Common Fleet Management System (CFMS) Controller

TOWER TRANSIT SINGAPORE PTE. LTD.; Singapore; On-site; SGD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

A public transport service provider in Singapore seeks a Transport Operations Manager to oversee the safe and punctual delivery of bus services. Responsibilities include managing service issues, liaising with bus captains, and ensuring adherence to safety protocols. Strong communication and geographical awareness of Singapore are essential. This role involves shift work, including weekends, and focuses on maintaining a customer-centered approach and operational efficiency.

Qualifications

• Shift work required, including weekends.
• Experience in a management role preferred.
• Successful performance assessed on key performance indicators.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safe and punctual service delivery.
• Liaise with various teams to resolve service issues.
• Monitor service punctuality and manage on-road issues.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Geographical knowledge of Singapore

Commercial awareness

Ability to work in a shift environment

Computer literate

Job description

SUMMARY

• Responsible for ensuring the safe, punctual and cost effective delivery of services by managing the flow of bus captains and vehicles along the route.
• Liaising with Bus Captains, Interchange Supervisors, Depot Supervisors and maintenance personnel to resolve issues and restore service levels.
• To ensure that the highest levels of service are provided to ensure a customer centric approach is taken when dealing with service irregularities.

PRINCIPAL RESPONSIBILITIES AND AUTHORITIES

• Monitoring and controlling services to ensure punctuality, or service headways are maintained;
• Communicate with bus captains and Interchange Supervisors to enable them to effectively deliver a reliable and safe service to the customer;
• Communicating in a polite, professional and courteous manner at all times to employees and external parties;
• Manage on-road issues that potentially impact on service deliver;
• Maintain a close working relationship with response agencies such as fire and police;
• Responsible for reporting on punctuality concerns in relation to service issues;
• Continually liaise with supervisors, particularly the Interchange Supervisors and Depot Supervisors to ensure that services operate in accordance with timetabled instructions;
• Ensuring that the first and last services on all routes run to the scheduled timetable;
• Deal with Major Incidents and Security Issues in accordance with the respective procedures;
• Responsible for building a strong working relationship with the maintenance team to ensure effective change overs in relation to vehicle breakdowns;
• Undertake any additional duties as requested by the CFMS Manager, and
• Undertake any training and development activities as requested by the CFMS Manager.

SKILLS, EXPERIENCE, CONDITIONS SPECIFICATION

• This position involves shift work and work on weekends. You will be required to work such hours as deemed necessary to provide appropriate coverage.
• Commercial awareness and an understanding of the LTA contract regime;
• Good geographical knowledge of the Singapore area;
• Excellent communications skills, both verbal and written.
• Ability to effectively communicate over the phone and two-way radio to a culturally diverse workforce and community;
• Computer literate and the ability to be trained in a GPS real-time vehicle management environment such as the LTA CFMS system, and
• Personal performance will be assessed including overall compliance with Excess Wait Time key performance indicators, efficient use of bus captains in managing issues with the services, on-time performance results, first and last bus key performance indicators and the instance of mileage not operated through missed, or curtailed trips.

SAFETY AND COMPANY RESPONSIBILITIES

• Adhere to all Tower Transit policies and procedures;
• To report to your line manager any injury, collision or dangerous occurrence that has taken place, or concerns regarding health, safety and security issues;
• Provide leadership and guidance in identifying and managing health and safety issues as they apply to the workplace and workplace activities of employees and stakeholders;
• Accountable and responsible for ensuring that the working environment is safe and that employees, including contractors, are protected from hazards and comply with Company policies and procedures;
• Enforce policy, procedures and rules and employee compliance;
• Ensure the working environment is safe and employees, including contractors, are protected from hazards and comply with Company policies and procedures.
• Report hazards which cannot be corrected within the delegated authority of the position;
• Active involvement in all safety and health programs and activities;
• Participate in desk-top and simulated emergency drills in association with response agencies; and
• Promote safety and health awareness generally.