Health Safety & Environment Improvement Manager

Job title:

Health Safety & Environment Improvement Manager

Company

Network Rail

Job description

Are you ready to make a difference in people’s lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We’re an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!We’re dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we’re committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by .Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you’re passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!About our people and the recruitment process – We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance.We’re also a 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.Brief Description
We have an exciting opening for a HSE Improvement Manager due to internal mobility. This role involves leading the development and implementation of health, safety, and environmental improvement programs across the North West & Central Region. We seek an outstanding leader with exceptional organizational and communication skills to support regional routes in implementing the Workforce Safety strategy via various Health, Safety, and Environmental initiatives.About us:Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. We do work that matters to millions. And we do it in millions of different ways.We’re passionate about great service and commit to our service equation vision by “putting passengers first”. Performance, safety and getting the fundamental basics right, is something we strive for as well as asking ourselves – what can we do to put our passengers and freight users at the centre of everything we do?You will be part of the North West & Central Region (NW&C) which consist of three routes – North West, Central and West Coast South – and a regional team supporting Regional Major Programmes & Professional services.To find out more about us –We offer hybrid working – with the requirement to be in the office two/three days a week.About the role (External)Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:1. Support the provision of world-class strategic safety, health and environment vision, culture and leadership across the region, leading on improvement projects.2. Monitor key metrics for driving continuous improvement, learning and organisation culture change programmes and projects to deliver improvements in the ways of working across the region.3. Lead and develop stakeholder engagement for safety improvement with both internal and external stakeholders (including the Technical Authority etc.) Office of Road and Rail Regulator, Department for Transport, other UK, and international bodies.4. Provide input to and support the delivery of the regional strategy for health, safety and environment and cultural improvement across the Region and act as Business Partner for Capital Delivery Director and the Route Directors.5. Promote effective working by communicating good practice and identifying opportunities for innovation through industry research and benchmarking.6. Co-ordinate regional health, safety, and environment improvement initiatives in line with business needs and specific regional requirements.7. Support the development of cultural behavioural changes required to deliver the region’s health, safety and environmental strategy.In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
(Essential)

• Diploma or equivalent qualification in a relevant subject
• Substantial experience in leading organisation change, cultural change and/or efficiency improvement programmes and projects
• Experience of working at a strategic level within Safety or Operations
• Experience of successfully leading a team in a complex dynamic environment
• Strong project management skills

We would also like but it isn’t crucial to have/to be:
(Desirable)

• Member of a relevant professional institution
• Good cross-discipline understanding of railway engineering.
• Recognised programme management qualification

How to apply (External)About our people and the recruitment process – we’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!This is an exciting time to join Network Rail – we’ve just been voted as The Times’ top 50 Employers for Gender Equality for the 3rd year in a row! As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!

• 28 days annual leave – with the opportunity to buy and/or sell upto 5 days
• Access to a range of contributory pension schemes, and the potential to top up your competitive salary with a bonus
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train
• Privileged staff travel – Leisure travel discount of 75%
• We can offer you a season ticket loan, annual season tickets are discounted.
• A 35-hour-per-week contract with flexible working options available to help support your work-life balance
• Hybrid working (2/3 days a week in the office/on site) and enhanced family-friendly support
• Take advantage of childcare vouchers, healthcare offers (including discounted healthcare club membership), discounted cycle hire, and online shopping sites
• 5 days of paid volunteering leave
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community

Discover more at: Band 3B £46,701 – £52,538. For more information about our pay framework refer toFor us, ‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.We are an equal-opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status or disability status. We value the commitments you may have outside of work and will consider flexible working applications. If we can make it work – we will! .Closing date: 23rd July 2024. 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 may not be accepted.What does our recruitment process look like?Once you have applied, our Recruitment Specialist & the hiring manager will look at your CV.If your experience matches what we’re looking for, you’ll be contacted by our Resourcing Team and invited to an interview. All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. To apply for this role, click ‘apply now’.You can visit 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.

Expected salary

£46701 – 52538 per year

Location

Manchester

Job date

Fri, 12 Jul 2024 03:58:10 GMT

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