Timetable Optimisation Manager

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

• Improvement of the performance of the key SWR product, the timetable, to deliver better and more reliable journeys for our customers
• Identifying areas of deficiency in both the permanent and short term timetables and developing scheme to improve the On Time to 3 performance metric

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Lead projects and workstreams and undertake detailed analysis of the current timetable to identify causes of instability in the plan
• Identification of opportunities with the timetable to improve the On Time to 3 performance metric
• Lead the interface with timetable modelling teams in System Operator and suppliers identifying performance improvement opportunities
• Working cross-functionally and with external timetable participants to deliver performance improvements
• Input of performance driven schemes to the Timetable Development Manager, Permanent Train Services Planning Manager and Short Term Planning Manager
• Production of information to support Network Performance Board
• Work with the wider Train Planning team to deliver SWR's major timetable change plans.

You'll need to be/have:

• Pro-active, analytical and possess problem-solving skills
• Timetable planning skills both an LTP and STP basis
• Experience of project-based working
• Knowledge of railway operations, industry contractual framework and timetabling techniques appropriate to the SWR's operating territory
• Knowledge and experience of relevant railway planning software as current and the use of general spreadsheets and databases.
• Excellent communicator and influencer, recognising that success is dependent on others throughout the organisation
• Understand the nature off all subsections of train planning how they interlink and impact on each other.
• Ability to communicate with people at all levels, also build good working relationships and influence teams with other companies and departments.

Desirable Knowledge

• Knowledge of the Integrated SWR / NR Wessex network
• Knowledge of train performance software

Working pattern

Monday to Friday, office hours.

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.

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