Operational Trainer

Operational Trainer

We're Trans Pennine Express and we're going places. Whether that's helping customers reach their destination, or ensuring our colleagues feel fulfilled and supported in their careers. We're looking for people with drive and enthusiasm to join our amazing team and help push for more progress within the rail industry. We look forward to meeting new faces and eager minds, ready to join our mission of creating a better-connected network in the North and Scotland, for good.

At Trans Pennine Express (TPE), we are committed to delivering safe, high-performing railway operations. As an Operational Trainer, you will play a key role in delivering and assuring high-quality operational training that underpins the competence of our safety-critical workforce.

Your work will directly support the safe and consistent operation of our services by ensuring training is delivered to a high professional standard, aligned to current industry requirements and business expectations.

You will bring strong operational credibility and a professional, standards-driven approach, contributing to the delivery, assurance, and continuous improvement of operational training across the business. Working with colleagues across multiple functions, you will help ensure training outputs are consistent, effective, and defensible.

This is a visible and important role. You will be expected to uphold high standards of professionalism, promote a positive training culture, and act as a role model for operational safety and performance.

The role requires flexibility to deliver training across multiple locations, with your base location being our Hub facility at Huddersfield.

We're looking for someone who:

• Has strong operational railway experience, with at least 4 years' current Driver competence
• Demonstrates a credible, professional and standards-driven approach
• Communicates clearly and engages effectively with a diverse operational audience
• Is committed to safety, compliance, and continuous improvement
• Builds strong working relationships across teams and functions
• Takes pride in maintaining consistently high training and assessment standards

As an Operational Trainer, you will:

• Deliver training that is consistent, compliant, and aligned to operational risk
• Contribute to the assurance and continuous improvement of training materials and programmes
• Maintain your own professional competence and relevant safety-critical certification
• Support the development of a high-performing, safety-focused operational workforce

This role will suit individuals who take professional pride in standards, enjoy developing others, and want to make a meaningful contribution to operational safety and performance.

If that sounds like the right fit for you, we'd love to hear from you, please click apply and complete an application form.

• Excellent career prospects.
• A personal development plan.
• Structured training and development.
• Competitive salary paid on 4 weekly basis.
• Generous annual leave entitlement.
• Free Trans Pennine Express rail travel for you and your dependants*.
• Travel discounts of up to 75% off other train operating companies, plus international rail travel after 1 years' service
  * for you and your dependants*.
• Free & Confidential Employee Assistance Program and Wellbeing Portal 24 hours a day, 7 days a week to help you with any finance, family, health, or wellbeing issues you have. We make sure there's someone on-hand to offer guidance, advice, and useful information for our people when they are experiencing hardship at work or at home.
• Option to join the Railway Pension Scheme with significant employer contributions.
• Family friendly maternity and paternity benefits.
• Plus, high street and lifestyle discounts as well as a cycle to work scheme*.

* Terms and conditions apply.