Purpose of the Role:

Reporting to the Head of Operational Safety, you will be accountable for the production and delivery of Route Risk Assessments and driver route learning aids that comply with both Freightliner and industry documented procedures and guidance. This will require collaboration with key industry stakeholders and subject matter experts within our Rail Operational teams. The role will involve the mapping of current and future rail paths and creating a risk-based plan to have in place both risk assessments and driver route learning aids for current and future paths., In addition, you will actively sample the quality of risk assessments and learning aids through verification and represent Operations when new business is identified that may require additional paths to be considered.

Main duties and responsibilities:

• Identify new and existing routes to be assessed and recorded and create a plan to deliver these
  

• Review current and ongoing routes to ensure they are up to date and compliant with current industry guidance
  

• Development of the route risk assessments throughout the UK by actively communicating with the operations team
  

• Use information from accident and incident reporting, trade unions, audit, driver surveys and other feedback mechanisms to continually improve the route risk assessments and driver training aids
  

• Maintain personal competence as a train driver
  

• Support the Operational Safety team with the ongoing development and maintenance of the ROSS documents
  

• Support the Operational Safety team with the communication of new and existing routes and any significant hazards identified
  

• Sample through verification the Operational team to ensure route knowledge is being assessed