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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:
- A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees
- Quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams
- Individual rostering enabling us to send the right number of people to fix a fault
- Multi-skilling investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves
- 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. Watch our video to find out more!
About our people and the recruitment process
We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We look for opportunities to offer great learning and growth through personal and professional development. If you make the grade, you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work. We want to help deliver a railway that is safe, reliable, affordable, and provides great customer service to everyone. For more information about Network Rail, click here.
Brief Description
You’ll help keep our nation moving every single day. This critical part of the work involves the daily upkeep of the rail network. From establishing safety arrangements to checking the quality of work, you’ll direct and inspire the success of a team involved in everything from inspection and faulting to maintenance and renewal.
About the role (External)
From inspection and faulting through to maintenance and renewal, you’ll play a hands-on role. You’ll ensure everything is done efficiently and to the highest standards. Safety will be a priority. You’ll establish appropriate safety arrangements and ensure Network Rail staff and contractors follow safe systems of work. Proactively controlling and checking the quality of work and the competence of your people, you’ll ensure assets are fully compliant and all vehicles, plant, tools, equipment, and materials are fit for purpose. Along the way, you’ll compile a range of vital reports.
Off track: You’ll be responsible for maintaining, inspecting, and repairing the land alongside the track network to keep the railway safe and efficient. This includes vegetation management, drainage, and ancillary structures.
You matter to your team
The team depends on you. We’ll look to you to direct, organize, and motivate a high-performing team.
Your skills matter
Essential Criteria
- Experience of organizing and controlling the safe and efficient delivery of work
- Excellent communication skills, both in person and in writing
- Knowledge of discipline-specific maintenance, inspection, faulting, and renewal techniques
- Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures, and instructions
- A clear and inspirational leader with a strong sense of direction
Desirable Criteria
- Hold or be working towards an NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or have attained the appropriate level of knowledge gained through equivalent relevant experience
- Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need
It matters that this is the right role for you
Here’s some additional information which might help you:
- Shifts: Operative roles involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights, and weekends.
- Outdoor working: Our operatives work outside in all weathers, so you’ll be comfortable working in different conditions.
- Safe working: Offers of employment are subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment and BPSS pre-employment checks. This will include a hearing and eyesight examination.
- Driving: As a team leader, you’ll also need a driving licence (category B) to drive Network Rail vehicles.
- Commute times: You’ll also need to be within a 60-minute commute of the location you’re applying for.
This role involves days, nights, and weekend working, and is a safety-critical role subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment.
You matter to us
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 leadership skills. If you’re joining us from another industry, the structured training will give you the skills and confidence to move into a rewarding career in rail. Today’s operatives are tomorrow’s technicians and team leaders, and we offer a clear career path for you.
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!
- Privileged staff travel: Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel including family members.
- A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
- Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare, and online shopping site.
- Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrs per week contract, with hybrid working, flexible working, and family-friendly support.
- 5 days paid volunteering leave.
- 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
Company
Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.
From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits, and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.
We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.
We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the railway.
We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this approach encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.
Your health, wellbeing and benefits
We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe that should come first.
We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health, and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance, and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.
We have a range of benefits including:
* 28 days annual leave entitlement.
* My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
* A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership, and other benefits.
* Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
* A range of pension schemes.
* 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.
What Diversity and Inclusion means to us
‘Diversity’ means recognizing differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.
Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.
Disability Confident Leader
Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.
Find out more about our recruitment process here.
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