We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work.  

We have an exciting opportunity to join our team as a Site Services Technician at Eastcroft Depot, Nottingham.

About the role 

As an electrically skilled technician, you will be part of the Site Services Team working towards site compliance and ensuring continuity of business-critical systems, to allow the delivery of essential services to the rail network. 

In this role, you will: 

• Service, maintain, repair, and install plant and equipment
• Undertake both planned maintenance to a variety of plant and equipment.
• Engaging in reactive maintenance and fault-finding works upon the electrical equipment upon site.
• Working on smaller projects and installation works, including testing.
• Complete other general maintenance tasks as required.
• Carry out all work to agreed standards, ensuring that all work undertaken is recorded and signed off on the prescribed documentation.

The planned maintenance on the depot will include items such as: Pumping systems, macerators, compressors, powered plant, lifting equipment, PLC control systems and general electrical systems – lighting /power etc. 

General repairs can include anything present within the depot environment, such as fencing, walkways, battery charging equipment etc. 

About you 

You will have practical experience of electrical installation and maintenance within a busy and quality focused environment, being apprentice qualified to NVQ Level 3 standard in a relevant electrically biased discipline (e.g Electrical engineering) or ideally dual-skilled. 

You will be an excellent communicator and team player, who thrives working at pace in a collaborative environment. 

Our depots operate 24/7, whilst the role is primarily days based due to the nature of the role, a flexible working approach is necessary, as there will occasionally be a requirement for out of hours working, as well as opportunity to perform additional overtime. 

In time there will be a requirement to join the call-out roster, for which there will be an additional payment allowance. 

You also need to live within 60 minutes’ travelling time of the depot or be prepared to re-locate so that you are if offered the role. 

Person Profile/Experience 

• Previous rail depot experience would be an advantage.
• Good practical knowledge/experience of electrical fault finding.
• Electrically qualified and competent, able to test.
• Ability to work calmly under pressure and think quickly/logically.
• Excellent communication skills – both written and verbal.

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• Excellent Railway Pension scheme
• Free standard travel on East Midlands Railway and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK
• Friends and Family discounted Tickets on the EMR Network
• 75% discount on National Travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Various training opportunities
• …and many more!

I’m interested, what are the next steps? 

To apply please complete the online application form and upload your CV. As we operate blind screening please remove personal details, including your name, from your CV. 

We promise to treat you fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process. 

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, we promote equal opportunities for all. East Midlands Railway is a non-discriminatory employer committed to the recruitment and promotion of all on the basis of ability and merit irrespective of disability, race, gender, health, social class, sexual preference, marital status, nationality, religion, employment status or age. We’ll treat your application fairly and assess you for the job based on merit and skills. 

Closing Date: 25 May 2026

Department: Engineering

Salary: £32,427.28 rising to £40,534.10 after successful 6 months probation
Free travel on EMR services and 75% discount on all other train operators

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,400 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and the Safety team make a crucial contribution to this. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Safety Business Partner

The Purpose of the role:

The Safety Business Partner will work closely with their allocated business areas to assure compliance with all applicable Safety legislation, EMR Safety Management System Policies and Procedures, and industry standards. Also leads and supports the successful execution of the EMR Health Safety and Wellbeing Plan, in order to drive continual improvement in Safety performance.

The Safety Business Partner will be the primary Occupational and Operational Standards support / contact person for their allocated function, the role will also work as part of a matrix organisation, ensuring other Safety and Operational Standards Subject Matter Experts (SME) support is provided to the business from colleagues within the Safety function.

 Key responsibilities include:

