About the job

Job summary

Team information

The role is integrated into three teams.  The Freight team carries out inspections, investigations, enforcement and liaison with the Freight Operating Companies operating across the GB main line rail network.  The Channel Tunnel Safety Authority and HS1 team regulates the safety of the High Speed 1 route and the Channel Tunnel including passenger services, vehicle shuttles and freight operations.  The Interoperability and Rail Vehicle Engineering team provides rail vehicle engineering expertise to the Freight and HS1/Channel Tunnel teams, and to the rest of ORR.

Job description

Job Purpose

You will provide rail vehicles engineering expertise, support and guidance. You will primarily support the Railway Safety Directorate Freight team and Channel Tunnel Safety Authority, but you will work closely with colleagues across all ORR’s various directorates, the Department for Transport and a wide range of industry stakeholders.  In particular your engineering competence will be supported and mentored by the Interoperability and Rail Vehicle Engineering team.  You will be required to travel, as and when needed, throughout the UK and within Europe. There will be nights away from home and occasionally work will be required during unsocial hours.

As one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Railways you will regulate health and safety for passengers, the workforce, and the public; those who use, operate and maintain Britain’s railways. You will be a warranted health and safety inspector and there will be a training and development programme to help you achieve the necessary inspector competence.

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Benefits

Details of our employee benefits can be found in the attached Candidate Information Pack.

A Civil Service Pension with an average employer contribution of 27%

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Selection process details

This vacancy is using Success Profiles (opens in a new window), and will assess your Behaviours, Experience and Technical skills.For information on the selection process, please see the attached Candidate Information Pack and Job Description.

Feedback will only be provided if you attend an interview or assessment.

Security

Successful candidates must undergo a criminal record check. People working with government assets must complete baseline personnel security standard (opens in new window) checks.

Nationality requirements

This job is broadly open to the following groups:

• UK nationals
• nationals of the Republic of Ireland
• nationals of Commonwealth countries who have the right to work in the UK
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities with settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS) (opens in a new window)
• nationals of the EU, Switzerland, Norway, Iceland or Liechtenstein and family members of those nationalities who have made a valid application for settled or pre-settled status under the European Union Settlement Scheme (EUSS)
• individuals with limited leave to remain or indefinite leave to remain who were eligible to apply for EUSS on or before 31 December 2020
• Turkish nationals, and certain family members of Turkish nationals, who have accrued the right to work in the Civil Service

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Working for the Civil Service

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We recruit by merit on the basis of fair and open competition, as outlined in the Civil Service Commission's recruitment principles (opens in a new window). The Civil Service embraces diversity and promotes equal opportunities. As such, we run a Disability Confident Scheme (DCS) for candidates with disabilities who meet the minimum selection criteria.