Infrastructure Maintenance Workforce Hse Advisor

Infrastructure Maintenance Workforce HSE Advisor

**Location**:
Peterborough, GB

**Department Name**:
Eastern Region

**About Network Rail**:
We get people where they need to be, whether they are commuting to work, visiting friends or family, or going for a night out.

We make millions of lives better every day and have a vital job in driving the economy and prosperity of the nation

Over the coming years we will be building and improving crucial rail links between the country’s biggest cities, making our services faster, more comfortable and more reliable for the people who rely on us.

We’re also changing our organisation to put the passenger at the heart of everything we do, to make our people even prouder to work for us and to be recognised as a true leader in our industry.

In joining Network Rail, you’re not only joining an organisation with a vital role to play for the country, but also a team of more than 40,000 people, and a business dedicated to being one of Britain’s best employers.

Does this sound like a team you'd love to be a part of?

**Brief Description**:
This is a great opportunity to join the East Coast Routes Health and safety team. This role is supporting the Peterborough area. You will be the point of contact to offer support, advice and guidance for the safety improvements within teams as well as driving campaigns and initiatives to reduce injuries and accidents. This role focuses on proactive interventions with health, wellbeing, environment and physical safety. This unique opportunity gives you a wide access to different disciplines within the railway including working in an operational environment with maintenance, operations and Telecomms staff.

This role is ideally suited to someone with a background in safety and/or the railway with exceptional behaviours. Attributes suited to the role will include; being a great communicator with a willingness to learn and ask questions, collaborative working with all levels of a business to be able to support our frontline and management teams make improvements, a diligent person who wants to make safety improvements and make proactive changes and a person who is engaging and confident to undertake site visits, briefings and training.

The role is not office based and there will be a heavy requirement to travel around the patch attending site and being out with the teams and management. The railway is also 24/7 therefore morning, afternoons and nights will be a large part of when work is being undertaken and there will be a requirement to go and see these teams also.

**About the role (External)**:
**Role and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to**:
1. Provide support, coaching and guidance to the Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery team for issues of workforce health, safety and environment.

2. Provide support in the collation of workforce health, safety and environment data.

3. Monitor and analyse workforce health, safety and environment data for trends, produce reports and make recommendations for corrective actions.

4. Identify health, safety & environmental key risks and make recommendations for control measures.

5. Support the implementation of national and local programmes and initiatives to improve workforce health, safety and environmental control.

6. Facilitate the Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery team in their relationships via local safety forums/groups with Trade Union Safety Representatives and external safety and environmental bodies.

7. Provide guidance to the Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery Manager and team in the investigation and reporting of accidents and incidents and the Formal Investigation Process.

8. Facilitate arrangements for safety and environmental audits.

9. Coordinate and monitor safety tours and staff surveillance for the team.

10. Undertake a sample check each period of safe system of work plans to monitor compliance with the Safe System of Work Planning Arrangements. Take action to address issues as identified.

11. Take and active role in developing the Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery team in matters of workforce health, safety and the environment.

**ABOUT THE ROLE**:
**Are you?**
- National Examination Board in Occupational Safety & Health (NEBOSH) Certificate
- Knowledge of safety and compliance management processes
- Knowledge of relevant standards and procedures
- Knowledge of environmental management system
- Knowledge of operational railway environment
- Analytical capability
- Local Accident & Incident Investigation
- Knowledge of coaching techniques
- Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills

**Do you have?**
- NEBOSH diploma
- Membership of a relevant professional body
- Institute of Environmental Management Award (IEMA)

**Salary and benefits**:
Salary of £34,050 - £38,305 (Band 4.B) depending on skills, qualifications and experience28 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidaysMy benefits - Our discounted online sho