Health & Safety Graduate

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail, you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there’s a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

This is true because...

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We’re renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on-track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years’ experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realizing our ambitions.

We respect our employees, celebrate diversity, and foster a culture of safety, care, and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

We commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams, and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics, and transparency.

We all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements, and nurturing talent.

We pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist, and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

The Health & Safety Graduate will join the Eastern team to implement and monitor the Health & Safety as defined by the South Rail Systems Alliance Programme Management Plan. Day‑to‑day responsibilities include site inspections, diligent data analysis with meaningful response cultivating feedback, stakeholder management, and most importantly offering your health and safety expertise supporting the delivery of railway projects.

• Shall have health and safety related qualifications
• Willingness and commitment to career progression within the railway industry and specifically the health and safety profession
• Curiosity to learn and develop your own understanding in all new circumstances and challenges encountered
• Eagerness to continue personal development concurrently with work responsibilities such as:
  Lead auditor training and NEBOSH
• Full UK driving license is essential

• Ensure the Eastern region is compliant with the CDM regulations and Network Rail standards
• Implement Life Saving Rules
• Implement, monitor & review agreed local site safety plan
• Review and provide input for WPPs and TBSs
• Attend client meetings supporting discussions relating to Health and Safety issues and topics
• Liaise with stakeholders where required
• Work closely with the construction team ensuring methodologies are compliant
• Encourage the reporting of close calls, safety conversations, and PGIs
• Review and close out close calls to identify emerging risks and trends
• Report, investigate and provide feedback on all accidents/incidents
• Ensure corrective actions are implemented and closed out to prevent recurrence
• Share good practice through the Programme Delivery Teams
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