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Who are we?
South Western Railway (SWR) operates over 1,500 services each weekday across the network and employs more than 5,000 people. We provide easy and convenient mobility, connecting people and communities in South West London, southern counties of England, and the Isle of Wight.
Join our team and help us continue to bring people together to get the most out of life.
About the job
The delivery of efficient pre-planned and real time rosters to train crew depots ensuring all employees are efficiently and effectively rostered to meet our train service commitment.
Deliver all training commitments through cost effective efficient rosters.
Manage and resource all release of train crew in line with National, Company and Local agreements whilst delivering an economical and productive roster.
Manage and collate accurate data on availability and utilisation in order that effective resource management can be applied.
Your main responsibilities will be:
- Compile accurately and economically the pre-planned and real time delivery of rostering of approximately1,900 train crew across the SWR Traincrew locations, complying with all agreements (DRI and GRI), including national, company and local.
- Processing all associated correspondence including leave and release from duty requests, including staff rep release, medicals, interviews etc ensuring all release is within the laid down quotas.
- Compile accurate data records for Activity and Utilisation (A&U) reports.
- Ensure that all rostering of staff is compliant with the HSE guidelines on Fatigue and Risk Index.
- Create and run random samples of F&RI reports on employees, paying particular attention to swaps, rest day working and high overtime working employees
You’ll need:
- Proven track record in the understanding and delivery of train crew rostering is desirable
- Comprehensive knowledge and experience of train crew terms and conditions and fatigue & risk index parameters within a railway environment is desirable
- IT. Skills: – Knowledge of Crewplan, CMS, Lotus Notes, Word, Excel, Genius, and internal Intranet systems.
- Understanding of IT systems – Voyager Plan , TRUST, Sheila
- Good knowledge of South Western Railway’s geography
About the location
London Waterloo train station, situated in the heart of the UK’s capital, opened in 1848 and is currently Britain’s largest and busiest station. Within walking distance of Waterloo is the London Eye, Westminster Bridge, BFI IMAX, the South Bank and The Old Vic theatre, as well as great connections to all London attractions. It is easily accessible by public transport and is home to a large mix of national brands and restaurants.
Working pattern
Monday-Friday 08:00 -16:00. Roster includes a Saturday on average once every 7-8 weeks. Where a Saturday is worked an additional day off will be provided between Monday-Friday.
The Reward
In return we offer a competitive salary and a variety of valuable benefits, including:
- Free duty and leisure travel on SWR services for employees
- Free leisure travel for spouse/partner and dependants (criteria dependent)
- 75% discount on many other train operating companies
- Full training and support with development
- Excellent pension scheme
We all belong at SWR. Our vision is to provide an inclusive environment for all colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.
We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.
We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.
If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below. We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.
https://www.healthassured.org/blog/neurodiversity/