Shunter 

Caledonian Sleeper –  Edinburgh  

Permanent, Full Time, 35 hours per week (Night shift roster) 

£34,149.93 plus benefits  

 

At Caledonian Sleeper, we have an exciting opportunity for a Shunter to join the Operations Team in Edinburgh.  

 

Reporting to the Operations Team Manager, you will support the operations business ensuring its smooth and successful delivery. In this safety critical role as a Shunter, you will be responsible for ensuring the day-day operations that support the safe, continual and efficient provision and operation of the Caledonian Sleeper service, delivering in a safe and secure environment to ensure the safe management of train movements.  

 

You will work as part of an effective team to deliver excellent standard of service and where required, develop immediate solutions to problems encountered within the operation.  

 

We are looking for a team player, with the ability to have a collaborative approach with many stakeholders, whilst able and keen to manage and deliver guest related activities.  

 

Main Accountabilities: 

 

• Responsible for providing an operationally safe and secure environment and prepare, shunt, marshall and dispatch trains in a safe, punctual, and economic manner in accordance with the rules and regulations currently in force. 
• Responsible for liaising with Train Managers, signallers, and contractor representatives to ensure customer requirements are met regarding the shunting, marshalling and positioning of trains, while ensuring personal safety and that of others at all times. 
• Responsible for ensuring strict adherence with all rules and instructions, and when required carry out emergency procedures. 
• Provide detailed reports on shunting issues, operational incidents, train running and performance, and defects/maintenance issues in respect of each journey to Sleeper Control. 
• Working as part of an effective team to deliver excellent standard of operational service and where required, (i.e. disruption) develop immediate solutions in a proactive manner to ensure resolution and minimal impact to guests and team members. 
• Working with our Infrastructure and Traction partners to provide a punctual train service by ensuring right time departures and keeping delays to a minimum. Liaise as necessary with Signallers, Sleeper Control, Traincrew and Platform staff as well as liaison with operational control to report any service or guest issues. 
• Assess the safe condition for travel of all vehicles within each train prior to departure to ensure that the operation will be safe. Along with assessing the mechanical condition of all vehicles and report defects to Sleeper Control. 
• Acknowledge receipt of and read all notices (including amendments) affecting your train, route knowledge or rules and instructions, maintaining competency of all personal publications. 
• Carry out coupling / uncoupling of rail vehicles to / from the locomotives and or each other as required. 
• Communicate proactively and effectively with GB Rail freight control, other staff and customer representatives in the interests of customer service, operational efficiency and safety. 
• To attend/ complete all safety briefings/online training and other role related training as required. There may also be requirement to act as a mentor on route and rolling stock training as required. 
• Proactively offer feedback on operational standards and procedures to strive for continual improvement. 
• Embrace technology, with appropriate training given, using the equipment provided to help support the successful delivery of our Operation and Guest experience. 
• Wear and maintain your issued Caledonian Sleeper uniform to the Service Guidelines standards. 
• Working closely with the Lead Shunters to ensure that team briefing is completed prior to commencement of activities and that all business briefings sent have been read and understood pre-departure. 
• Working with Line Managers to ensure regular My Catch-Up reviews are in place to meet business objectives which will include (but is not limited to),Operational Performance and Overall Guest Satisfaction. 

 

This list of Key Accountabilities is not exhaustive and may change throughout the life of the role. This role may be required to support with other tasks deemed necessary to support the operation. Substantive changes to key accountabilities will be consulted through collective bargaining agreements 

 

What you’ll need to do the role: 

 

• Excellent communication skills 
• Ability to retain large volumes of information in relation to shunting activities 
• Collaborative team working experience 

 

What we offer 

 

• 25 days annual leave  
• Opportunity to join the Railway final salary pension scheme 
• Allocation of complimentary tickets for Caledonian Sleeper each year  
• Complimentary Scotland wide rail travel with ScotRail for the employee and qualifying family member 
• Full safety critical training will be provided  

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when that happens, we sometimes bring the closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment. 

 

At Caledonian Sleeper Limited we are committed to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that supports the needs of all and matches the diverse profile of our guests. As such we will make reasonable adjustments at interview through to employment for our candidates and strongly encourage applications from all if you feel you match the skill requirements of the role.

We are open to discussions around flexibility and flexible working. Disabled applicants who meet the minimum criteria for the job will be given the opportunity to demonstrate their abilities at an interview. 

 

Caledonian Sleeper is an iconic brand with a heritage stretching back a century and a half to the early years of Scotland-London sleepers.

Part of an exclusive club, Caledonian Sleeper is one of only two sleeper trains in the UK, and we like to think it is the most scenic! Whisking guests from the bright lights of London through the night to the iconic cities of Aberdeen, Edinburgh, Inverness, and Glasgow or to the jaw dropping scenery of the west Highlands of Scotland around Fort William. We are proud to serve the UK’s most remote railway station too, Corrour.

Caledonian Sleeper sets new standards in overnight rail travel, offering a choice of affordable seats, private guestrooms, some with en-suites and double beds, as well as our much-loved Club Car to around 200,000 guests per year.

Serco is acting as the resourcing partner for Caledonian Sleeper Limited which is operated by Scottish Rail Holdings on behalf of the Scottish Government.

 

 

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