Crossing Keeper Lancing

Job Introduction
Your decisions will make all the difference

As a crossing keeper, you’ll play a vital role in moving passengers and freight through your part of the rail network, and for the safe onward journeys of other level crossing users including cars and pedestrians.

Our crossing keeper community comes from a variety of different backgrounds, and so we’re focused on your transferrable skills and behaviours. No formal rail experience is needed, though any work you’ve done which has needed concentration, is safety critical and involves communicating with others would stand you in good stead.

And if you make the grade then you can look forward to an exciting and fulfilling career with a company that recently joined the top 50 in the Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.

Main Responsibilities
Every day you’ll be responsible for controlling the movement of crossing barriers that keep trains moving through on time. You’ll raise the barriers to let other users across the tracks only when it’s safe for them to do so. And you’ll be proactive in maintaining barriers and other crossing equipment, responding quickly to any faults or potential safety risks.

Each level crossing is unique with different users, activity and equipment but safety is always paramount. You’ll play a vital role in the onward journey of all users of your level crossing. This might mean challenging unsafe behaviour or managing difficult situations.

Your skills matter and many of our crossing keepers started with no formal rail experience and have also progressed into higher grade Signaller roles. Any work you’ve done which has required concentration, is safety critical and involves communicating with others would stand you in good stead.

You don’t need rail experience, but you do need to show how your transferrable skills meet the following,
- Communication - A variety of clear communication skills are crucial in the crossing keeper role, for example being comfortable delivering safety critical communications to colleagues and team members to ensure processes and safety standards are always adhered to.
- Ability to learn - Due to its safety critical nature, there is a lot to learn to become a proficient crossing keeper.
- Ability to work alone - Every crossing keeper requires the ability to operate efficiently and make safety critical decisions confidently on an individual basis.
- Ability to work as part of a team - Despite being able to work confidently alone, it is important you are a great teammate.
- Attention to detail - The crossing keeper role requires consistent high levels of attention but varying levels of concentration.
- Multi-Tasking - You need to deal with phone calls, signal trains, block lines for maintenance work and complete administration tasks.
- Being calm and composed
- Due to the intense and challenging events that can occur on the railway, it is crucial you are able to remain calm whilst working under pressure.
- Decision Making - By its nature, the crossing keeper role requires you to make safety critical decisions throughout the course of your shift.

About The Company
We’re an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.

Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country’s economic prosperity. Safety is our number one priority.

We're undertaking a bold change. Our vision is Putting Passengers First - becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users; that is easy to engage with and is an efficient and dependable partner; a company people are proud to work for; instinctively recognised as an industry leader.

Your Signaller recruitment journey

Here’s a short video explaining what to expect and how to prepare for your crossing keeper recruitment journey
- Application - This takes around 20 minutes of your time, so find a safe, quiet spot where you’re comfortable typing answers to a handful of questions about your interest and understanding of the Signaller role. We'll also need a copy of your CV.
- Virtual ability assessment - helping us understand your suitability.
- Identification documents - You'll need to provide your identification documents virtually on our ID platform.
- Virtual assessment - You’ll take part in a live video interview to explore your skills and experiences more.
- Pre-employment Screening - We'll need some documents to prove your identity and right to work in the UK
- Medical assessment - Crossing keeper is a safety critical role, so you’ll take a medical assessment before starting in the position. This will include a hearing and eyesight examination
- Induction - you'll receive more information about your Signaller training.

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