Mobile Operations Manager - Brighton

Network Rail Limited; Brighton; On-site; GBP 25,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading rail organization in a crucial frontline role as a Rail Incident Officer. You will respond to incidents on the railway, ensuring safety and efficient service restoration. The role emphasizes excellent communication, organization, and a commitment to safety. A comprehensive training program will prepare you for success.

Qualifications

• Ability to learn and implement rules and regulations.
• Full driving license required.
• Must pass drugs and alcohol testing.

Responsibilities

• Respond to accidents and incidents on the railway.
• Monitor performance and plan for weather contingencies.
• Oversee command structure and restore service operations.

Skills

Excellent communication skills

Self-motivated

Highly organized

Assertive

Education

Rail Incident Officer training

Personal Track Safety training

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. Watch our video to find out more!

We're continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone!

We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work-life balance.

We're also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer reasonable alternatives to support people with disabilities access, apply, and interview for roles.

Brief Description

Deliver prompt and effective responses to all real-time Railway Operations and frontline response activities.

About the role (External)

In this crucial frontline role, you'll be responsible for responding promptly and effectively to any accidents and incidents on a section of the railway. You'll make a positive impact, helping us to resolve issues, and through investigation and reporting, ensure we understand how to prevent similar events in the future.

You may be required to take on the role of Rail Incident Officer, overseeing the establishment of a command structure and leading the coordination of infrastructure and service restoration activities. You'll also carry out operational support duties, including performance monitoring, weather contingency planning, audits, engineering work, stores ordering, and vehicle monitoring.

Requirements include:

• Rail Incident Officer and Personal Track Safety training
• The ability to learn, understand, and implement rules and regulations
• Excellent communication skills, both in person and in writing
• A full driving license
• Self-motivated and assertive
• Highly organized and able to prioritize duties effectively

This role involves working days, nights, and weekends, and is a safety-critical role subject to drug and alcohol testing and medical assessment.

You may also be required to perform signalling duties as part of your MOM role, which may involve a signalling assessment.

The successful applicant will attend a 7-week training course during induction.

Apply as soon as possible; the position may close early if enough applications are received. Late applications will not be accepted.

The recruitment process involves a competency-based interview.

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and will support applicants with disabilities through reasonable adjustments. For accessibility support, visit Evenbreak's Career Hive. Please note any required adjustments in your application.

Keeping people safe on the railway is central to our mission. Demonstrating a commitment to safety is essential.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

All candidates must undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Positive results will lead to application rescission and a 5-year suspension from applying for safety-critical roles, including PTS certification or key safety roles on Network Rail infrastructure.