Signalling is how we keep thousands of trains moving safely across our railway. By operating a sophisticated traffic light system and other specialist equipment, our Signallers control the movement of trains across the network.
Without signalling, our railway wouldn't function.
What does it involve?
As a Signaller you'll need to react to changing situations, make quick decisions and stay calm under pressure. Every day, you'll face new challenges, some you expect and others you don't. This could be responding to an incident such as trespassers on the line; you could be taking a line blockage to allow track access for maintenance colleagues, or communicating with a train driver about a problem they've encountered.
Whatever the situation you're faced with, you'll be able to apply your training and skills to manage it safely and get passengers moving and on their way to their destination.
Our Signallers work a variety of shift patterns, including nights, evenings, weekends and bank holidays. There's also lone-working and team-working. The responsibility of a safety-critical role isn't for everyone - but you'll finish the day knowing the work you're doing has helped passengers reach their destinations safely.
Your Training Matters
Becoming a Signaller is a big commitment and requires extensive training and a good amount of self-directed learning. We'll support you with training to develop the technical and non-technical skills you'll need to be successful.
This is 12-weeks of Initial Signaller Training (IST), (10-weeks of which is classroom learning) and location-specific training where you'll learn on the job and practice your skills in a live environment before being signed-off as a fully competent Signaller.
It's important you're actively committed to your training and personal development. All Signallers have an ongoing cycle of competence assessments to help keep their skills up to date, but also to help support professional development and career progression.
Is it right for you?
You don't need any specific experience to start a career in signalling. It's more important that you've got the right transferable skills and behaviours. Here are the key non-technical skills that matter in signalling:
1. Conscientious: You're able to work diligently, deliver high quality work through following procedures, and be willing to take responsibility for your actions.
2. Attention Management: You'll be able to remain alert and focused, manage distractions, and keep an awareness of the overall situation.
3. Workload Management: You'll be able to prioritise demands, analysing information from multiple sources, carry out multiple tasks quickly, and switch your attention between tasks.
4. Working with Others: You can build key relationships with people internal and external to Network Rail.
5. Controlled Under Pressure: You'll be able to think in a controlled manner under pressure, effectively dealing with stressors.
6. Decision Making: You can make risk-based decisions in a timely fashion.
7. Communications: You'll need to communicate clearly and concisely, both verbally and in written format.
8. Willingness and Ability to Learn: You'll be motivated to develop yourself, retaining, applying and sharing knowledge and skills.
Safety matters. We're committed to keeping our tracks, staff, and passengers safe, so it's important that you're always alert when you're working as a Signaller. To help manage fatigue, you must live within a 50-minute commute of your chosen location, including having access to your own means of transport.
Disability Confident
A Disability Confident employer will generally offer an interview to any applicant that declares they have a disability and meets the minimum criteria for the job as defined by the employer.
Additional Information
You will be based in Didcot Thames Valley Signalling Centre.
Your pay during training will be £33,659.
Your pay after you complete training will be £46,371 - £55,229.
We are recruiting for Grade 6, 7 & 9 Signalling roles. The higher the grade the more responsibility you'll have, over a larger area and will need to manage more complex tasks at once.
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