Arriva Group
Train Planning & Diagramming Specialist
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Train Planning & Diagramming Specialist
Location: Birmingham / Hybrid
Type: 14 hours per week
The CrossCountry timetable is at the core of the offer we make to our customers and is hugely important to our business. In this role you will play an integral part of our Train Planning team, responsible for producing the timetable.
Reporting to the Traincrew Diagramming Team Leader or Informed Traveller Team Leader you will be responsible for:
- Producing a high-quality planning product according to industry timescales
- Producing LTP & STP Traincrew diagrams as well as STP rolling stock diagrams and STP amendments to the timetable
- Producing outputs that make the most efficient and effective use of resources. Maximising the benefits of the existing terms and conditions whilst also being robust and meeting business needs
- Working to strict deadlines, often under pressure
- Liaising with internal stakeholders to ensure diagrams and train plans meet resource and budget constraints and to ensure that plans are deliverable within available resources
- Deputising for the relevant Team Leader as required
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To be successful in this role you must clearly demonstrate on your application the following skills and experience:
- Educated to degree level (or equivalent experience)
- Experience maintaining excellent attention to detail, working in an analytical way and meeting deadlines
- Excellent IT skills and an ability to learn how to use new systems
- Knowledge of the UK rail industry
- Train Planning experience is desirable, but not essential
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Please be aware this position is 14 hours a week, part time
Salary: £14,598.72 rising to £16,220.80 per year on successful completion of a probation period.
Closing date for applications: 31st July 2026
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