• Provide Safety and Operational Standards leadership, support and advice, ensuring business wide up skilling in Safety
• Provide guidance to the business on Safety Legislation, EMR and industry HSSE policies and procedures
• Act as Designated Competent Person (DCP) for Safety related accidents or incidents.
• Lead and deliver Safety projects and assignments as required by the business including the underpinning project activities of the Safety Improvement Plan.   
• Lead and support investigations and provide concise, detailed reports that clearly identify the root cause(s) and effective corrective actions so to avoid re-occurrence.
• Lead and support the delivery of Safety Representatives machinery, attending local and functional meetings to ensure clear communications channels are in place and that the SMS is proactively reviewed and that the safety reps are engaged and included in the review of changes and the continual improvement of the Safety Management System.  
• Provide Occupational and Operational standards professional support and SME sign posting, lead on corrective actions requires to the SMS
• Act as a role model for Safety leadership, promoting a positive safety culture. Ensure that the workforce are motivated and developed to fulfil appropriate obligations within the SMS and the EMR Risk Management structure.
• Lead on the development of the Safety Culture though regular engagement with designated functions. Promote positive safety conversations at all levels to ensure that the SMS is continually developed to support current working practices within the risk management structure.
• With the Operational and Occupational Standards and Compliance Manager, support the ongoing development of the SMS for designated function, including the design and implementation of underpinning policy and procedures that ensure legislative and industry standard compliance.
• Liaise with the Safety Risk and change team to ensure that the EMR SMS reflects safety practice and ensure that the risk profile is updated with all safety documentation controlled centrally by the Safety team.
• Co-ordinate and in partnership with the designated functions management actions and initiatives ensuring conformity of communication and the wider business Safety agenda.
• Ensure key safety messages and changes are communicated in line with the engagement plan defined by the Safety Change and Risk team.  

 Qualifications and Experience Required for the role:

• Graduate membership of Institute of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH)
• Qualified internal auditor is desirable  
• Safety Professional with knowledge of health and safety management within a safety critical industry, with demonstrable experience of such a role in the UK Railway Industry.
• Excellent Safety leadership and people management skills, with ability to effectively communicate at all levels across the organisation is desirable.  
• Significant Operational delivery experience of the designated function, understanding of operational standards and safety legislation application.  Significant experience and qualified in root cause investigation, leading and supporting incident investigations  
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.    
• Proven ability in mentoring, coaching and developing individuals and teams.
• Appreciation of the EMR routes and traction types  

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
• Up to 34 days’ holiday per year
• Flexible working hours with regular home working
• Free First Class duty travel on the EMR network
• Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER
• 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
• Various training opportunities
• Employee benefits portal with access to generous discounts, Cycle 2 Work Scheme …and many more!

EMR has a hybrid working policy, which is applicable for this role with time split between home and on site working. Should you wish to work full time on site this is also an option.

Whilst your base will be Derby Head Office, you will need to be flexible with travelling and working at other EMR locations to be able to support stakeholders in person as required. You will be provided with a First Class duty travel pass to be able to travel around the EMR network and work on the move.

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

How do I apply?

To apply please complete the online application form and upload your CV. As we operate blind screening please remove all personal details, including your name, from your CV.

We promise to treat you fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process.

Closing Date: 17 May 2026

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £46,462 depending of qualifications and experience

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and our Commercial team make a crucial contribution to this. 

Ten times accredited as a Top Employer and Gold accredited for Inclusive Employers Standards, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in some areas. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture and we welcome applications from everyone to help us better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Commercial Analyst.

This role reports to the Senior Commercial Insights Manager and is based in our head office in Derby. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone who has strong analytical skills and a drive to make a measurable difference in achieving financial targets and driving commercial development. Utilising a range of skills and systems, you will play a key role in helping the business to develop a greater understanding of our customers and identifying opportunities for revenue growth.

Key Roles and Responsibilities

• Help to shape and deliver the commercial analysis and insights strategy to guide our commercial approach as a business and drive revenue growth
• Provide regular and ad-hoc revenue reporting and analysis, generating insights into our customers and markets and presenting findings to a wide range of stakeholders including senior level executives
• Design, develop and maintain scalable self-service reporting and dashboard solutions, enabling stakeholders across the business to independently access, explore and act on commercial data
• Identify opportunities to improve analytical processes, reporting, and ways of working, to drive efficiencies, enhance data quality and help embed best practice across the Commercial Insights team
• Support research projects, providing input to market research proposals and capturing the learnings of research to improve internal analysis
• Conduct financial modelling to evaluate the expected revenue benefits of business cases and analyse the observed impacts once projects are delivered to assess whether benefits are being realised
• Be an expert on revenue performance for the rest of the business, helping other departments to understand what drives revenue performance and making sure commercial impacts are considered in all business initiatives

