Infrastructure & Operational Safety Change Manager (12-month FTC)

We are TransPennine Express and we are going places. Whether that’s helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We are looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good.

In this role you will be part of the Operational Interface & Safety Change team which is part of the Delivery Partnership function within the Major Projects Directorate. The role will be providing subject matter expertise on operational safety change requirements of infrastructure change schemes at TPE, including input on Platform Train Interface, Train Dispatch and the role of conductor/dispatcher, Station Operational Risk Assessments. This role will require close working with Network Rail and Alliance Partners, other operators and across the business to develop safe and highly operable infrastructure change schemes. The role will need to be able to work collaboratively both within the business and with industry colleagues to develop appropriate plans, timelines and operational briefings. A large requirement of this role will be to work remotely, often out of a Network Rail project office.

We are looking for candidates who hold, or have recently held, operational competence as a Conductor or Dispatcher; as the role will support the ongoing development of operational competence and embedding of change and development on infrastructure programmes such as Manchester North West Transformation Programme (MNTP), as well as new operational projects from ETCS, to new trains as required. The ideal candidate will have a strong understanding of the principles of railway operations and a proven track record in leadership and safety change projects. We are looking for an individual who is passionate about training, standards, processes and compliances, and who understands the principles and risks associated with infrastructure and operational change especially around the Platform Train Interface. There will be a requirement for applicants to demonstrate underpinning knowledge and previous experience in delivering operational change or associated activities.

If that sounds like the right fit for you, we’d love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form.

What we offer:

• Excellent career prospects.
• A personal development plan.
• Structured training and development.
• Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Free TransPennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants.
• Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years’ service for you and your dependants.
• Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have.
• Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
• Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
• Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme.

At TransPennine Express, it’s our goal to help people reach their full potential. We offer the opportunity to not just join the transformation of the rail industry, but to lead it. Our values are designed with every team member in mind; whether it’s ensuring you feel free to be yourself at work, or encouraging everyone to pull together and support each other. We promise to value our people for the individuals they are. Whichever department becomes your destination, from the tip of the train, to the tail, our only focus is heading at full speed into the future.