Operations and Driving Standards Manager

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Make your mark with Colas Rail UK

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

This is true because...

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee's wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone's success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

Even if you don't meet every requirement, please don't rule yourself out, we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.

Ensure that all Rail Services Locomotives and On Track Machines are operated in full compliance with Colas Rail's ROGS certification, Railway Industry Standards and Health and Safety Legislation.

IT literacy skills:

• Must be able to work alone and manage their own time.
• Competent to undertake Risk Assessments.
• Competent or working towards Signal Sighting competency.
• Competent to undertake investigations using Root Cause Analysis.
• Strong and effective communicator.
• Holds Personal Track Safety competency.
• Competent to download and interpret data recorder information.

Technical

Skills:

• Certified for Incident/ Accident investigations
• Competent in driving duties.
• Hold train driving Rules and Regulations, qualifications and competencies
• Qualified as a Trainer / Assessor
• Holder of a current full UK driving licence
• Ability to identify competency standards required as a result of legislation, operational standards and safety procedures and maintain same by audit and surveillance.

• Promote and develop initiatives to improve operational safety across the Rail Services business.
• Development of all company operational / driving procedures in line with legislative, industry standard or company policy changes.
• Prepare and implement internal standards for the Driving operation of all traction units.
• Liaise with other rail companies so best practices can be gained / shared working closely with Network Rail.
• Assist with other departments to assess train drivers subject to vocational competency. Carry out ad hoc visits to ascertain levels of competency with driving staff.
• Conduct quality investigations into operating incidents including SPADs (using data recorder information where necessary).
• Ensure all rail operations are carried out safely in accordance with Rules and Regulations and appropriate Safety Legislation and Welfare Regulations.
• Carry out Safety Inspections and Tours as required.
• Promote Colas Rail's Close Call procedure.
• Collaborate with the Training department to ensure all training, assessments and competency requirements are recognised and managed to compliance and that all records are up to date, visible and auditable.
• Authorised to remove from driving duties any driver if doubts exist concerning the individual's capability or…