Key Skills & Experience

• Educated to at least degree level or equivalent experience
• Strong commercial acumen, with the ability to accurately assess the factors influencing performance and make recommendations to optimise commercial results
• Highly skilled in numerical analysis, with the ability to deliver detailed analysis, financial modelling, forecasting, and reporting, using tools such as Microsoft Excel, Power BI, Tableau or other similar data visualisation platforms
• Proficiency working with large, complex datasets, including data extraction, transformation and modelling, to support scalable analytics. Experience using SQL and SQL Server Management Studio beneficial but not essential
• Strong experience developing interactive dashboards and self-service reporting solutions, with a focus on usability, accessibility and stakeholder adoption
• Excellent ability to interpret business requirements and translate complex issues into clear, concise and audience-appropriate insights and recommendations
• Self-motivation, positivity and determination to deliver high quality outcomes in your work, both individually and as part of a team
• Ability to grasp and solve complex issues and systems quickly and independently

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• 32 days annual leave (including bank holidays), rising to 34 days after 2 years of service
• Hybrid working 
• Free travel on East Midlands Railway and other train companies operated by Transport UK
• 75% discount on other national rail train companies, including for partners and dependants
• Discounted friends and family tickets on the EMR network
• Various personal development and progression opportunities
• Excellent pension scheme

We are open minded to applications from people who wish to have flexible working. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

Interviews would provisionally be held in the w/c 8th June 2026.

Closing Date: 24 May 2026

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £47,197, dependent on experience

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and our Fleet Team make a crucial contribution to this. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer and Gold accredited for Inclusive Employers Standards, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as a Technician at Eastcroft Depot, Nottingham.

About the role

As a Technician you will be part of the maintenance team working towards set production targets to ensure trains meet ever exacting and challenging standards, ensuring they are delivered to customers on time and safely.

In this role, you will:

• Service, maintain, repair and overhaul traction and rolling stock components and complete plant equipment inspection
• Ensure that both individual and team production targets are met
• Carry out all work to agreed standards, ensuring that all work undertaken is recorded and signed off on the prescribed documentation
• Perform fault finding on rolling stock as directed by Team Leader
• Support and give guidance to all members of the team

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• Excellent Railway Pension scheme
• Free standard travel on East Midlands Railway and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK
• Friends and Family discounted Tickets on the EMR Network
• 75% discount on National Travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Various training opportunities
• …and many more!

About you

You will have practical experience of mechanical and electrical engineering within a busy and quality focused environment and be qualified to NVQ Level 3 standard in a relevant mechanical/electrical (or dual-skilled) engineering or maintenance discipline (e.g. Traction and Rolling Stock), or have completed a recognised apprenticeship. Ideally, you will bring knowledge of ISO 9002 and ISO 14001 and have knowledge or experience of railway industry recognised standards. 

You will be an excellent communicator and team player, who thrives working at pace in a collaborative environment.

Our depots operate 24/7, and you will be required to work night shifts, for which a shift allowance is provided. You must live within 60 minutes’ travelling time of the depot or be willing to relocate to meet this requirement if offered the role. As this is a safety-critical position, you will need to pass a medical assessment, which includes BMI measurement, vision and hearing tests, as well as drug screening.

I’m interested, what are the next steps?

To apply please complete the online application form and upload your CV. As we operate blind screening please remove personal details, including your name, from your CV. We promise to treat you fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process.

We welcome applicants from diverse backgrounds, we promote equal opportunities for all.  East Midlands Railway is a non-discriminatory employer committed to the recruitment and promotion of all on the basis of ability and merit irrespective of disability, race, gender, health, social class, sexual preference, marital status, nationality, religion, employment status or age. We’ll treat your application fairly and assess you for the job based on merit and skills. 

Closing Date: 24 May 2026

Department: Engineering

Salary: £32,427.28 rising to £40,534.10 after 6 months probation + Shift Allowance

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers and doing the right thing.  With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and our Project Management Office make a crucial contribution to this. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity for you to join #TeamEMR as a Project Management Office (PMO) Compliance Manager. 

In this role as a PMO Compliance Manager, you will be responsible for ensuring that EMR projects comply with the mandated project lifecycle and Group Operating Standards from project concept through to closure. Reporting to the PMO Manager, you will oversee project compliance strategy, stage gate reviews, risk reporting and mitigation, change control, internal audits, project closure, and benefits management. You will also provide guidance, training, and mentoring to the wider project community to improve overall compliance across the programme. 

