Safety Risk Manager (3332)

GTR; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading rail company in the UK is seeking a Safety Risk Manager for a fixed-term contract until August 2026. The ideal candidate will possess proven experience in Health and Safety, strong leadership, and communication skills. Responsibilities include managing safety plans, engaging with stakeholders to mitigate risks, and promoting a safety culture. This role offers a range of benefits including a final salary pension, healthcare, and discounted travel for you and your family.

Benefits

Final salary pension

25 days holiday plus bank holidays

Healthcare

Free travel on GTR and sister groups

75% off travel on other train operating companies

Discounted Oyster Card

Family friendly policies

Qualifications

• Proven track record in a similar role, ideally in public sector or transportation.
• Experience leading teams and developing colleagues using TNAs and Personal Development Plans.
• Ability to influence safety culture within an organization.

Responsibilities

• Translate requirements from safety plans into clear deliverables.
• Engage with staff and stakeholders to mitigate risks.
• Lead identification of recommendations from investigations.

Skills

Proven experience in Health and Safety role

Strong leadership skills

Proven communications and engagement skills

In depth knowledge of UK and EU safety legislation

Job description

GTR are recruiting a Safety Risk Manager based out of our Head Office at Go Ahead House, East Croydon. This is a fixed-term contract until August 2026.

This is a great opportunity for an individual with a proven track record to work for one of the country's busiest and award-winning rail companies.

Responsible for translating the requirements from the annual safety plans into clear deliverables with actions and timelines with the resources contained within the Risk Specialists pool. You will be performing a people management role and setting performance tasks/goals, building capability ensuring that activities are delivered as well as being a key interface in the wider Safety team and working closely with the Safety Business Partner to update on plan, progress against plans/projects.

Key Success Criteria

• Ensuring all Risk Specialists have adequate TNAs and Personal Development Plans that allow risk specialists to be developed in order for the Safety directorate to better respond to needs of the business
• Design, develop, and resource Safety responses consistent with Directorates requitements / incidents
• Ensure that the Zero Harm app is the key tool for performance reporting and is promoted and applied across the business
• Proven experience in a similar Health and Safety role, ideally within public sector and/or transportation, rail and other high-risk environments
• Lead the identification of recommendations from investigations to avoid recurrence where practicable or minimise future hazards and risks
• Engage with internal staff and external stakeholders, to ensure risks are mitigated to ALARP and Directorates fully understand their responsibilities to ensure legal compliance and drive a positive health, safety, and wellbeing culture
• Proven experience to influence the importance of a safety culture and systems within an organisation both amongst peer groups and to a wider audience
• Proven communications and engagement skills; Has been responsible for leading teams and developing colleagues using TNAs and Personal Development Plans
• Strong leadership skills, with the ability to motivate and engage positively with individuals at all levels to drive through a strong Safety agenda
• In depth knowledge of the UK and EU safety legislation and its application

What we can offer you:

• Final salary pension
• 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
• Healthcare
• Free travel on GTR and sister groups for you and your family
• 75% off travel on other train operating companies for you, and leisure for your family
• Discounted Oyster Card
• GTR offers maternity, paternity and adoption leave and time off for prenatal care, as well as shared parental leave - all part of our commitment to family friendly policies
• StarHub - our great benefits package which, for example, includes discounts with many retailers.

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