HM Principal Inspector of Railways: Emergency Management Specialist

Job summary

We're looking for a HM Principal Inspector of Railways: Emergency Management Specialist to join our London office. 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 or 40%.

The Office of Rail and Road (ORR) is the independent economic and safety regulator for Britain’s railways and monitor of performance on England’s strategic road network.

This is an exciting time to join ORR, we are delivering a significant transformation programme to create a consistently agile and enabling organisation, with the right capability and a strong, inclusive culture that reflects our talented people. This will ensure we continue to operate as an independent, expert regulator, fit for the future and equipped with the capabilities and ways of working required to support sector-wide rail reform, while contributing to the government’s broader agenda on regulatory reform and economic growth. Further detail on our future role is set out here.

Job description

​​Railway Safety Directorate ensures duty-holders in the railway industry manage health and safety risks effectively and comply with their statutory duties​

​​​CTSA & IGC work encompasses Great Britain’s only high-speed railway, including High Speed 1 route (including St Pancras station), the Channel Tunnel, the tunnel shuttle, Eurostar train services & freight operators which run through the Channel Tunnel. ​​

​​​​The ORR Channel Tunnel team plays a critical role in supporting the binational British and French Channel Tunnel Safety Authority (CTSA) and Intergovernmental Commission (IGC) to ensure the ongoing safety of the Channel Tunnel fixed link. You can find more information about the IGC and CTSA at https://www.channeltunneligc.co.uk/

​We are seeking a highly experienced emergency planning professional to join our specialist Channel Tunnel team. This is a unique and exciting opportunity to contribute to the safety of one of Britain's most vital transport connections with Europe. The successful candidate will provide expert advice to the CTSA on emergency management issues, including fire and rescue operations.

​In this role, you will lead inspections of Channel Tunnel operators' emergency preparedness and response arrangements and offer wider support to ORR on emergency planning across GB rail operations. You will also represent the UK as part of the CTSA delegation.

​The postholder will lead a small, multi-disciplinary team, including CTSA inspectors from ORR and the emergency services, and work closely with French counterparts to ensure coordinated, effective regulation of Channel Tunnel operations.​​​

Person specification

For key responsibilities please see the attached job description.

Additional Information

At ORR, our hybrid working means that we currently work from our workplace location a minimum of 40% of our working week, although requirements to attend other offsite locations for official business, also count towards this level of attendance. Working arrangements are subject to continuous review.

Licences

Full UK Driving Licence

Behaviours

We'll assess you against these behaviours during the selection process:

• Leadership
• Seeing the Big Picture
• Communicating and Influencing
• Making Effective Decisions

Technical skills

We'll assess you against these technical skills during the selection process:

• Strong understanding of emergency management principles, within transport or infrastructure contexts, alongside knowledge of fire and rescue operations, relevant legislation, standards, and the broader health and safety regulatory framework.
• Proven ability to interpret and apply regulations relating to the management of safety and emergency situations, a including in binational or multi jurisdictional environments, ensuring compliance and effective risk management.

Benefits

A Civil Service Pension with employer contribution of 28.97%

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

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

Things you need to know

Artificial intelligence

Artificial intelligence can be a useful tool to support your application, however, all examples and statements provided must be truthful, factually accurate and taken directly from your own experience. Where plagiarism has been identified (presenting the ideas and experiences of others, or generated by artificial intelligence, as your own) applications may be withdrawn and internal candidates may be subject to disciplinary action. Please see our candidate guidance (opens in a new window) for more information on appropriate and inappropriate use.

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.Successful candidates must meet the security requirements before they can be appointed. The level of security needed is security check (opens in a new window).

See our vetting charter (opens in a new window).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

Further information on nationality requirements (opens in a new window)

Working for the Civil Service

The Civil Service Code (opens in a new window) sets out the standards of behaviour expected of civil servants.

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.

Diversity and Inclusion

The Civil Service is committed to attract, retain and invest in talent wherever it is found. To learn more please see theCivil Service People Plan (opens in a new window) and the Civil Service Diversity and Inclusion Strategy (opens in a new window).

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Contact point for applicants

Job contact :

• Name : Hannah Stone
• Email : Hannah.Stone@tate.co.uk

Recruitment team

• Email : Hannah.Stone@tate.co.uk

Further information

If you feel your application has not been treated in accordance with the Recruitment Principles and you wish to make a complaint, in the first instance, you should contact ORR via email: peopleservices@orr.gov.uk If you are not satisfied with the response you receive from the Department, you can contact the Civil Service Commission: Visit the Civil Service Commission website here: https://civilservicecommission.independent.gov.uk/recruitment/recruitme…

Attachments

Job Description Emergency Management Specialist Opens in new window (pdf, 109kB)ORR Job Information Pack Opens in new window (pdf, 1954kB)