Key Roles and Responsibilities 

• Development and rollout of a Project Compliance Strategy, to define how governance and compliance will be measured across all projects. Deliver training and embedment of the strategy across affected business areas. 
• Management of the Stage Gate Review Process, ensuring that all new projects can demonstrate adherence to the stage gate process and have a robust audit trail to demonstrate compliance. 
• Development of an internal audit process for live projects, which must be robust and standardised. Ensuring that this is undertaken on a regular basis and findings are shared with project sponsors, thereby driving the quality and compliance of project delivery across the portfolio.
• Create and own a plan to tackle areas of improvement identified through the PMO Internal Audit Process. This should result in a demonstrable increase in compliance for the areas identified annually.
• Responsibility for the Project Change Control Process: supporting Project Managers to identify when a Change Request needs to be produced; ensuring a standardised and auditable process takes place with engagement from key stakeholders; and that outcomes of change requests are acted upon in a timely manner on receipt.
• Development and delivery of a Benefits Management and Realisation Strategy for EMR, ensuring alignment with Exec Team requirements and using strong senior stakeholder relationships to achieve business buy-in. Roll out of strategy in a phased approach, including delivery of training, tools and guides to support delivery. 
• Ownership of the Project Closure Process (both initial transition to BAU Phases and Final Post Implementation Reviews), ensuring projects are formally closed down, with engagement from key stakeholders, including the validation of benefits and lessons learned. Collaborate with the Finance Team to ensure this process is fit for purpose.  
• Ownership of a lesson learned database, proactively promoting, and building on best practice for use by the project community.
• Accountable for the development of an overall Portfolio ‘key’ risk register and mitigation plans, reporting on a regular basis the risk profile, including risks that have become issues in addition to changes in risk ratings and themes across the whole EMR project portfolio to allow for escalation to sponsors and Exec.
• Identify and escalate portfolio risks at project sponsor level, supporting mitigation plans to improve the quality of project delivery; ultimately driving down the Portfolio risk profile.
• Ownership and responsibility for the annual and ad hoc maintenance of all PMO governance documentation and PM Document Matrix so that it is up to date and compliant.
• Continually review and improve the project compliance processes, ensuring a ‘fit for purpose’ set of processes is available to support the EMR project community and achievement of business requirements.   

Key Skills & Experience

• Demonstrated experience in a PMO environment, or equivalent, with a focus on project compliance. 
• Knowledge of project compliance, risk, change and closure management. 
• Experience in the development and delivery of tools and training to support Project Teams. 
• Educated to a degree level, or equivalent experience, with an APM PMQ Qualification. Willingness to work towards further APM Qualifications. 
• Experience of thinking and acting strategically to drive continuous improvement.
• Excellent communicator, both in writing and verbally; adept at recognising and appropriately addressing different types of audience 
• Strong analytical capability with a high standard of business/commercial acumen. Experience of managing and presenting accurate reports and documentation including strategic direction, themes and complexities as well as appropriate escalation management.
• Proven ability to build and influence tactical relationships and cross functional senior stakeholders up to Executive level.
• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to make decisions based on the information provided, with the ability to quickly analyse and summarise complex data.
• Must adopt a pro-active approach and can-do attitude.
• Excellent knowledge and understanding of MS Excel, Word and PowerPoint

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• Excellent Railway Pension scheme
• Free standard travel on East Midlands Railway and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK 
• Friends and Family discounted Tickets on the EMR Network
• 32 Days paid leave, increasing to 34 after 2 years’ service
• 75% discount on National Travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Various training opportunities
• …and many more!

EMR has a hybrid working policy which is applicable for this role. This means the role can be based at home 2-3 days per week and in the office 2-3 days per week. Should you wish to work full time in the office this is also an option. 

We are open minded to applications from people who wish to have flexible working. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking.

To apply complete the online application and upload your CV. As we operate a blind screening process, please remove all personal information including your name from your CV.

Interviews will provisionally be conducted in the w/c 15th June 2026.

Closing Date: 25 May 2026

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £50,737 dependent on experience
Free travel on EMR services and 75% discount on all other train operators

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and the Fleet Operations team make a crucial contribution to this. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as an Operations Team Member (Shunter) at Etches Park.

About the role

The Operations Team Members (Shunter) are responsible for:

• The safe operation and movement of rolling stock within the Depot and associated sidings
• All train movements, including moves involving the maintenance shed using the Depot Protection System
• Completing train formations as required

You will be an excellent communicator and able to remain calm in a pressurised environment. 

