Depot Manager

Job Introduction

Southeastern Railway are recruiting a Depot Manager based at Faversham, where you will lead and direct a team of Conductors. Our Conductors play a key role in providing customer service and a safe travel environment to our passengers on our trains. Leading and supporting the team to achieve workforce and productivity targets will be critical to success in the role. 

This is a varied role that will see you out on the network working with Conductors to ensure that they are supported in their role, identifying development opportunities and working closely with other management to ensure that the Depot meets financial and performance targets.

The Ideal Candidate

We are looking for applications from experienced managers who can demonstrate ambition and a passion for leading and motivating teams.

To excel in your role, you will need:

• A proven track record of line management experience with a large workforce.
• To be able to demonstrate the ability to work with demanding budgetary and productivity targets.
• Experience in managing and planning manpower levels arranging recruitment and selection as appropriate.
• Commercial awareness, understanding financial principals.
• To be engaging and motivating in your approach to people and tasks to ensure that organisational goals are met and that team members feel valued.
• The ability to deal with and establish rapport with different types of customers and colleagues- actively finding solutions to problems that occur.
• To be able to effectively communicate in both written and verbal forms, where necessary negotiating and influencing people to ensure that expectations, goals and targets are met.

Package Description

Southeastern recognises the value of every individual employee and offers benefits that reflect this.

As well as a generous salary, we offer an comprehensive benefits package which includes;

• A Contributory Final Salary Pension Scheme 
• Free rail travel on Southeastern and GTR rail services (extends to family members for leisure/educational travel)
• After a qualifying period, reduced rate travel on other train operators, including European services
• Up to 25 days annual leave entitlement (plus bank holidays)
• Private healthcare
• Access to an array of discounts for retail and leisure products through our benefits scheme.
• Family friendly benefits including enhanced maternity/paternity leave, parental leave and carers leave.

About the Company

About Southeastern

Southeastern runs train services into London from Kent and East Sussex, operating almost 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 400,000 passengers, serving 176 stations and covering 540 miles of track.

Just over 4,600 employees - mostly from the communities that we serve - work together to provide this vital service and we are looking to expand our successful team. We have a strong set of values that shape the way we run our business and guide our staff in delivering what our customers need. These are:

• We aim to be the best
• We make the difference together
• We care passionately about our people and our passengers

We are committed to being an inclusive employer, creating a workplace where everyone can come to work, feel safe and comfortable and able to do everything to the best of their ability. Read about some of the great Diversity and Inclusion initiatives our Head of Colleague Experience has been leading on here. 

We recognise the positive value of diversity and it matters to us that our teams reflect the communities we serve. We welcome and encourage applications from people of all backgrounds.

We proud to be a WORK180 Endorsed Employer for Women. If you would like to know more information about how we are supporting our employees, you can view our policies and initiatives here.

We have also won the Top Employer award at the Women in Rail Awards 2022!

If you have been unsuccessful in the recruitment process for the same/similar position you will not be eligible to apply for a period of 6 months from that date.

All offers of employment are subject to us obtaining satisfactory references (covering all education, training, employment and unemployment in the preceding 5 years and any previous railway employment). We will also complete right to work in the UK and criminal record checks. This is to ensure we are employing the best person for the role and to protect our customers, colleagues and our reputation. We are unable to offer sponsorship to work in the UK. 

This post will close before the intended closing date should sufficient number of suitable applications be received. Therefore, if you are interested in applying for this role, we suggest that you do so at the earliest opportunity to avoid disappointment.

SOUTHEASTERN is owned by SE Trains Ltd, a subsidiary of the Department for Transport’s public sector owning group, ‘DOHL.’ DOHL has responsibility for three rail companies, LNER, Northern Trains Limited and SE Trains.

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