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Sector: Engineering
Role: Manual Skilled
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
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 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.
5. Accelerated and improved technology deployment.
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 critical part of the work involves 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.
About the role (External)
Our operatives work outside in all conditions, at all times of the year, day or night. You’ll be involved in demanding manual work, often with the need to transport kit across tricky terrain. Being safety-focused, respectful of rules, and a team player will be critical as you’ll often be working next to moving trains.
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
2. Communication
3. Proactive planning
4. Working under pressure
5. Following rules and instructions
6. Willingness to learn
It matters that this is the right role for you
Shifts involve a changing pattern including days, nights, and weekends. You’ll need to be comfortable working outdoors in different weather conditions. Offers of employment are subject to drug and alcohol testing and medical assessments. A driving license (category B) is required. You should be within a 60-minute commute of the location you're applying for.
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 and non-technical skills. Today's operatives are tomorrow's technicians and team leaders, and we offer a clear career path.
As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits including:
1. Privileged staff travel.
2. A subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
3. Healthcare offers and a cycle to work scheme.
4. 5 days paid volunteering leave.
5. 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
Company
Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. We are committed to your development and believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.
Your health, wellbeing and benefits
We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and provide access to support services.
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.
Disability Confident Leader
Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. Disabled applicants meeting essential criteria will receive an interview.
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