COOMBES is seeking an experienced SSOW & Possessions Planner to join our Rail team, on a full-time permanent basis. This is an exciting opportunity for a Planner experienced in line possessions, to take ownership of planning and have an impact through developing processes and structure.

Your responsibilities will include coordinating and managing line blocks/possessions, principally within NR’s Southern Region, and the planning and creation of Safe System of Work plans, in line with internal and external standards. In doing so, you will utilise your strong interpersonal and communication skills to work closely with our Project Managers and the external client to deliver a highly organised and exceptional service. You will be confident to challenge issues and take a ‘one-team’ attitude in their resolution.

You will attend and represent COOMBES at possession management meetings - as well as internal planning meetings - to coordinate, identify and ensure that all requirements have been identified and integrated. It will also be necessary to work flexibly in response to changing requirements and to be successful in delivery.

Identifying opportunities to streamline and make efficiencies in planning multiple worksites, whilst ensuring compliance with NR’s 019 standard, will support your success in this role.

As well as holding a PTS and SSOWP competencies and a firm understanding of Network Rail’s (NR) standards, the ideal candidate will have knowledge and experience of planning in NR’s Southern Region. You will also be supporting planning on the other regions/routes where we hold frameworks. Any cross- region/ route knowledge would be advantageous, but not essential. You will also be adept in NR’s Possession Planning System (PPS) with strong experience of MS Excel and Railhub.

About us:
We have seen recent significant growth and we are proud to be a Principal Contractor and Framework Contractor to Network Rail. Through these frameworks we work in the Eastern, North West & Central and Southern Regions, in addition to the Western Route. Working in partnership with Network Rail and alongside other major contractors, COOMBES provide a whole manner of off-track services, including vegetation management, on-track plant hire, minor civils, ecological support and fencing – all while maintaining a focus on quality, safety and efficiency.

COOMBES is a family-run SME, where we value integrity, a positive ‘can-do’ attitude and working together as one team to give our clients the best possible service. If this sounds like something you’d like to be part of, please reach out to us – we’d love to hear from you.

For a role profile, please contact the HR team on <phone number removed> or email <email address removed>. To apply for this opportunity, please forward your CV and a covering letter/email to <email address removed> or to our HR Officer at COOMBES UK, Unit 6 New Farm Buildings, Winchester Road, Petersfield, Hampshire, GU32 3PB.

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