Busway Safety Officer - Triumph Consultants
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Temporary Busway Safety Officer
Reference no: Cambridgeshire RQ1396917Pay Rate: £19.00 per hour PAYE
37 Monday – Friday, 09:00 - 17:30
This opening assignment is for 3-4 months
City: HUNTINGDON
Busway Safety Officers will conduct daily and monthly inspections of the busway and vehicles, identifying defects, hazards, and ensuring that accuracy and detail are maintained and control measures are in place and followed to remove risk. They will also support the Lead Safety Officer in implementing corrective actions.They will be a key point of contact between contractors and maintenance teams.
Actively establish good customer relationships with contractors and maintenance teams, the wider H&T service and other interested parties.
Key Responsibilities:
Inspection of all aspects of the Busway including infrastructure, vehicles identifying defects, hazards, and ensuring that control measures are in place and followed. They will also support the Lead Safety Officer in implementing corrective actions.
Apply initiative and technical judgement to facilitate the resolution of safety and associated issues as they arise responding briskly to all reports of near miss and collision or injury incidents. To achieve an acceptable outcome that works hand in hand with the delivery of a safe and regular bus service.
Perform daily visual inspections and detailed monthly route inspections in line with legislation and guidance, and reporting defects onto the system to ensure a timely resolution of safety issues and that reminders are generated.Track and monitor maintenance schedules, ensuring compliance onto an automated system so they can be reviewed and monitored by the Lead Busway Safety Officer.
Maintain a methodical approach to dealing with and record keeping relevant inspection records.
Provide input into quarterly safety reports regarding defect trends and maintenance outcomes which will determine the level of action and response required. The postholder will have responsibility for creating, reviewing and actioning the safety reports to provide to the Lead Busway Safety Officer to present.
Responsible for the prompt and efficient management of enquiries, incidents and correspondence that are raised by members of the public, and ensuring they are escalated swiftly to the Lead Busway Safety Officer if required.Liaise with colleagues across the directorate and the Council to ensure the service is delivered in the most efficient, effective and coordinated manner.
Qualifications:
NEBOSH (Occupational Health and Safety) or IOSH (Managing Safely in Rail)
Knowledge:
Knowledge of the Railway and Transport Safety Act 2003, and Railways and Other Guided Transport Systems (Safety) Regulations 2006
Experience:
Experience in engineering, infrastructure maintenance, or a safety role related to transportation; qualifications in transport safety or maintenance
Experience working with busways, tramways and/or railwaysExperience of working within Busway transport networks or other guided transport.
Skills & Abilities:
Good communication and interpersonal skills, both verbally and written, including the ability to respond clearly and courteously, even in difficult situations.Good negotiating skills
Ability to organise and prioritise own workload to meet deadlines and targets
Ability to visit offices and sites, when necessary, where public transport is limited.
Please quote the Job Title & Vacancy Reference No. in your application, or we will be unable to match your CV to the role being applied for.
Clients are generally looking for candidates who are local to, or who can commute easily to the place of work. It will help your application if your CV states, in broad terms, where you reside – there is no need for a full address.
Please feel free to apply to us directly via jobs@tclrec.com by quoting the job reference and exact job title.
To help speed up the process of uploading your CV to the client we would ask that you send us your CV in Word format (or equivalent) if possible, not as a PDF.
If you are successful in securing this role, please note that for the entire duration of this contract, regardless of extension, you will be working at the PAYE rate that has been advertised. For absolute clarity, we only work on a PAYE basis, rather than umbrella pay terms.We do not offer Ltd/umbrella or outside IR35 rates. If you wish to understand PAYE vs Umbrella more, please let us know and we can send you some additional information for clarity.
Due to the number of CVs being sent to us under current market conditions, unfortunately we cannot respond to all applications. If you have not heard from us within 3 working days please assume that you have not been shortlisted on this occasion.We will, however, be very happy to receive future applications from you for other roles.
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Job Ref: Cambridgeshire RQ1396917
Anticipated Length of Assignment: Unless otherwise stated (we do carry the occasional permanent vacancy) all of our roles are technically temporary, though opening assignments can be and often are, extended by clients on a longer term basis and can sometimes become permanent.
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