James Root Email & Phone Number

London

London, Greater London, United Kingdom

Asset Manager at Transport for London responsible for Highways and Traffic. I lead TfL in the development of policies, strategies, plans and prioritised programmes for vehicle restraint systems, lighting, bus stops / shelters, green estate and street furniture to deliver business outcomes. I work with a number of key stakeholders in the directorate.

London, United Kingdom

I manage a team of maintenance planners across Bakerloo, Victoria, Central and Waterloo & City lines ensuring that all track maintenance activities are planned correctly. I undertake short, medium and long term planning for these areas, ensuring that staff, equipment, engineering trains and access are booked and planned accurately for ongoing and future.

London, United Kingdom

In my role I identified and implemented new planning techniques and helped spread best practice across all maintenance planning roles. This included coaching and mentoring planners, implementing new planning initiatives and the accurate reporting of planning results against targets.

Reading, United Kingdom

I reviewed the performance of both railway assets and teams. This included root cause investigations of delays and infrastructure faults and the auditing of key maintenance teams.

London, United Kingdom

I worked as a sponsor undertaking stakeholder management, programme management and requirement definition on the Thameslink Programme. I was also used as a maintenance area expert to give advice and expertise on the project impact on maintenance and wrote the Thameslink Maintenance Strategy.

Clapham, United Kingdom

Responsible for planning the maintenance for the off-track, ultrasonic, welding, grinding and works delivery departments at Clapham Maintenance Delivery Unit.

Woking, United Kingdom

Graduate entry training directly under Wessex Maintenance Manager getting experience in every department in maintenance and operations, and learning about how their roles fit into the running of the railway.