Whilst it would be ideal if you are competent in Safety Regulations/Depot Protection System and certified in Rules & Regulations and Personal Track Safety, we will provide training in all these areas for successful candidates.

Please note - this role can be very physically demanding. Working outside in all weather conditions, pulling points and carrying salt bags weighting up to 25kg are all a regular requirement of the role. 

You will also need to be able to work a 24/7 shift pattern with regular night working. Shift allowance is paid from the start.

Check out this video to find out more about what being a Operations Team Member (Shunter) is like and why they're a really important part of our railway family...

If you are interested, here’s what happens next!           

• Complete the online application form and upload your CV. As we operate a blind screening process, please remove all personal information, including your name, from your CV
• If you are shortlisted, the next stage is to complete our safety critical psychometric tests online
• If you pass testing, the final stage will be an assessment day followed by a competency based interview with our depot team. The assessment day is expected to be held in the week commencing 10th June 2025.

If you are successful, you will enter into our Talent Pool to wait for a position at Etches Park, Derby. 

As well as joining a fantastic team at the Etches Park Depot, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including an excellent Railway Pension Scheme and free travel on East Midlands Railway and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER. You will also receive subsidised travel across the rail network with other train operation companies.

We promise to treat you fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process.

Closing Date: 19 May 2026

Department: Engineering

Salary: £25,024.34 rising to £31,280.42 after 6 months + shift allowance

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful and the Fleet Operations team make a crucial contribution to this. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as an Operations Team Member (Shunter) at Eastcroft Depot.

About the role

The Operations Team Members (Shunter) are responsible for:

• The safe operation and movement of rolling stock within the Depot and associated sidings
• All train movements, including moves involving the maintenance shed using the Depot Protection System
• Completing train formations as required

You will be an excellent communicator and able to remain calm in a pressurised environment. 

Whilst it would be ideal if you are competent in Safety Regulations/Depot Protection System and certified in Rules & Regulations and Personal Track Safety, we will provide training in all these areas for successful candidates.

Please note - this role can be very physically demanding. Working outside in all weather conditions, pulling points and carrying salt bags weighting up to 25kg are all a regular requirement of the role. 

You will also need to be able to work a 24/7 shift pattern with regular night working. Shift allowance is paid from the start.

Check out this video to find out more about what being a Operations Team Member (Shunter) is like and why they're a really important part of our railway family...

If you are interested, here’s what happens next!           

• Complete the online application form and upload your CV. As we operate a blind screening process, please remove all personal information, including your name, from your CV
• If you are shortlisted, the next stage is to complete our safety critical psychometric tests online
• If you pass testing, the final stage will be an assessment day followed by a competency based interview with our depot team. The assessment day is expected to be held in the week commencing 10th June 2026.

If you are successful, you will enter into our Talent Pool to wait for a position at Eastcroft, Nottingham.

As well as joining a fantastic team at the Eastcroft Depot, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including an excellent Railway Pension Scheme and free travel on East Midlands Railway and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER. You will also receive subsidised travel across the rail network with other train operation companies.

We promise to treat you fairly, consistently and with respect throughout the application, assessment and selection process.

Closing Date: 19 May 2026

Department: Engineering

Salary: £25,024.33 rising to £31,280.41 after 6 months + shift allowance

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful, and the Customer Service team make a crucial contribution to this. 

Nine times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. We have an outstanding opportunity to join #TeamEMR as an Apprentice Train Manager at Derby. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We pride ourselves on delivering excellent customer experience through our customer promise, the Train Manager plays a huge part in that and will provide day to day management of the On-Train operations on our services. You will assist in developing professional, highly motivated and enthusiastic teams on board, whilst ensuring consistent, excellent customer service standards are maintained. Our Train Managers must be passionate about delivering high levels of customer service; with a natural instinct for working well with others in this face-to-face role.  

On successful completion of training the Train Manager will:

• Provide exemplary levels of customer service
• Ensure the safety of customers at all times
• Provide customers with advice and guidance as necessary
• Maintain high standards of personal appearance, hygiene and conduct
• Check and verify tickets
• Supervise all On-Train customer service activities to ensure that high standard is maintained at all times
• Check equipment, cleanliness and general customer environment for the train to ensure that all is in order
• Where shortcomings exist take further action by either correcting or reporting faults
• Be visible to customers and team at all times
• Manage overall financial responsibility for any cash transactions made on board, and for control of stock and equipment.

