Lift Planner

Lift Planner

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Story Plant values its people and rewards success. We provide quality operated plant to several rail and construction businesses and are in a strong growth phase currently. We are proud of our reputation looking after our people and customers.

We are currently recruiting for an experienced Lift Planner to join our highly successful team in Carlisle. You will be dedicated to and play a pivotal role in the success and growth of the department. This is a superb role opportunity for the successful candidate to grow their career, development, and experiences in an exciting Industry.

The Role

As a Lift Planner, you will be responsible for providing and ensuring an effective lift plan, acting as a direct point of contact for all lift planning requirements. You will provide POS provision to enable internal and external clients to carry out On Track Plant operations on the Network Rail Managed Infrastructure and Line Management to CCs and POS.

Key responsibilities include:

• Responsibility for Lift planning (both OTP & Civils)

• Responsibility for identifying & assigning sufficient & competent POS representatives & MC/CC’s

• Creating effective client relationships

• Providing a direct point of contact for all lift planning requirements.

• Managing arrangements for assessing information provided by the PC and our own site visits, prior to Incorporating into the lift plan.

• Contributing and providing advice regarding most appropriate machine & attachment allocations

• Contributing and providing advice regarding competencies required

• Briefing out the lift plan and ensure all parties understand their responsibilities.

• Providing on call support where required.

• Conducting site audits on POS/CC and MC when required

• Taking on the role of POS/CC when require by the business

• Any other responsibilities as requested by your line manager

The ideal candidate

As the ideal candidate, you will need:

• Strong experience of working in Rail and Civils Environments

• Experience of OTP operations

• PTS certification

• To be Lift Planner & Tandem lift planner certified

• To be Crane Controller Certified

• Full UK drivers’ licence

• Excellent attention to detail

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to positively influence and challenge in an appropriate manner

This is an excellent role for a Lift Planner who has initiative and can work as part of a team, or unsupervised. If this sounds like the role for you, click Apply Now