🚀 Level Crossing Manager

Overview

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Location: Bristol, GB

Department: Wales & Western Region

About Network Rail: At Network Rail, we’re part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain, and operate our network. Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We’re an organisation where people matter. When you are part of our team, you matter to us, and you matter to millions.

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Region details: The Wales & Western region includes more than 2,700 miles of railway and serves communities and businesses in Wales, the Thames Valley, West of England, and the Southwest Peninsula. We are empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network and actively challenge unsafe practices.

Your Role

Brief Description: To develop, plan and implement proposals based on risk assessment to improve operational safety on level crossings, delivered in accordance with the relevant legislation and Standards. To undertake level crossing inspection, faulting and maintenance as allocated. To build and manage effective relationships with both internal and external stakeholders. The successful applicant will provide vital support to the Route Level Crossing Managers, assisting with project delivery and safe system of work planning, and will also support the Western Level Crossings team by carrying out inspections and conducting risk assessments to ensure safety and compliance.

Main Responsibilities

• Undertake and review quantitative and qualitative risk assessments in accordance with relevant level crossings standards, determine and implement appropriate risk mitigation supported by cost-benefit analysis.
• Undertake level crossing inspection, faulting and maintenance; accurately report all work completed/not completed.
• Review and evaluate planning applications where level crossings are or may be affected. Arrange for the drafting of level crossing orders required for modernisation, renewal or change to enable compliance with level crossing Legal Orders.
• Identify and progress closure or implement other necessary control measures to reduce level crossing risk as low as reasonably practicable.
• Lead operational input to level crossing renewal/modernisation/closure projects for inclusion in the business plan, considering operating requirements and risk mitigation factors.
• Produce/maintain records as required.
• Provide support to route safety meetings, including OPSRAM and TCRAG, as required.
• Carry out work safely and in accordance with safe systems of work procedures and company policies.
• Manage the process for vehicles, plant, tools, equipment and materials under your control to be fit for use and properly disposed of.
• Act as principal contact on level crossing issues for local representatives and external stakeholders for defined area.

You will ideally have

• Good knowledge of ORR Principles and Guidance relating to level crossings, including the procedure for obtaining Level Crossing Approval Orders.
• Good knowledge of quantified and qualitative risk assessment tools and techniques.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Experience of preparing concise, comprehensive and informative reports.
• Demonstrable influencing skills.
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need.

What Could Set You Apart

• A recognised risk or health and safety professional qualification.
• Member of the Institution of Railway Operators.
• Previous experience in an operating, engineering, station or safety environment.
• Good knowledge of human factors and public interface risks at level crossings.

How To Apply

Salary: This role is a band 4B £35,582- £42,218 per annum. Closing date: 16th October 2025. Late applications will not be accepted. The advert may close early if enough candidates are received.

Please click “apply now” to apply. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status. Diversity and inclusion are important to us.

Support and Accessibility

We recognise that certain groups are under-represented within our team and we’re working with diversity and inclusion networks. If you would like support with your application or interview, contact the Wales & Western Cultural Fusion team at Wales& or visit the connect page: Wales and Western Cultural Fusion (sharepoint.com). If you require any reasonable adjustments, please add a note to your application. Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try to adapt the process to support applicants with disabilities. All offers are conditional upon satisfactory pre-employment checks. Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard requires candidates to undergo testing.

Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail; you should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.