Job Title: MMA Welding & Grinding Team Leader – Rail Maintenance
If your skills, experience, and qualifications match those in this job overview, do not delay your application.
Location: Hereford
Salary: £42,468 per annum + Paid Overtime + Shift Premiums
Type: Full-time, Permanent
About the Role:
As a Welding & Grinding Team Lead, you’ll take on a leadership role in maintaining the rail network, specialising in welding and grinding to repair and join rails. You’ll be responsible for ensuring a safe and efficient work delivery and overseeing the maintenance of the rail network in all conditions. This is an outdoor role, requiring work in varying weather, and a commitment to safety while working near fast-moving trains is essential.
Key Responsibilities:
* Specialise in welding and grinding to repair rails – you will be using Arc & Aluminothermic methods.
* Ensure the safe and efficient delivery of maintenance activities, overseeing work in all weather conditions
* Provide clear communication and guidance to team members, ensuring high standards of safety and quality
* Oversee the transport and handling of equipment across challenging terrain
* Develop and implement safe working systems, ensuring compliance with health and safety protocols
What You’ll Bring:
* Proven leadership skills and the ability to motivate, support, and direct a team
* Extensive technical knowledge in rail maintenance, inspection, faulting, and welding techniques
* A strong commitment to safety and a proactive approach to problem-solving
* NVQ Level 1 or 2 in a relevant discipline (or equivalent experience), with a desire to continuously develop your expertise
* Full UK driving licence (Category B)
* MMA Welding Qualification 1-4
Salary and Benefits:
* £42,468 per annum, 35-hour week (with paid overtime)
* 30 days’ annual leave (excluding bank holidays)
* Shift premiums for nights & weekends
For more information on this position, please contact Marika Powell at ARM on 02392 228213 or email your CV and covering letter to marika.powell@arm.co.uk.
Please note, we can only consider applications from those eligible to work in the UK on a permanent basis for this position