Senior Engineer, Rail Vehicles
Office of Rail and Road
About the job
Job summary
Team information
The Interoperability and Rail Vehicle Engineering Team is a small team that provides interoperability and rail vehicle engineering expertise, support and guidance across ORR in its role as a combined economic and safety regulator.
Job description
Job Purpose
You will provide rail vehicles engineering expertise, support and guidance. You will work closely with colleagues across all ORR’s various directorates, the Department for Transport and a wide range of industry stakeholders. You will be required to travel, as and when required, throughout the UK and occasionally within Europe. There will occasionally be work required during unsocial hours and occasional nights away from home.
As one of His Majesty's Inspectors of Railways you will regulate health and safety for: passengers; the workforce; and the public; 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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Things you need to know
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
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.