Operations Director
Location: Amman, Jordan, Middle East
Salary:
in the region of £150,000 - £168,000 / JD142,000 - JD160,000 plus negotiable family relocation packages including;
- Expatriation flight
- Family visa
- Family medical insurance
- Annual family air ticket to home country (1x)
- Discretionary Bonus (exp 2-3 months salary)
- Education Allowance (up to 3 children)
Summary
Navartis have partnered with the developer and operator of the United Arab Emirates's national railway network, and they are looking to hire an experienced Operation Director with a extensive background in rail freight or rolling stock operations- to join them over on a USD 2.3 billion rail project in Jordan.
As an Operations Director:
You would be responsible for providing technical expertise in train operations including but not limited to planning, coordinating and monitoring the allocations of resources for the effective and efficient maintenance of Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant supplied equipment, in line with established internal practices and standards.
Operations Manager Responsibilities
- Assist in the business planning process by providing and analysing data related to budgetary activities and historical data, in order to promote accuracy in forecasting for future required resources.
- Perform rail and transport research studies including computer simulations, rail capacity and network planning while ensuring statistical analysis of activities in line with internally established policies and procedures.
- Develop and monitor the Operational Readiness program to enable future stage expansion in conjunction with designated operator.
- Review all relevant designs, schematics, simulations and documentation supplied by PMC and Engineer. Provide comments and recommendations to enable completion.
- Develop and maintain an understanding of relevant business activities and service levels required by customers and stakeholders and provide additional inputs and insights in the formulation of commercial agreements.
- Provide expert input for the preparation of specifications and tenders, in particular rolling stock, maintenance and operational facilities, passenger facilities and planned expansions.
- Provide input from Operations into the development of potential commercial agreements.
- Provide expert input to internal stakeholders (e.g. Rail planning and studies) on product development, pricing and product mix and terminal operations.
- Develop and maintain the companies Jordan simulation model (RailSys) and quality processes while ensuring all simulations are carried out in line with set standards and protocols.
- Manage and coordinate the activities of external contractors and consultants while ensuring the business outcomes of the companies are achieved in accordance with projected results.
- Provide inputs and recommendations to Procurement with respect to the acquisition of new rolling stock for freight and passenger services, in line with leading practices and trends.
- Manage activities related to dispatching, routing, or tracking railroad cars including developing schedules and timetables.
- Plan or implement energy saving changes to train services, such as reducing routes, optimizing capacities, or minimizing idle time in order to enable Etihad Rail Jordan to enhance its operations, in the most efficient manner through the introduction of technological invitations.
- Manage all maintenance related aspects pertaining to operation and maintenance responsibilities for supplied equipment in line with maintenance plans and schedules.
- Assist superior in building and sustaining relationships with Rolling Stock and Yellow Plant suppliers and continuously coordinate related activities in order to meet the needs and requirements of the business from an asset management perspective and meet expected traffic demand forecasts.
- Participate in incident and accident investigations
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