Rail HSE Advisor: Safety Culture & Compliance

Network Rail; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

28 days annual leave

Pension schemes

Discount travel 75%

Volunteer or carers leave 5 days

Rail/Underground travel subsidy

Gym passes

Benefits platform

Job summary

Network Rail is seeking an Infrastructure Maintenance Workforce HSE Advisor to support East Coast Route teams in creating a safe and high-performing workplace. You will provide expert advice, analyse trends, and help embed a positive safety culture across maintenance, operations and telecoms teams.

You’ll coach managers, support investigations, and drive change through proactive risk management and compliant practices.

Qualifications

• NEBOSH Certificate or working towards qualification.
• Knowledge of health, safety, environmental and compliance management processes.
• Understanding of operational environments, ideally within railway industry.
• Strong analytical skills, ability to identify trends and practical solutions.
• Experience supporting accident and incident investigations.
• Excellent communication, influencing and relationship-building skills.
• Ability to coach, support and develop others to improve safety performance.
• Strong organisational skills and a proactive, solution-focused approach.
• Passion for promoting health, safety and wellbeing and driving positive culture change.

Responsibilities

• Providing expert health, safety and environmental advice, coaching and support to operational teams.
• Working with managers to promote a positive safety culture and drive continuous improvement.
• Monitoring and analysing safety data, identifying trends and recommending practical solutions.
• Supporting accident and incident investigations and helping teams learn from events.
• Identifying health, safety and environmental risks and helping implement effective control measures.
• Supporting the delivery of local and national safety, wellbeing and environmental initiatives.
• Building strong relationships with colleagues, Trade Union Safety Representatives and external partners.
• Coordinating audits, safety tours and assurance activities to drive compliance and best practice.
• Supporting managers and frontline teams to develop their knowledge, capability and confidence in health and safety.
• Helping ensure safe systems of work are implemented effectively across the route.

Skills

NEBOSH certificate

Safety culture

Analytical skills

Communication

Coaching others

Organisational skills

Problem solving

Collaboration

Education

NEBOSH Diploma

Professional body membership

IEMA qualification

Job description

Network Rail is seeking an Infrastructure Maintenance Workforce HSE Advisor to support East Coast Route teams in creating a safe and high-performing workplace. You will provide expert advice, analyse trends, and help embed a positive safety culture across maintenance, operations and telecoms teams.

You’ll coach managers, support investigations, and drive change through proactive risk management and compliant practices.