Station Team Leader

Job information Station Team Leader from the Company Great Western Railway, this latest Station Team Leader job vacancy is located in the city Westbury. This latest job opening is open to job seekers who have the latest education / graduate . Job Vacancies in this Logistics field have been opened and published up to the specified time.

Salary - £28,522 per annum

Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world. We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services. With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations.

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers. Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel - relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

About the team?

You will be part of a diverse team, who are passionate about delivering for our customers. They work together, using their varied skill-set, to resolve customer issues and ensure the best possible experience for our passengers

About the job?

As a Station Team Leader at Westbury, you will be responsible for leading at team of Service Delivery Assistants, ensuring that trains are dispatched in a safe and timely manner. You will be part of a diverse team, who are passionate about delivering for our customers. They work together, using their varied skill-set, to resolve customer issues and ensure the best possible experience for our passengers

Your main responsibilities will be:

• Leading and coordinating station staff to deliver the highest standards of customer service and safety at the station
• Providing the highest levels of customer service and being proactive to customer needs
• Ensuring the safe and punctual departure of trains from the station, following correct dispatch procedures
• Providing information and assistance to customers
• Ensuring the safety of customers, staff, visitors and contractors is given the highest priority
• Maintaining a safe, pleasant and clean station environment
• Ensuring customer security by maintaining a strong visibility within the station

You'll need to be:

• Able to delivery exceptional front line customer service
• Able to demonstrate the ability to lead front line customer service
• A Self-starter with a can do attitude
• Confident when decision making
• Able to remain calm yet directive in a crisis
• Able to work to strict procedures

As a minimum you will need to have:

• Evidence of directly working within a team
• Evidence of numerical ability
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• The ability to remain calm yet directive in a crisis

Working pattern?

This role involves shift working, including weekends and bank holidays. You will need to be available for shifts between the hours of 05:30 - 00:45

Additional information?

As part of the recruitment process, you may be required to undertake an ability test. A competency based interview will be required for those short listed.

The successful candidate will be required to meet the medical standards for the role including colour vision and hearing tests. A drugs and alcohol screen is also required together with a Basic DBS Certificate.

The Reward?

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA, ethnicity, religion and disability. We maintain zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

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