Duty Station Manager - Birmingham in West Bromwich

Overview

Contract Type: Permanent

Location: Birmingham Moor St - You must have the ability to work unsociable hours including late nights and weekends between the hours of 05:30 - 01:00.

Salary: £42,000 per annum

Job Purpose

To support delivery of the Station Management Team requirements, deputising for the Area Manager to ensure high levels of customer standards are achieved. To supervise station teams of varying disciplines based across a wide geographic area. To be operationally competent for appropriate safety critical duties. Ensuring the highest standards of customer service, achievement of revenue targets and delivery of operational excellence through all station retail activities in an effective and efficient manner. This role supports the delivery of the station HSSE objectives. To ensure that job specific activities do not introduce unacceptable business and safety risk to any aspect of the Company’s operation, and that the appropriate policies and procedures are implemented and adhered to, ensuring that all such activities comply with the relevant sections of the Safety Case and the current Safety Plan.

Key Accountabilities

• Operationally competent for safety critical station standards
• Competent Assessor qualified and lead the overall dispatch assessment plan and responsible for dispatch assessments across the route
• Work in collaboration across the business to achieve station KPI’s and improve overall performance targets including Service Quality
• Be the local responsible manager during engineering blocks and special events ensuring weekend requirements are managed locally, working in collaboration with the Special Events Manager
• Support implementation of the station specific HSSE risk assessments, controlled station procedures and working in collaboration with HSSE to ensure all documentation is completed to the required standard
• Ensure delivery of all day-to-day station retailing and audit activities across a group of stations ensuring the operation of ticket offices and gatelines are conducted in accordance with all company guidelines and procedures and meets all customer commitments
• Support delivery of an effective team of frontline staff that delivers the highest standards of customer service and retail presentation by effective management of performance, welfare and development of all staff within the team including delivery of briefings and customer service training
• To oversee station activities/areas and provide support to the station team.
• Take ownership of station presentation/experience and ensure high levels of customer standards are maintained at all times
• To always ensure the safety and security of staff and customers on stations
• Act as a deputy for the Area Managers with roaming requirements across stations within reasonable geographical areas, includes rostered arrangements
• To provide out of hours on call coverage as directed by the appropriate roster

Essential Qualifications

• Meets the operational safety critical requirement
• Ability to work unsociable hours including late nights and weekends
• Experience of working in a fast paced environment with regular changing priorities
• Experience of using office programmes for the purposes of writing reports (word) and measuring statistical performance (excel)
• The ability to influence others at a senior level and front line staff
• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• Able to assess different situations and act accordingly
• Good problem solving skills
• Able to work in a calm and efficient manner under pressure

Desirable

• Recognised Management Qualification
• A good understanding of Railway operations
• Knowledgeable with HSSE station procedures
• Understanding of Rail Geography
• Experience of managing people