Engineering Planning Manager Review
at Southeastern Railway
Degree Apprenticeship
Transport Planning
Blackfriars
Review Submitted: November 2024
Overall Rating
4.3 /5
The Overall Rating is the average of all the ratings given in each category. We take those individual ratings and combine them into one final score!
4/5
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Overview of Role
4/5
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Skills Development
4.4/5
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Structure and Support
Overview of Role
Please give an overview of your role and what this involves on a day-to-day basis:
4/5
My current role at Southeastern is the Engineering Planning Manager. I have been in this head of department role since December 2020.
I am there to lead and motivate the Engineering Planning Department in the day-to-day activities and the longer-term development.
My role is to ensure that the Engineering Planning Team is effective in delivering maintenance and defective rolling stock to the various depots and repair locations to facilitate the required activities on the identified rolling stock. This includes managing defects and restrictions in a timely manner to ensure the fleet is compliant against the relevant standards.
I am responsible for the day-to-day delivery of rolling stock from Engineering to Passenger Services in terms of ensuring compliant rolling stock availability and capacity is maximised against the fleet requirements.
I am required to manage the department that ensures the rolling stock is allocated against the Timetable requirements for passenger service and that the rolling stock is managed accordingly to deliver this on a repeatable basis.
I am responsible for ensuring that the long-term maintenance requirements of the rolling stock match the timetable requirements and future timetable developments reflect Engineering’s maintenance requirements.
I represent Engineering at various stakeholder meetings, working with a wide range of both internal and external departments and stakeholders, with the aim of improving business process through continuous improvement.
I am there to lead and motivate the Engineering Planning Department in the day-to-day activities and the longer-term development.
My role is to ensure that the Engineering Planning Team is effective in delivering maintenance and defective rolling stock to the various depots and repair locations to facilitate the required activities on the identified rolling stock. This includes managing defects and restrictions in a timely manner to ensure the fleet is compliant against the relevant standards.
I am responsible for the day-to-day delivery of rolling stock from Engineering to Passenger Services in terms of ensuring compliant rolling stock availability and capacity is maximised against the fleet requirements.
I am required to manage the department that ensures the rolling stock is allocated against the Timetable requirements for passenger service and that the rolling stock is managed accordingly to deliver this on a repeatable basis.
I am responsible for ensuring that the long-term maintenance requirements of the rolling stock match the timetable requirements and future timetable developments reflect Engineering’s maintenance requirements.
I represent Engineering at various stakeholder meetings, working with a wide range of both internal and external departments and stakeholders, with the aim of improving business process through continuous improvement.
To what extent do you enjoy your programme?
4/5
I enjoy the open minded approach of the programme and the way my lecturer pushes me to look deeper into my evidence to support the criteria.
Skills Development
Have you learnt any new skills or developed existing skills?
4/5
Yes, I have looked deeper into my own social awareness ability to learn how to better balance my behaviours and traits.
Structure and Support
How well organised/structured is your programme?
5/5
The online workshops are booked well in advance and the one to one sessions are tailored to suit my diary and my coach's diary to ensure the time set aside is sufficient.
How much support do you receive from your employer?
5/5
My employer allows me to manage my own diary to work alongside my course.
How much support do you receive from your training provider when working towards your qualifications?
5/5
My learnmore coach is keen to push me to meet the criterias with enough evidence to achieving a solid example a head of my final submissions.
How well do you feel that your qualification (through your training provider) helps you to perform better in your role?
4/5
It forces me to look at myself with a more open minded approach which allows me to better support the direct reports within my department.
Are there extra-curricular activities to get involved in at your work? (For example, any social activities, sports teams, or even professional networking events.)
3/5
There are networking events
Recommendations & Advice
Would you recommend Southeastern Railway to a friend?
Yes
Why?
Its a job for life company where you can develop.
What tips or advice would you give to others applying to Southeastern Railway?
Be honest and be youself.
