Resource & Planning Manager, First Engineering; Network Rail, Minor Renewals, Maintainance, Level Crossing Renewals,

The Resource & Planning Manager was created as a new position within the company

Transferred to Network Rail under TUPE as maintenance function taken in-house

The remit of the East & North R&P manager is all maintenance staff within the zone; in total around 550 staff

The responsibilities of this role include: -

Creating cost effective rosters based on track access

Developing systems to best allocate manpower based on access, leave, terms & conditions & training requirements

Planning staff training to minimise overtime & disruption to planned work

Advising other managers on rostering aspects of terms & conditions packages

Leading local union negotiations on rostering issues

Advising other managers on different methods of rostering staff, along with cost (& non-cost) benefit analysis of such changes

Analyse vehicle distribution to ensure best use of resource