Lead ERTMS Operations & Digital Rail Transformation

Freightliner Group Ltd; Basford; On-site; GBP 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Final-salary pension scheme

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Ongoing training and development

Life assurance

Job summary

Heavy Haul Rail, part of Freightliner Group, seeks an experienced ERTMS Lead Operations Specialist to act as the operational authority across the programme lifecycle and to drive ETCS implementation with safety and collaboration at its core.

You will lead and coach a team of Operations Specialists, ensuring operational requirements are embedded into design and testing, while partnering with engineers, safety professionals and industry partners to deliver successful outcomes.

Qualifications

• Significant railway operational experience within freight, passenger or infrastructure environments.
• Detailed knowledge of ERTMS/ETCS principles, operations and deployment.
• Experience developing procedures, competence frameworks and operational standards.
• Strong leadership, coaching and stakeholder management skills.
• Ability to analyse complex operational challenges and develop practical, risk‑based solutions.
• Commitment to safety, collaboration, continuous improvement and operational excellence.

Responsibilities

• Act as the recognised operational authority for all ERTMS/ETCS activities across Heavy Haul Rail.
• Provide leadership and expert operational guidance throughout the full programme lifecycle.
• Ensure operational requirements are embedded into system design, testing, deployment and future operation.
• Lead, coach and develop Operations Specialists, building long-term digital railway capability.
• Drive operational readiness, standards development, competence frameworks and change activities.
• Collaborate with industry partners, programme teams, engineers and safety professionals to deliver successful ETCS implementation.

Skills

Railway operations

ERTMS/ETCS knowledge

Leadership & coaching

Stakeholder management

Problem solving

Job description

Heavy Haul Rail, part of Freightliner Group, seeks an experienced ERTMS Lead Operations Specialist to act as the operational authority across the programme lifecycle and to drive ETCS implementation with safety and collaboration at its core.

You will lead and coach a team of Operations Specialists, ensuring operational requirements are embedded into design and testing, while partnering with engineers, safety professionals and industry partners to deliver successful outcomes.