You will be assisting customers as necessary, providing exceptional customer service at all times, this is on the good days and during times of disruption and busy periods, come rain or shine. This role is shift work based on a rota to provide customer service for all our passengers from the first train in the morning to the last train at night. So you will need to be flexible in order to work the shifts and live within 60 minutes of the station.

This is a great opportunity to gain a Level 2 Passenger Transport Operative Apprenticeship alongside the operational training for this role.

You do not need to have previous experience working within the railway industry, all the safety critical training is provided to the successful candidates!  There is classroom style training for all the rules and procedures and then a mentor period out on the station.  

The successful candidate will be required to undertake a safety critical medical and drug screening. An element of the safety critical medical is the satisfactory completion of a railway standard colour vision tests.

The recruitment process is thorough as we are looking for the right candidates with the ability to manage the safety critical/ operational side to the role as well as provide an amazing customer experience to our customers.

Stage 1 – Submit a great application online and upload your C.V. as we operate blind screening please remove personal details from your CV. 

Stage 2 – Online psychometric testing.

Stage 3 - If you successfully pass the tests you will be invited to an assessment day which will involve group activities and individual activities.

If you are successful at the assessment day you will either, be offered an immediate vacancy, or you will be placed into the Talent Pool for a maximum of 12 months. During that time, you will not need to apply for this role again.  As and when we have an Apprentice Train Manager vacancy arise, we will be able to pick up the phone and make a job offer. 

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• Defined benefit Pension scheme
• Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Abellio & LNER
• Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
• 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Up to 32 days annual per year
• …and many more!

Here is what our fantastic team have to say about life at EMR!... 

Closing Date: 13 May 2026

Department: Customer Experience

Salary: Year 1 salary: £40,252.54 Year 2 salary: £42,552.68
Free Leisure Travel on EMR services + discounted train travel with other train operators

Shape the culture. Influence the future.

At East Midlands Railway, our people are at the heart of everything we do. We’re looking for an experienced Organisation Development & Culture Manager to lead the evolution of our inclusive culture and develop the capability of our leaders across the business.

Want to learn more? Watch the video below featuring Chris Buckley, Head of Organisation Development.

This is a high-impact role where you’ll combine strategic thinking with hands-on delivery - driving our Equality, Diversity & Inclusion (EDI) agenda while shaping leadership development and organisational effectiveness.

This role is on 34 hours a week. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities. 

About the role

You’ll play a key role in delivering our People Strategy, leading on Diversity & Inclusion and Organisation Development across EMR. Working closely with senior leaders, unions and stakeholders, you’ll influence meaningful change, ensuring our culture is inclusive, high-performing and aligned to our values.

From enacting our EDI strategy to developing leadership capability, you’ll help create an environment where everyone can thrive and perform at their best.

What you’ll be doing

• Leading the evolution and delivery of our EDI strategy, embedding an inclusive and equitable culture across the organisation 
• Acting as a thought leader on EDI ensuring our approach remains current, impactful and measurable 
• Partnering with senior stakeholders, unions and employee networks to drive a culture of respect and engagement brining culture change to life 
• Leading and supporting Employee Network Groups to deliver tangible outcomes 
• Designing and delivering leadership and management development programmes aligned to our leadership competencies 
• Driving continuous improvement through external accreditations (e.g. Top Employers, Inclusion Standards, Disability Confident) 
• Supporting the delivery of our annual performance management and talent development cycle to build leadership capability 
• Facilitating team development using tools such as Strength Deployment Inventory to enhance performance and collaboration 
• Using insight, data and feedback to evaluate impact and continuously improve  

About you

You’re an experienced Organisation Development professional who brings energy, credibility and a genuine passion for inclusion and people development.

You’ll also bring:

• Proven experience delivering OD and EDI strategies that create measurable cultural change 
• Strong stakeholder management skills, with the ability to influence at all levels, including senior leadership 
• Experience designing and delivering leadership development, training and engagement initiatives 
• Excellent facilitation skills, able to create open, inclusive and engaging environments 
• A strong understanding of the EDI landscape and a curiosity to keep learning 
• The confidence to challenge thinking and drive meaningful change 
• Experience using tools such as Strength Deployment Inventory or similar (desirable) 
•  Professional Chartered Membership of the Chartered Institute of Personnel Development (MCIPD), or equivalent experience.

