Delivery Manager IM

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Company: COLAS RAIL UK

Job Location: RUGBY, GBR

Type of Contract: Permanent

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK. At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

We value everyone as part of the same team. We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down. We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want. We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion. We’re renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different. We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

About Us: Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure. At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Leading by our values: Our Care, Share and Dare values are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions. We care for our employees' well-being and safety, fostering a culture of inclusivity and support. We share a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent. We dare to push boundaries, embracing challenges and driving innovation in every endeavour.

Even if you don’t meet every requirement, please don’t rule yourself out; we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.

Job Description:

Purpose of the Role: Responsible for safe, on time and on budget delivery of all Colas Rail Infrastructure Monitoring train services nationwide, ensuring high levels of quality and reliability against key KPIs. To promote all Colas Rail values, including one team culture and actively liaise with different support functions, as well as the external customers. To provide day to day first line management and support to all train operational staff within IM. To deliver all train operations within the allocated budget. An experienced operations professional (preferably railway), who is able to manage, coach and mentor both trainee and experienced staff alike within the company.

Person Specification:

• Be a confident and outgoing individual who can act as a role model to both office based and operational colleagues.
• Have well practiced communication skills and to be able to apply them in different ways to get the best from differing audiences and situations.
• Desire a role which changes daily, requiring them to learn and develop an array of different skills and experience.
• Have an interest in working with and managing people to get the best from them, whilst showing them the respect they deserve.
• Have a desire to split their time between office based responsibilities and site based visits/cab rides.
• Act as an example of excellent H&S standards, both in principle and practically when out on the network.
• Be a proven team player with a pragmatic approach and logical mindset.
• Have good general IT capabilities.
• Have a basic familiarisation and/or interest in traction, rolling stock and the wider railway industry.
• Have a sound commercial awareness and an ability to demonstrate this through cost control and management of commercial data.

Key Responsibilities:

Safety:

• To manage the thorough investigation, reporting and close-out of all accidents and incidents within their designated regions in a professional and timely manner, working closely with Safety team.
• Download locomotive OTDR and arrange for competent staff to interrogate and write up assessments in line with deadlines.
• Undertake and log regular Safety Inspections and ensure actions are closed out in a timely fashion.
• Undertake and write up regular risk assessments of problematic locations, as directed by the Delivery Manager.
• Undertake and log regular face to face safety briefs and fitness for duty checks.

Quality:

• Responsible for identifying training needs, route and traction learning requirements for operational staff, with assistance of Driving Standards Manager, and PD/DI's.
• Implement the plans by liaising with training and rostering departments.
• Liaise with the Freight Operations Standards department to ensure staff trainings, competence, and assessments are managed and maintained up to date.
• Liaise with control for real time operations of all train services in the designated region.
• Communicate professionally with internal and external stakeholders by all available communication devices and means.
• Attend customer performance and contract review meetings when required.
• Active and effective relationship with ASLEF union.
• Attend monthly Operations Interface Meeting (OIM) with SCO and LORAM as required.
• Participate in daily, weekly and periodical production meetings as required.
• Participate in periodical route learning and planning meetings with IM planning and rostering team.
• Develop Methods of Working and Risk Assessments for new flows & review existing documents regularly, liaising with Safety and Standards team.

Profitability:

• Responsible to monitor and control all operational cost against approved budget, along with DM and BDM.
• Responsible to drive operational efficiencies, by closely working with BDM, Engineering and support functions.

People:

• Directing principle drivers and ground staff to carry out training, briefs and assessments as required.
• Active participation in staff related HR matters including disciplinaries, management of attendance (managing MFA process) and poor performance.
• Support in recruiting process of new IM staff.

What we Offer:

• Competitive Salary
• 26 days Annual Leave
• Industry leading Life Assurance
• Healthcare Cash Plan
• Wellbeing Employee Assistant Programme
• Pension Scheme
• Eye Care Vouchers
• Long Service Award
• Season Ticket Loan

We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we actively seek to create an environment where everyone feels valued and respected. Regardless of background, disability, age, race, religion, or gender, everyone is welcome at Colas Rail. We strive to promote equity and eliminate discrimination, actively seeking to create a workforce reflective of communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, offering flexible and inclusive adjustments to the interview process. We are proudly part of the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme if you meet the minimum requirements. Join us in making a positive impact! Apply and be part of a team that values diversity and embraces unique perspectives.