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:
17. An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
18. 32 days’ holiday per year,
19. Flexible working hours
20. Free First Class duty travel on the EMR network
21. Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER
22. 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
23. Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
24. Various training opportunities
25. Employee benefits portal with access to generous discounts, Cycle 2 Work Scheme …and many more!