Assistant Level Crossing Manager

Network Rail; Conwy; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual leave 28 days

Pension schemes

Travel discount

Volunteer/carers leave

Rail travel subsidy

Gym pass

Retail discounts

Job summary

Network Rail in Wales is seeking an experienced Level Crossing Manager (LCM) to support regional safety and operations. You will assist with pre- and post-site activities, coordinate with stakeholders, and ensure documentation, inspections, and fault reporting are completed to high standards.

You will analyse census camera data, help deliver safety awareness events with TOCs/FOCs and police, and contribute to long-term safety improvements in the network.

Qualifications

• Excellent interpersonal skills.
• Analytical awareness and attention to detail.
• Successful experience in planning and organisation.
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need.

Responsibilities

• Assist LCMs with pre- and post-site visit preparation and stakeholder communication.
• Undertake level crossing inspection and minor maintenance tasks; report faults.
• Support analysis of census camera data and identify abnormal usage trends.
• Contribute to safety awareness events with Train Operating Companies, Freight Operating Companies and police.
• Prepare and attend meetings; track actions and progress improvements.
• Maintain incident databases and support compliance across safety programmes.

Skills

Excellent interpersonal skills

Analytical awareness

Planning and organising

Driving/vehicle operation

Education

Health & Safety qualification

Job description

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.When your part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.Watch our video to find out more! About our people and the recruitment process-We're an inclusive employer of choice and wewelcome applications from everyone!We look for opportunities to offer great opportunities to learn and grow through personal and professional development. And, if you make the grade then you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in the Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.

For information about the process please contact [e-mail]

What's in it for you

Here are a few of the benefits we offer

• 28-day annual leave with the option to buy and sell days
• Choice of pension schemes
• 75% discount of leisure travel for you and your family
• 5 days paid volunteer or carers leave
• Up to 75% subsidised Rail and Underground travel
• Gym Pass -access to gyms across UK
• My Benefits platform- giving national and local retail discount

Our aim is to ensure your candidate experience is as positive as possible. If you require reasonable adjustments at any point, simply let us know and we'll do our best to assist you.

Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. We will share further details with you as part of your formal offer.

We positively embrace flexible working recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life.

In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.

At Network Rail we promote a diverse and inclusive organisation. We are working in conjunction with the Cultural Fusion team to support black, Asian and minority ethnic colleagues. If you would like support with your application or interview please contact Wales&[e-mail]

Your experience and skills

Key Accountabilities-

• Assist LCMs with pre and post site visit preparation, including but not limited to arranging joint site visit with stakeholders, corresponding with authorised users and documenting responses, interrogating local authority planning websites, environment websites, and internal systems (GeoRINM, DST), provide asset condition data including outstanding faults, deploy census cameras etc.
• Undertake level crossing inspection, faulting and undertaking minor maintenance (including cameras, cleaning of signs, minor repairs and vegetation management around the approaches and access area of level crossings); accurately report all work completed/not completed and check that work not completed is faulted.
• Support LCMs with analysing, documenting and tracking trend changes from census camera footage. Raising significant changes, deliberate acts of misuse and visible trends in usage with the LCMs and support with any follow-up actions.
• Assist LCMs with preparation of narrative risk assessments as required, including analysing cenus camera data and chasing up information from stakeholders. Work with LCMs to prepare and deliver Safety Awareness events working closely with community safety managers, Train Operating Companies (TOCs) /Freight Operating Companies (FOCs) and British Transport Police (BTP) in the planning and delivery of events.
• Assist LCMs in the preparation of and attendance at Road Rail Partnership Group meetings, taking minutes and actions as required.
• Work with stakeholders on behalf of LCMs to manage outputs from meetings, progress fault rectification and updates to systems.
• Support LCM team by tracking completed Fatality and Weighted Injuries (FWI) reduction activity and updates periodically by keeping the Benefit Report up to date.
• Support LCMs team with compliance, including but not limited to maintaining incident database, monitoring trends and trigger points, preparation of joint long-term strategy documents, responses to planning applications, maintaining level crossing files etc.
• Assist LCMs team with projects including signal renewals and timetable change.
• Demonstrable excellent interpersonal skills
• Provenanalytical awareness and attention to detail
• Successful experience in planning and organisation
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need

Computer literate in basic IT packages

• Understanding of level crossings
• Attained a Health & Safety qualification
• Experience of working in a safety critical environment