Operative [Signalling Maintenance] - Llandudno
About Network Rail
At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people, and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain, and operate our network.
Now is a fantastic time to join our team in Wales and Western region as we finalize the reforms to our maintenance organization which will deliver:
1. A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees.
2. Quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
3. Individual rostering enabling us to send the right number of people to fix a fault.
4. Multi-skilling, investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
5. Accelerated and improved technology deployment with a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.
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 organization where people matter. When you're part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.
Brief Description
You’ll help keep our nation moving every single day. This is a critical part of the work we do is the daily upkeep of the rail network. As an operative, you’ll work outdoors in a small team, supporting essential maintenance to keep the railway running safely and smoothly for passengers and freight users.
Operatives can specialize in a range of disciplines but for this role, you’ll become a specialist in Signalling & Telecoms. You’ll be working with equipment including signals that control when trains can run, level crossings, and points systems. With your willingness to learn, you’ll develop a huge range of technical skills across a range of manual, electrical, and digital equipment.
Your skills matter
Our operatives play a key role in our maintenance teams. You don’t necessarily need rail experience, but you do need to show how your transferable skills meet the following:
1. Teamworking: Our maintenance teams depend on each other, and you’ll be able to work closely with the team to deliver safe and efficient work delivery.
2. Communication: You’ll have good communication skills so you can work safely and effectively.
3. Proactive planning: Being punctual, having the van and equipment ready, and anticipating the needs of the team are essential to keeping our passengers and freight moving.
4. Working under pressure: Working outdoors in all conditions, and with trains passing close by means you’ll need to remain calm under pressure.
5. Following rules and instructions: It is important that you understand and respect the rules, but also feel confident to challenge if you see a situation is unsafe.
6. Willingness to learn: You’ll consistently develop your skills and competencies relevant to your discipline, keeping up to date with new standards, procedures, and instructions.
Additional Information
Shifts involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights, and weekends. Our operatives work outside in all weathers, so you’ll be comfortable working in different conditions. Offers of employment are subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment and BPSS pre-employment checks. You’ll also need a driving licence (category B) to drive Network Rail vehicles and to be within a 60-minute commute of the location that you’re applying for.
Your commitment to self-development and continuous learning is hugely important in this role, and we'll provide you with all the training to develop both technical skills and non-technical skills.
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits, including privileged staff travel, a subsidy on rail and underground season tickets, a benefits package including healthcare offers, and more.
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