Safety Information and Engagement Manager Derby, England
Job description
We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,400 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and the HSSE Team make a crucial contribution to this. Six times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work.
We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Safety Information Engagement Manager
At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.
The Purpose of the role:
- Design and production of the Functional Safety Briefs supporting ongoing compliance against operational and occupational risk management requirements.
- Ensuring that changes to the SMS are clearly communicated and understood by the business utilising all communication mediums including safety briefs.
- Informing the ongoing development of SMS procedures to ensure structure, presentation and content supports the diversity and inclusion strategy.
- Ownership of operational documentation ensuring content remains up-to-date and is readily accessible and utilised by the functions.
Key responsibilities include:
- Ensure that the Safety Briefing structure is consistently delivered and in line with CMS and Risk
- Management requirements. Creating a cross functional baseline and working with the functions to develop specific items based on functional and role specific requirements.
- Ensure general safety principles and messaging is delivered in safety briefs in a consistent manner.
- Support the delivery of face-to-face safety briefs, simulation exercises and engagement roadshows to ensure SMS content is delivered in an engaging and meaningful way.
- Lead on the development of engagement plans and delivery to support the understanding of SMS change, working with key stakeholders to ensure changes are clearly communicated and understood.
- Lead on the development of SMS templates to ensure procedures, standards and forms presented in a format that allows for them to be clearly understood and communicated.
- Lead on the update and production of operational documents (including but not limited to Traction Manuals, Professional Policies, Rule Book Appendices, Good Practice Guides and Working Instructions).
- Analyse investigation outcomes/other relevant data to identify emerging trends and opportunities for proactive and preventative measures to focus on improved safety
- Partner with Operational teams to seek areas of opportunity for increasing Engagement levels and understand functional/local level needs.
- Work cross functionally with HR/L&D/OH to develop, and deliver training focussed on continuing professional development.
Skills and Experience Required:
- Excellent verbal and written communication and presentation skills.
- Proficient in MS Officer PowerPoint or e-learning software
- Understanding of effective teaching techniques and ways to engage learners
- Ability to design and deliver a diverse range of content, presenting key data logically and credibly
- Ability to build strong relationships with subject matter experts and key stakeholders to create engaging learning content that deliver key safety updates and standards
- Ability to work at pace to deliver timely communications/learning initiatives in accordance with operational requirements
- Appreciation of the routes and traction types, operated by EMR
- Hold Operational competence at Senior Conductor/Train Manager level
- Must hold Assessing Qualification (A1) or have similar experience gained from Mentoring/Instructing.
As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:
- An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
- Up to 34 days’ holiday per year
- Flexible working hours with regular home working
- Free First Class duty travel on the EMR network
- Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Abellio & LNER
- 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
- Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
- Various training opportunities
- Employee benefits portal with access to generous discounts, Cycle 2 Work Scheme …and many more!
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