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
• 32 days’ holiday per year, rising to 34 after 2 years
• Flexible working hours
• Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER
• 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
• Various training opportunities
• Employee benefits portal with access to generous discounts, Cycle 2 Work Scheme …and many more!

EMR has a hybrid working policy which is applicable for this role. This means the role can be based at home 2-3 days per week and on site 2-3 days per week. Should you wish to work full time on site, this is also an option. 

We are open minded to applications from people who wish to have flexible working. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need. We can’t promise to give you exactly what you want, but we do promise not to judge you for asking. 

To apply complete the online application and upload your CV. As we operate a blind screening process, please remove all personal information including your name from your CV. 

The interview is provisionally scheduled for the second half of the week commencing 25 May 2026.

Closing Date: 17 May 2026

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £44,680 dependent on experience

We are proud to be One Team at East Midlands Railway (EMR). We are passionate about keeping people safe, delighting our customers, doing the right thing and putting customers at the heart of our sustainable railway for the East Midlands. 

With over 2,600 employees, our people are the reason we are so successful. Ten times accredited as a Top Employer, we value our people and are dedicated to making sure that everybody feels empowered to bring their authentic self to work. 

At EMR we want to proactively embrace diversity across our workforce and recognise that we are under-represented in terms of females and ethnic minority groups. We’re therefore taking positive steps to promote a positive and inclusive culture; we welcome applications from those that identify with these groups to better represent our communities.

We have an exciting opportunity to join #TeamEMR as an Occupational Health Office and Systems Manager. This is an operational office-based role at our Occupational Health & Wellbeing Centre in Derby.

In this role, you will contribute to the delivery of a high-quality Occupational Health service by leading an efficient and effective administrative function. Alongside managing systems and data, you will support employee wellbeing initiatives and enable the clinical team to deliver the best possible service. 

This role includes line management responsibility for the administration team, ensuring high standards of customer service and consistent operational performance. 

What else you’ll be involved in:

Operational leadership & service delivery

• Lead the Occupational Health administration function, ensuring a high-quality, efficient service
• Ensure systems and processes meet service level agreements and support clinicians and customers
• Support the achievement and maintenance of SEQOHS accreditation

Systems & continuous improvement

• Manage and develop Occupational Health systems to drive efficiency and service improvement
• Work with stakeholders to enhance systems in line with the EMR digital strategy
• Partner with IT to ensure system performance, upgrades and business continuity
• Deliver in house training on Occupational Health systems and processes
• Delivery of briefings to wider internal stakeholders on changes to Occupational Health procedures

Data, reporting & governance

• Maintain the integrity and compliance of the Occupational Health medical database
• Produce reports and analysis to support governance and regulatory requirements
• Deliver data quality audits, including regular reporting cycles

People leadership & customer experience

• Lead and develop the administration team to deliver a high standard of service
• Manage performance to ensure a consistent, customer-focused approach

Health, safety & wellbeing

• Support the delivery of the health and wellbeing strategy
• Maintain patient confidentiality and adhere to infection prevention and control standards

What we’re looking for

• Experience managing administrative or operational functions, ideally within Occupational Health or a healthcare environment
• Strong systems and data management capability, including reporting and analysis
• Experience of leading and developing teams
• Ability to work collaboratively with stakeholders across clinical, HR and IT functions
• Knowledge of data governance, confidentiality and compliance standards
• A continuous improvement mindset with a focus on service quality and efficiency

As well as a competitive salary, we’ll also offer you:

• An excellent defined benefit pension scheme
• 32 days’ holiday per year, rising to 34 after 2 years
• Flexible working hours
• Free standard leisure travel on the EMR network and Train Operating Companies under Transport UK & LNER
• 75% discount on national leisure travel (inc partner and dependants)
• Friends and Family discounted tickets on the EMR network
• Various training opportunities
• Employee benefits portal with access to generous discounts, Cycle 2 Work Scheme …and many more!

To apply complete the online application and upload your CV. As we operate a blind screening process, please remove all personal information including your name from your CV.

Interviews will provisionally be taking place over the second half of the week commencing 25th May 2026 and week commencing 1st June 2026.

Closing Date: 17 May 2026

Department: Managerial/Administration

Salary: circa £32,000 dependent on experience