Seasons Delivery Specialist

1. Be the single point of contact within the Route both internally and externally for all seasonal and extreme weather management matters.

2. Develop, own and continuously improve the Route Seasonal Plan in conjunction with lead Operators, Operations, Maintenance and Performance teams making use of stage gate reviews to deliver continuous improvement with regards to seasonal and extreme weather management.

3. Manage compliance with regard to all seasonal and extreme weather operational standards and take ownership of all seasonal and extreme weather key performance indicators providing detailed, highly numerate reports and analysis on progress against targets as required.

4. Manage the improvement of the Extreme Weather Response (formerly EWAT) process within the Route so that effective proactive measures are taken in response to extreme weather forecasts.

5. Be the Route client for seasonal treatment fleet liaising with Suppliers, Operators, and other functions so that a robust and comprehensive seasonal treatment programme is specified and ultimately delivered.

6. In the event of a major incident or severe disruption to the service due to weather, liaise with Gold Command to provide regular and accurate weather forecasts to assist the dissemination of information to onward parties.

7. Lead incident reviews relating to seasonal and extreme weather and check that areas of learning are captured and actioned accordingly to prevent or lessen the impact of repeat failure.

8. Manage the Route autumn budget in respect to efficient procurement of goods and services in order to mitigate the safety and performance impact of adhesion.

9. Lead the training and management of autumn controllers on behalf of the Control Manager be the single point of contact within the control environment for adhesion related issues throughout autumn.

· Previous successful operational or maintenance experience at area level

· Able to demonstrate effective communication skills

· Able to demonstrate quantitative analysis skills

· Able to demonstrate competent presentation skills

· Previous successful experience of strategic decision-making

· Ability to successfully apply project management skills

Desirable

· Able to demonstrate an understanding of business and safety case preparation

· Successful previous experience of managing people (indirectly or directly)

· Core understanding of operational rules and regulations

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

The Sussex route, which includes the Brighton Main Line and its branch lines, is among the busiest and most congested in the country, carrying just under 4,000 scheduled passenger and freight services each day.

Principally a commuter route to and from London, the route is critical to the regional and national economy, transporting high volumes of travellers from the south coast to the capital, as well as Gatwick Airport, the country’s second busiest international airport and a key gateway to the United Kingdom