Resource Scheduling Specialist

**Resource Scheduling Specialist/Crew Scheduler**
- Permanent opportunity | North Sydney location
- Embrace Work-Life Balance with our 12-hour Rotating Shift Roter

**About us**

Pacific National (PN) is the largest private provider of diversified rail freight services in Australia. We haul a variety of freight including coal, intermodal containers, steel, and a range of bulk commodities and materials that keep the region’s economy, businesses and households running.

**About the role**

Join our Intermodal team as a Resource Scheduling Specialist, bringing your expertise in resource allocation to drive innovation and challenge the status quo. In this dynamic, collaborative role, you'll work 12-hour shifts on a rotating 24x7 roster, ensuring our resources are where they need to be for efficient service delivery across Australia.

Working closely with the team, you’ll be responsible for daily resource allocation, considering crew availability, industrial constraints, asset utilization, and our commitment to safe, customer-focused operations. **Note**: This role involves working shifts, including every other weekend and some public holidays.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Allocate crew and assets to meet daily work plans
- Coordinate with stakeholders to align crew and task allocation with operational needs
- Maintain and update rosters, managing any changes as needed
- Identify process improvements for greater efficiency
- Ensure compliance with health and safety standards

**Lifestyle Roster**

Enjoy the flexibility of our Lifestyle Roster, featuring 12-hour shifts that allow for blocks of time off at the end of each swing. We value your work-life balance as much as you do

**About You**

You bring strong analytical and problem-solving skills with a creative, innovative approach. Excellent verbal, written, and interpersonal communication is essential, along with proven relationship management skills as a collaborative team player.
- Experience in short term labour and or asset planning and rostering
- Experience in rail, transport, or heavy industry is a plus
- Knowledge of transport or logistics planning
- Relevant demonstrated experience in service delivery environment, and customer focussed operations
- Ability to work effectively in dynamic environments with exception attention to detail
- Relevant tertiary qualification or equivalent experience is highly regarded

**The benefits**

We prioritize diversity and inclusion, fostering a culture where every team member is valued and can bring their authentic selves to work. When you join us, you'll have the opportunity to:

- Pursue growth and career development
- Access mentoring programs
- Enjoy paid parental leave up to 14 weeks (with superannuation) after just 6 months of service
- Access our Employee Assistance Program for confidential counselling, free for you and your eligible family members
- Benefit from novated leasing and discounts on select health insurance, travel, retail brands, and more.

We are seeking applicants who share our values: Make it simple, Share More, Kindness, Gratitude, Curiosity, and Own it. These values help us achieve strong connections with everyone we work with and play an important part in motivating us all to do our best work.

**What our employees say about working at Pacific National**:

- ‘Work/Life balance is very difficult to achieve in any rail haulage business however I think PN are leading the field in this regard’_

**Do you need reasonable adjustments during the recruitment process?**

**Next steps**

Are you ready to be part of our future? Click on the 'Apply' button and follow the prompts.

Applications Close 27th November 2024

**Acknowledgement of Country**

We acknowledge the Traditional Custodians of the land on which we work, live and rail. We pay respect to Elders past, present and future and to the continuation of cultural, spiritual and educational practices of all Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples.

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