Depot Operations Controller - London, United Kingdom - Shorterm Group
Description
Job title:
Depot Operations Controller
Job location:
North West London
Salary:
£54,885 per annum
Shifts: 4 on 4 off Days and nights
Hours per week: 40 hours per week
Start date:
ASAP
Industries considered:
Rail, Rolling Stock, Aviation, Logistics, Transport, Armed Forces
Disciplines considered:
Operations Controllers, Transport Yard Controllers, Air Controllers, Port Authorities, Logistic Controllers, Logistic Planners, HGV Fleet Planners, JTACs, MFOs or FOOs
Position Summary:
Working on a fully automated yard control system that requires the depot operations controller (DOC) to take responsibility for the yard.
The DOC is also the interface between the depot and outside operational parties, therefore communication is key ensuring that planned departures meet the required diagrammed timings.
The role duties included:
- To represent and uphold the businesses safety procedures and methodology.
- To manage the depots yard movements using the control system.
- To liaise with Train Operation Companies (TOC) and signallers to organise rail vehicle movements.
- To work alongside the planner manager to coordinate the fleets maintenance and ensure trains are in the correct location to receive maintenance.
- To work with others to enhance the effectiveness of maintenance processes, including the revision of work procedures where applicable.
- To highlight any anomalies in working practices and ensure mitigations are put in place.
- To provide real time fleet updates in terms of location and diagrams.
- To manage the yards processions and blocks to allow maintenance.
- To react accordingly to any incident or accident with precise, clear instructions.
UK minimum GCSEs in science, mathematics, and English (or equivalent) a higher educational qualification is desirable.
Person Profile
- Planning and Organisation skills. Plans to meet department objectives
- Communication skillsmust be able to communicate at all levels.
- Good with high pressure situations
- Good with high pace roles that require high levels of concentration.
And have the following traits:
- Proactive
- Willingness to think outside the box to develop new and improved methodology whilst maintaining quality standards.
- Influencing, Negotiating and Communicating
- Produces wellreasoned arguments that are presented with conviction to achieve desired outcome. Can communicate effectively with staff at all levels within the organisation. Be approachable and willing help otherin often frustrating circumstances.
- Flexibility & Adaptability
- Has the ability to evaluate alternative ways of achieving objectives.
- Process orientated
- Will work methodically to an agreed process to ensure quality of information is consistently good.
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