Scheduler

Join us on the Journey…

Please make sure you read the following details carefully before making any applications.

National Express are recruiting an experienced Scheduler to join our team, based at our Head Office in Digbeth, Birmingham. The successful candidate will develop, compile and negotiate efficient bus and driver schedules and rotas at each garage based on timetables supplied. Provide additional help on timetable compilation as required.

What you\’ll do:

Compile garage schedules that comply with labour agreements and meet legal requirements, maintaining and improving efficiency where possible

Ensure compliance with appropriate regulations, such as OTC, TfWM, DfT etc.

Advise Management and Traffic Office on application and implementation of labour agreement, legal restrictions on driver hours and other aspects of the schedules

Have due regard to practical implementation of duties and rotas

Negotiate, with assistance from Management where applicable, changes to duties, rotas and local labour agreements

Prepare data for tender submissions with advice on likely driver duty cost

Use Omnibus and/or other scheduling software to prepare bus and driver schedules

Comply with deadlines for service registrations and duty/rota posting

Prepare necessary electronic files, including TXC and EBSR files, for bus registrations, BODS data and other digital requirements

Prepare customer information including roadside timetables, printed and digital information including information on service changes

Analyse data using QData, CitySwift, Omnibus and other systems to assist network development and changes to local and company labour agreements

Supply in a timely fashion all associated paperwork and digital information to operations, engineering and finance to enable buses to effectively operate

What you\’ll need:

Specialist experience in bus and crew scheduling

Strong local knowledge of garage bus services and understanding of wider bus network

Qualified by experience and demonstrated knowledge

Self-motivated, Intellectually curious and able to work on own initiative

Strong analytical skills and numerate

Well organised, responsive and able to work with multiple priorities

Proficient user of Omnibus and/or other scheduling systems, data analysis software (CitySwift, QData etc) and interfaces with other systems

Skilled in manual scheduling and ability to work in event of serious systems failure

What we offer in return for your hard work and commitment…

Free Bus & Coach travel for yourself on the National Express network

Complimentary coach travel for a Nominated Person or complimentary bus travel for a Spouse or Partner on the National Express network

Life Assurance

Company pension

Employee Assistance programme

Private online GP service

National Express is committed to creating an inclusive workplace that reflects the diverse communities we serve and we positively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

We are a Disability Confident Committed employer and should you require any adjustments at any stage of the recruitment process please let us know.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications before the advertised closed date.

Things to Note…

At National Express, we are really proud of our health and safety record and as a result, we operate a Drugs and Alcohol Policy which is applicable to all employees.

As part of your initial assessment, we will complete Drug and Alcohol testing and you may be subject to random tests during your employment