Job Description

We're TransPennine Express and we're going places. Whether that's helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We're looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good.



We are looking for an enthusiastic Train Planner to join our Train Planning team in Manchester. You will be joining a great team helping to prepare timetables and diagrams to keep the trains running.



If you have some experience in Train Planning and some knowledge of the rail industry then you'll be off to a good start. We will provide training on the systems and processes you will be using. You will certainly have an extremely keen eye for detail.



The Transpennine Route Upgrade (TRU) is a transformative project affecting the routes across the Pennines - and to deliver it successfully we require the very best Train Planners. Taken together with Central Scotland and the Borders via the West Coast Main Line, the East Coast Main Line and the routes to Liverpool, Yorkshire and North Lincolnshire, you will never have a dull moment optimising train plans and diagrams. You should be very comfortable to enter a fast paced environment.



As well as an eye for detail, you'll need to participate actively in collaborative industry working groups, and be confident in preparing and delivering management reports both verbal and written. Nowhere will you be in a more central role than planning the timetables and diagrams required in this area. If you are looking for a new challenge within the Train Planning community we would like to hear from you.



If that sounds like the right fit for you, then we'd love to hear from you. Please click apply and complete an application form. We're looking forward to hearing from you!

What we offer

Excellent career prospects. A personal development plan. Structured training and development Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis. Generous annual leave entitlement. Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependents.
Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service for you and your dependents*.
Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home. Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions. Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits. Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme.


Terms and conditions apply.

Goings places has never felt better!

At TransPennine Express, it's our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it's ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future. So, if making people crack a smile helps you feel at home, and raising standards is second nature to you, we'd love to have you onboard.


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