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Scotland's Railway covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow.

Brief Description

About the role (External)

Key Accountabilities

1. Advise and inform the business (e.g. Project, Route, Workplace Management, Bureau Team, STE) on utilities processes in accordance with company procedures to monitor supplies effectively and minimise utilities costs and carbon.

2. Maintain accurate asset knowledge in the utilities database to keep the wider businesses informed.

3. Investigate billing and supply issues and advise on solution to maintain continuity of supply for operation of the network and minimise costs.

4. Establish consumption and negotiate on-charging and off-charging fiscal liabilities for TOCs, FOCs and other third parties so that costs are recovered fairly and risks are minimised.

Job Skills, Experience and Qualifications

Essential

• Ability to complete track safety competence where relevant including:
• Personal Track Safety (PTS)
• Individual Working Alone (IWA) and
• Level C: Access & Egress Traction and/or non-traction locations
• Educated to HNC/HND or equivalent relevant work experience
• Good general IT skills
• Good communication and analytical skills, with proven ability to present information effectively and appropriately
• Experience of extracting information and reporting from multiple sources, including databases

Desirable

• Degree or equivalent

How to apply (External)

Salary:Starting at £25,000 per annum

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Closing date: 01/02/2021

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications.Late applications will not be accepted.

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All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.

We are a Disability Confident Leader employer!

We are also an equal opportunity employer and encourage people to work flexibly. We welcome applications from everyone. Click here for more information

To ensure an improved representation in our workforce, applications are particularly welcome from Black, Asian and Minority Ethnic people, females, LGBTQi+ people and people with disabilities.

Due to current restrictions for COVID-19 it is likely that our process in dealing with your application will be delayed, however please note that we are continuing to conduct our interviews on-line.

For successful candidates we accept there may be delays with start dates to ensure that we can safely on-board each new employee.

We will contact you to let you know whether your application has been affected and inform you of any further changes within the recruitment process.