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Deputy Director, Railway Safety (and Deputy Chief Inspector)

Employer
Office Of Rail And Road
Location
London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester or York.
Salary
£85,000 Per Annum
Closing date
19 Feb 2024
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Sector
Public Sector, Rail
Contract Type
Permanent
Hours
Full Time

This role can be based at any of our office locations: London, Birmingham, Bristol, Glasgow, Manchester or York.  

This is a senior, high profile, health and safety regulatory role with responsibility for the Channel Tunnel as the Head of the UK Delegation to the Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA), and GB’s non-mainline railways which includes Transport for London, circa 220 individual Heritage Railways, seven Tram systems, and our high-gearing risk reduction role in promoting effective Safety by Design.

You’ll lead a team of around 30 professional colleagues (including warranted inspectors and their assistants) and be accountable for delivering a diverse range of regulatory interventions such as investigation, inspection and statutory permissioning activities to deliver our strategic objective of a safe railway.

A key requirement of the role will be to build and maintain strong relationships with our French regulatory colleagues and represent ORR and the CTSA at a senior level internationally.

At ORR we have adopted hybrid working and are currently expected to work from a workplace location for a minimum of two days per week.

Salary: c£85k

This is a permanent full time role with substantial part-time or flexible working arrangements (including job share arrangements).

Please refer to the attached Job Description and Candidate Information Pack for further details.

Find out what our colleagues have to say about their ORR careers at Our people | Office of Rail and Road (orr.gov.uk).

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