Who are we?

GWR is the proud custodian of Brunel's railway - one of the most prestigious networks in the world.  We have some of the newest trains in the country and exciting plans to extend our services.   With more than one hundred million passenger journeys each year, we carry people to over 275 stations in the South West, from Cornwall and South Wales to London, passing through beautiful country and some of the UK's top tourist destinations. 

We are transforming the way people think about train travel, empowering our team of over 6,000 people from all different backgrounds to make it a great experience for our customers.  Together, we will revalue rail as a very special way to travel – relaxing, fast, efficient, friendly and fun.

This Driver Standards Manager role will be part of a team of two Driver Standards Managers based at Par.

At Par, we take a pride in delivering for our customers, and keeping our services running, and our customers moving. This post is for a permanent position.

The main responsibilities of this role will be:

• The delivery of GWR's competence management systems for safety critical operational staff, focusing primarily on Drivers. 

• Line management of Drivers: welfare, conduct, attendance

• Assessing and developing operational competence, particularly train driving performance to deliver improvements in line with company and industry requirements

• Incident/accident investigations and due diligence checks

• Safety briefing of Drivers

• Involvement in Operational Training of Drivers

• On call commitment, to a maximum frequency of 1 in 3 weeks.

Are you able to supply subject matter expertise relating to the development of company standards and working practices, while working flexibly and efficiently?

Are you a strong team player with excellent interpersonal and communications skills, with the ability to learn and adapt to change?

Do you see yourself as self-motivated and enthusiastic about delivering results, with minimum supervision, while working methodically creating and maintaining accurate records?

If so, we would like to hear from you!

As a minimum you need to have:

• Excellent knowledge of GWR operations and standards
• Mainline Train Driver competence
• Good Microsoft Office skills
• Previous line management experience
• D31/D32 or A1 certification

Working Pattern:

We work a 7-day railway.  Our standard MS contract arrangements of 37 hours per week apply

The Reward

As well as a great team environment and comprehensive training, all GWR colleagues enjoy a range of benefits including on-going development, defined benefit pension scheme, free rail travel across the GWR network for you and your family, company-sponsored health care plan, discounted shopping and gym membership and an employee assistance programme.

We all belong at GWR. This is our vision for providing an inclusive environment for all our colleagues, ensuring all candidates have an equal opportunity to access meaningful employment.

We value our differences such as age, gender, LGBTQIA+, ethnicity, religion, and disability. We maintain a zero tolerance towards any form of prejudice towards our colleagues, customers, and future talent.

We celebrate and encourage diversity of thought, progressive ways of working and seeing all our colleagues grow and thrive.

We review all roles and job descriptions to ensure they are accessible and, where possible, we support and provide flexible working options; we recommend that you refer to each vacancy description for further details.

If you require additional support to complete your application due to a disability or neurodivergent condition, for example, dyslexia, dyspraxia, or autism, please follow the links below.  We encourage you to share any additional needs you may require so we can provide a fair and equal process for all who apply.

https://exceptionalindividuals.com/neurodiversity/

https://www.healthassured.org/blog/neurodiversity/