Bus Network Scheduler

Join us on the Journey

National Express are looking to recruit an experienced Bus Network Scheduler to join our Birmingham team. The successful candidate will develop, compile and negotiate efficient bus and driver schedules and rotas at each garage and assist with the compilation of timetables. The role will primarily be based at our Perry Barr and Birmingham Central depots but may require work from other company locations as required.

What you'll do:

• Compile garage schedules that comply with labour agreements and meet legal requirements, maintaining and improving efficiency where possible.
• Ensure compliance with appropriate regulations, such as those set by the OTC, TfWM and DfT etc.
• Advise OMs, AOMs and Traffic Office staff on the application and implementation of labour agreements, legal restrictions on driver hours and other aspects of schedules.
• Have due regard to the practical implementation of duties and rotas.
• Negotiate, with assistance from OMs where applicable, changes to duties, rotas and local labour agreements.
• Prepare data for tender submissions and provide advice on likely driver duty cost.
• Use Omnibus and/or other scheduling software to prepare bus and driver schedules.
• Comply with deadlines for service registrations and duty/rota posting.
• Prepare necessary electronic files, including TXC and EBSR files, for bus registrations, BODS data and other digital requirements.
• Prepare customer information including roadside timetables, printed and digital information including information on service changes.
• Analyse data using QData, CitySwift, Omnibus and other systems to assist network development and changes to local and company labour agreements.
• Supply, in a timely fashion, all associated paperwork and digital information to the Operations, Engineering and Finance teams to enable buses to operate effectively.

What you'll need:

• Experience of bus and crew scheduling (preferred). Full training will be offered as required to the right candidate.
• Strong local knowledge of bus operations and an understanding of the wider bus industry.
• Qualified by experience and an ability to demonstrate relevant knowledge.
• Self-motivated, intellectually curious and able to work on own initiative.
• Strong analytical skills and numerate.
• Well organised, responsive and able to work with multiple priorities.
• Proficient user of Omnibus and/or other scheduling systems, data analysis software (CitySwift, QData etc) and interfaces with other systems (preferred).
• Skilled in manual scheduling and ability to work in event of serious systems failure (preferred).
• The role may involve travel to other sites and offices.
• Previous work experience of passenger transport sector (preferred).
• Strong transport and related industry knowledge (preferred).

What we offer in return for your hard work and commitment

• Free Bus & Coach travel for yourself
• Complimentary coach travel for a Nominated Person or complimentary bus travel for a Spouse or Partner
• 50% discount for friends and family on full fares on our coach services
• Company pension
• Employee Assistance programme
• Private online GP service

National Express is proud to be a Disability Committed organisation. We therefore welcome applications from disabled candidates. Please let us know in your application if you have any accessibility needs.

We reserve the right to close this advert early if we receive a high volume of applications before the advertised closed date.

At National Express, we are really proud of our health and safety record and as a result, we operate a Drugs and Alcohol Policy which is applicable to all employees.

As part of your initial assessment, we will complete Drug and Alcohol testing and you may be subject to random tests during your employment.