Network Rail
Assistant Level Crossing Manager (12-month Secondment Opportunity)
Location: Doncaster, GB
Department Name: OA HOF Route SHE EC (846010) G4
About Network Rail
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. We’re continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone.
We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don’t always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we’ll do our best to help and invest in your career with us, whilst you have a healthy work life balance. We’re also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.
Brief Description
There is an exciting opportunity to join us in a role that is vital to our success. We are looking for an Assistant Level Crossing Manager to join our team. The role of Assistant Level Crossing Manager is to assist and support the Level Crossing Managers (LCM) with all aspects of level crossing risk management including but not limited to: data gathering and analysis, risk assessment preparation, asset inspection, stakeholder management, safety awareness and compliance.
This is a 12-month secondment opportunity.
About the Role
Role and Responsibilities may include but are not limited to:
- Assist LCMs with pre and post site visit preparation, including but not limited to arranging joint site visit with stakeholders, corresponding with authorised users and documenting responses, interrogating local authority planning websites, environment websites, and internal systems (GeoRINM, DST), provide asset condition data including outstanding faults, deploy census cameras etc.
- Undertake level crossing inspection, faulting and undertaking minor maintenance (including cameras, cleaning of signs, minor repairs and vegetation management around the approaches and access area of level crossings); accurately report all work completed/not completed and check that work not completed is faulted.
- Support LCMs with analysing, documenting and tracking trend changes from census camera footage. Raising significant changes, deliberate acts of misuse and visible trends in usage with the LCMs and support with any follow-up actions.
- Assist LCMs with preparation of narrative risk assessments as required, including analysing census camera data and chasing up information from stakeholders. Work with LCMs to prepare and deliver Safety Awareness events working closely with community safety managers, Train Operating Companies (TOCs) /Freight Operating Companies (FOCs) and British Transport Police (BTP) in the planning and delivery of events.
- Assist LCMs in the preparation of and attendance at Road Rail Partnership Group meetings, taking minutes and actions as required.
- Work with stakeholders on behalf of LCMs to manage outputs from meetings, progress fault rectification and updates to systems.
- Support LCM team by tracking completed Fatality and Weighted Injuries (FWI) reduction activity and updates periodically by keeping the Benefit Report up to date.
- Support LCMs team with compliance, including but not limited to maintaining incident database, monitoring trends and trigger points, preparation of joint long-term strategy documents, responses to planning applications, maintaining level crossing files etc.
- Assist LCMs team with projects including signal renewals and timetable change.
About the Role: Are you?
- Proven excellent written and verbal communication
- Demonstrable excellent interpersonal skills
- Proven analytical awareness and attention to detail
- Successful experience in planning and organisation
- Proven time management skills
- Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need
- Computer literate in basic IT packages
Do you have?
- Understanding of level crossings
- Attained a Health & Safety qualification
- Experience of working in a safety critical environment
Salary and Benefits
- Salary Circa £30,117 depending on skills, qualifications and experience
- 28 days annual leave entitlement plus bank holidays
- My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site
- A range of discounted offers including, healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
- Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
- A choice of contributory pension schemes
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community
Please note that the advert closes on the 21 April 2026 and late applications will not be considered.
This is a 12-month secondment opportunity.
Commitment to Diversity and Inclusion
We care deeply about welcoming people no matter where they’re from, how old they are or what disability they may have. We encourage applications from every age, race, ethnicity, disability, gender, gender identity, religion, culture, sexual orientation, national origin, marital status, pregnancy, maternity or caring responsibility. We want our employees to bring their whole self to work and that starts with you!
We will interview all disabled applicants who meet the essential skills and experience detailed above.
Network Rail positively embraces flexible working, recognising that employees may wish to balance work and family/home life. We will consider all flexible working applications.
Pre-employment Checks
Network Rail is required to comply with UK Government standards when carrying out pre-employment checks for all new starters; this includes a basic criminal record check. In addition to the basic criminal record check, in accordance with the UK Government we are also required to verify your identity, right to work in the UK and previous three years employment history.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Some of our roles require face to face Drugs & Alcohol testing. Further details will be shared with you as part of your formal offer.
