Shunter - Penzance, United Kingdom - FirstGroup

FirstGroup

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Penzance, United Kingdom

1 week ago

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Description

Who are we?
GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend services.

With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering a team of over 6,000 people from diverse backgrounds to make it a great experience for customers.

Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel.

About the team?

Shunters are key to delivering the right train, at the right time to the right place for delivery to our customers.

The successful applicant will need to be flexible as they will be employed within the shunting team working a rotating shift pattern, which will include, early turn, late turn and nights across a 7-day rota.

You will be involved in many activities that are vital to the running of our busy maintenance depot at Long Rock and will be encouraged to participate in improving processes and safe operational flexibility to deliver the highest standards.

Your main responsibilities will be:

Responsibility for the safe movement of trains and remarshalling of trains around the depot as required
To comply with GWR safety standards
Assisting with keeping the depot clean and tidy.
Actively participate in improving processes and safe operational flexibility.
Refuelling
Supporting the Depot management team
General Depot & Workshop facility cleaning duties.
To couple/uncouple, shunt & prepare rail vehicles when trained to do so.
Ensuring our trains are presented to the customer in a correctly marshalled and fully prepared condition.

You'll need to be:

Acutely aware of safety standards involved with moving trains within a depot
Focused on delivering high standards
Selfmotivated
Willing to develop new ways of working to improve the process
Able to work to a deadline and have an eye for detail
Focused on excellence and delivering for our customers.
Able to work to a rotating shift pattern
Able to work as part of team, exchanging information to solve problems and participate in decision making.
Willing to undertake general cleaning duties
Committed to safety and delivering the highest standards for our customers
Selfmotivated

and experienced at working to tight schedules/timescales with an eye for detail

As a minimum you'll need to have:

The ability to pass the shunter selection process which includes psychometric assessments

Additional Information?

This position will be working a shift pattern on a rota covering days & nights including weekend and bank holiday working.

Should more than one applicant be successful a reserve list will be created to fill roles that may arise over the next 6 months for any shift pattern.

The Reward?

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

The basic rate of pay during training is £21,547 and this rises to a basic rate of £32,281 once you are productive.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

Ref:023132

Company:
Great Western Railway (GWR)

Website Skillset:
Engineering & Mechanics

Contract Type:
Permanent - Full Time

Contracted Hours:35

Location:
Penzance Depot

Closing Date:18 September 2023