Excellent Salary + Benefits Include: Excellent Salary + Benefits Include: Pension, Contributed Healthcare, Life Assurance, plus many flexible benefits.
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling, and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom has built, or is building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros, and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure, and signalling.
This is a mandatory, safety-critical role within the Alstom business under the new 019 standard and is an important role within all projects as well as to external clients and suppliers.
Your Future Role:
A critical and mandatory position within all railway infrastructure projects requiring access on or near the line. The Possession Planner (SWL2) is responsible for liaising with our business functions, our clients, NWR, and third-party contractors to develop, plan, book, then deliver our access plan whilst ensuring the plan meets with the access requirements of our projects to deliver the project and whilst maintaining our compliance with the NR/L2/OHL/019/09 standard at all times.
The Possession Planner will report functionally to the Project Director and hierarchically to the Safe Work Manager. Mandated under the 019 Standard, each project is required to appoint a Possession Planner to plan all access requirements for each function within our business, liaise with the Client NWR and deliver those identified access requirements ensuring compliance with the RIPS license & the 019 Standards requirements at all times.
We'll look to you for:
* Planning and managing the safety arrangements within a standard engineering worksite.
* Ability to lead and manage the interface risks associated with multiple tasks and/or groups.
* Reviewing the interface risks associated with multiple tasks in a standard engineering worksite.
* Identification and management of the de-confliction process wherever any work conflicts occur.
* Confirming that the relevant Task PIC has been assessed and implementing the controls to manage the risks associated with the delivery of their task.
* Being fully involved and taking the lead in the planning process for all worksites.
* Involvement in the planning and being briefed on the interface risks created by the parties intending to work within the engineering worksite.
Responsibilities:
* 019 V09 5.5.1 Possession Planner
* Book worksites through the national possession planning system.
* Work with NWR & third parties to resolve any access conflicts.
* Review all work content with the project management team and the client to ensure the access plan is fully understood and suitable for the task.
* Ensure that all access requirements are planned and delivered in accordance with NR/L2/OHS/019/09.
* Represent Alstom at all access review, access planning, Picop, whiteboard, and production meetings as required.
* Contribute to the performance, development, and success of the regional planning teams.
* Develop and maintain relationships with Alstom and Network Rail, as well as third-party planning teams.
* Ensure all sub-contractors' Safe System of Work packs meet Alstom’s standards.
* Assume responsibility and accountability as the projects Adjacent Line Open (ALO) process planner.
* Manage standard possession worksites as the Worksite Person in Charge.
Post Holder Requirements:
* Knowledge of the relevant railway geography and access capability and requirements.
* Numerate & literate.
* Knowledge of possession standards and parameters.
* Communication and presentation skills.
* Ability to make critical decisions based on evidence.
* Educated to degree standard or able to demonstrate equivalent experience.
* Experience in a similar planning role on other multiple disciplined projects.
Qualifications:
* PTS
* SWL2
* SSOW Planner
* Emergency First Aid
* ALO process
What we offer:
We offer a highly competitive starting salary, 25 days annual leave with the opportunity to increase this to 30 days, healthcare, life assurance, an excellent company-contributed pension scheme, and a wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle.
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification.
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