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At Network Rail, our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. Watch our video to find out more!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family, and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don’t always fit around a traditional working pattern, if you need flexibility to complete your role just let us know and we will do our upmost to help you to invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

As a Health and Safety Manager you are going to play a key role in developing and leading health and safety strategy with our stakeholders. Providing support, guidance, and professional expertise to our teams on all health and safety matters. Supporting a wide variety of projects and workstreams, you will drive continuous improvement whilst promoting a positive health and safety culture.

As an established Health and Safety Manager with experience in managing large complex projects, you will be proactive with a view to thinking outside the box and challenging the norm to help our teams deliver safely and efficiently.

Dynamic and highly customer focused, your outstanding communication and presentation skills enable you to influence people at all levels. Above all your genuine enthusiasm towards helping to build a safe, world-class railway will be key to successfully delivering this role.

Here are some of the duties your role will include: -

• Provide functional support, guidance, and professional expertise to the teams on all health and safety matters so as to deliver successful execution of the programme or works.

• Work directly with the teams providing health and safety direction by leading the HSEA specialist aligned to the team. (Where applicable)

• Lead/Direct periodic meetings with the contracting organisations to share and promulgate best practice and lessons learnt.

• Provide support to the teams on inspection and monitoring of the safety and environmental performance of projects and monitor so that a consistent approach is taken to contractor occupational and construction safety across all work.

• Work with teams to determine practical and deliverable measures to improve health & safety performance.

• Support teams in the investigation of accidents and incidents and in the implementation of resulting recommendations.

• Provide the single point of contact with HMRI and other health and safety organisations for day-to-day site health and safety.

• Co-ordinate the health & safety activities of the programme and maintain effective liaison with other Regions, Programmes and Major Projects and aligned routes.

What you will bring to the role: -

• NEBOSH Construction certificate

• NEBOSH Tech SP certificate

• Significant experience in the successful management of HSEA issues on major programmes of work in the construction and//or rail industries

• Project Safety Management course.

It’s desirable if you have it to help give you context to the role: -

• Membership of a relevant professional body with chartered status and/or educated to degree level.

• NEBOSH diploma, IEMA certificate,

• An experienced Health and Safety or Environment practitioner.

• Knowledge of Behavioural Change techniques.

• Knowledge of Network Rail’s systems and processes.

• Working knowledge of rules, Regulations and standards applicable to contractor safety.

Closing date: 31/03/2023

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak’s Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you’re unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard has changed. All prospective candidates will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.