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Schedules Manager - South & West
First Bus —Bristol
- Team management
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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- Monday to Friday
- Communication skills
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- Annual leave
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Manager in Training
Bristol Imperial Park —Bristol
- £13.08 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Paid training
- Employee discount
13d
Assistant Manager
Bristol Filton —Bristol
- £13.83 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Hospitality
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Paid training
- Employee discount
13d
Manager in Training
Bristol Stoke Bishop —Bristol
- £13.08 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Paid training
- Employee discount
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Manager in Training
Bristol Filton —Bristol
- £13.08 an hour
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- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Paid training
- Employee discount
13d
Assistant Store Manager | Bristol
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- Full-time
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- Employee assistance programme
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Manager in Training
Bristol Keynsham —Keynsham
- £13.08 an hour
- Weekend availability
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- Organisational skills
- Paid training
- Employee discount
12d
Shift Manager
Domino's —Cheddar
- £13 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Supervising experience
- Leadership
- Communication skills
- Employee discount
- Flexible schedule
Manager in Training
Portishead —Portishead
- £13.08 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Customer service
- Organisational skills
- Paid training
- Employee discount
VacancyTitle: Customer Care Supervisor
Pilgrim’s Europe —Chippenham
- Full-time
- CRM software
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14d
Customer Care Supervisor
Pilgrim's Europe —Chippenham
- Full-time
- CRM software
- Customer service
- Supervising experience
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13d
Assistant Manager
Warminster —Warminster
- £13.83 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Hospitality
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Paid training
- Employee discount
13d
Assistant Manager
Trowbridge —Trowbridge
- £13.83 an hour
- Weekend availability
- Hospitality
- Management
- Supervising experience
- Paid training
- Employee discount
13d
One Stop - Customer Service Assistant
One Stop —Cardiff
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- Part-time
5d
Apprentice LCV Technician (Mercedes-Benz)
Rygor Auto —Westbury
- Full-time
- Mentoring
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- Annual leave
- Employee assistance programme
Component PSS
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- Full-time
- Sales
- Engineering
- IT
- Annual leave
- Employee discount
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- Part-time
- Customer service
- Communication skills
- Employee assistance programme
- Employee discount
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Schedules Manager - South & West

First Bus -
Bristol

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Job details

Benefits

Cycle to work scheme
Company pension
Employee assistance programme
Employee discount

Qualifications

Numeracy
Team management
Leadership
Financial acumen
Communication skills
Negotiation

Full job description

About First Bus:

Are you ready to advance your career with one of the UK's leading bus operators? Join a forward-thinking company that embraces cutting-edge bus technology, from innovative mobile apps to environmentally friendly vehicles. We are passionate about delivering passenger journeys that are sustainable, comfortable, and efficient. We are at the forefront of innovation in the industry, connecting communities and shaping the future of public transport.

Location: South or West of England - Bristol, Portsmouth, Leeds or Sheffield

The First Bus Network CoE is responsible for bus service performance and producing the day-to-day operating plan for our fleet across the UK. Data and route performance analysis is key in managing our service profitability and reliability.

Our core services include designing bus routes and timetables, creating vehicle and driver duties to ensure operational efficiency and complying with regulatory requirements. Using advanced planning systems, the team also prepare contract and tender bids for First, all with the goal of supporting reliable and customer-focused delivery.

Position Summary

The Schedules Manager oversees the scheduling function within one of the organisation's core businesses, ensuring the delivery of efficient, compliant, and cost-effective duty and roster schedules.

Reporting to the UK Head of Schedules, they manage a team of locally aligned Senior Schedulers and Schedulers, driving performance, innovation, and alignment with operational and strategic goals.

The role is pivotal in supporting workforce wellbeing, service delivery, and business growth through effective planning, stakeholder engagement, and continuous improvement. The role holder will collaborate cross-functionally with Network Planning, Operations, and HR to align schedules with strategic service and workforce goals.

Key Responsibilities

Scheduling Strategy and Optimisation: Lead the development and optimisation of driver duties and rosters, ensuring alignment with operational efficiency, driver wellbeing, and service delivery objectives for their respective business or area.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Collaborate with Network Planning, Network Process and Governance, Operations, and HR to ensure schedules support workforce availability, retention, and strategic service objectives.
Trade Union Engagement and Escalation: Act as the primary escalation point for trade union engagement on scheduling matters if a solution can't be addressed, ensuring compliance with agreements and fostering constructive relationships.
Governance and Service Change Compliance: Ensure their team's adherence to Service Level Agreements (SLAs) and Service Change Checkpoints across all scheduling teams.
Resource Management and Team Resilience: Work with the process and governance sub function of Network to guarantee workload balancing and resource allocation across scheduling teams to ensure resilience and high performance.
Crisis and Contingency Planning: Contribute to crisis and contingency planning, ensuring scheduling flexibility and responsiveness to service disruptions.
Continuous Improvement and Innovation: Drive continuous improvement in scheduling practices, embedding best-in-class tools and software, governance, and performance frameworks.
Regulatory and Operational Compliance: Oversee compliance with regulatory requirements, including driver hours legislation, local agreements, and data submissions (e.g. BODS, DAS, Ticketer).
Bid and Franchise Support: Support integrated tender and franchise bidding processes with robust scheduling analysis and modelling.
Ad-hoc support: Other duties commensurate with the role as may be deemed appropriate by the UK Head of Schedules.

Skills & Experience

Leadership and Team Management: Strong leadership experience, with a track record of managing and developing scheduling teams.
Analytical and Planning Expertise: High level of numeracy and data literacy, with experience in workforce planning and optimisation.
Technical Scheduling Proficiency: Proficiency in scheduling systems (e.g. Optibus) and understanding of scheduling principles and constraints.
Communication and Stakeholder Engagement: Strong stakeholder engagement and communication skills, including trade union negotiation.
Commercial and Financial Acumen: Commercial awareness and experience contributing to budgeting, forecasting, and tender processes.
Regulatory and Legal Knowledge: Knowledge of regulatory and legal frameworks related to driver hours and scheduling compliance.
EV Management: Experience in managing scheduling for electric vehicle (EV) fleets is desirable.
Performance Under Pressure: Ability to work in a high-pressured environment consistently delivering on objectives within timeframe.
Local Operational Insight: Geographical knowledge of the areas of operation and responsibility is preferred.
Performance Under Pressure: Ability to work under pressure, manage competing priorities, and deliver to tight deadlines.

Rewards

Your health is important to us which is why we offer Simply Health & Smart Health for you and your dependents at no cost to you! This offering includes cash back benefits across optical & dental as well as virtual GP appointments, mental health support and nutrition and fitness advise. Our EAP provision offers 24hr, 365 days a year mental health support

We are also committed to your financial wellbeing, and we offer a platform with many discounts on high street brands and supermarkets etc
Working at First you also receive discounted train travel for you and your family after 6 months service as well as a free bus pass
Cycle to work scheme
25 days' holiday + bank holidays
Pension scheme and chance to buy discounted First Group shares
Enhanced maternity / paternity pay
Flexible working

Equal Opportunities

Public transport serves everyone, whatever their differences. At First Bus, we want to be an employer open to you, no matter what your differences are. We aspire to be an inclusive organisation because diverse backgrounds, thinking and experiences bring so many benefits to our customers, communities, and people. We welcome applications from all.

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