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About Network Rail
We’re an organisation where people matter. We matter to millions.
We offer excellent benefits, including:
1. Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
2. Defined benefit pension scheme.
3. 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
4. Up to 75% off leisure travel.
5. Interest-free travel loan for train and car park season tickets.
6. Discounts at stations with your Network Rail pass.
7. Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
8. Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
9. Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
10. Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees during significant life moments.
We are proud to be recognised as a Times Top 50 Employer for Gender Equality for the third year in a row.
Our role is to run a safe, reliable and efficient railway, serving customers and communities. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be and to support our country’s economic prosperity. Safety is our number one priority.
We're undertaking an ambitious change. Our vision is Putting Passengers First - becoming a company that is on the side of passengers and freight users. As one of the UK’s leading equal opportunities employers, our values and the way we behave is important to us, and we have created an environment where we value and respect every individual's unique contribution. We have seven employee networks that provide fantastic support, opportunities and development for applicants from all backgrounds.
Brief Description
To provide technical expertise and direction for a designated engineering discipline.
Vacancy type: Permanent, 35 hours per week, Hybrid working of 2/3 days in the office. We welcome applications from those seeking flexible or part-time hours.
Location: Enterprise House, Paddington, London
Closing date: 25th February 2024
Interviews will take place W/C 10th March 2025
Band & Salary: 2C 85,395 - 97,991
The railway has seen nearly 200 years of technology and innovation that has transformed how we provide services to passengers and freight customers.
Technology is continuing to transform the railway industry. Imagine an exciting environment where Digital, Data, and Technology (DDaT) are not just buzzwords but the driving force behind every operation, every decision, and every solution.
As part of the DDaT directorate, you have a unique opportunity to enable our customers and industry partners with modern and transformative technology. From the day-to-day IT operations that keep a national railway running, to the extensive delivery programmes that are helping to reshape the railway, we are at the forefront of all of it. We operate with a talented and passionate workforce, fostering empowered individuals and teams who understand that technology is not just a tool; it's the catalyst for progress, especially in an ever-demanding industry where change is a constant.
Get ready to embark on a journey where your skills will not just be utilised; they'll be honed and expanded. You're not just joining a team; you're becoming part of a collective force helping to build and operate a railway fit for the next 200 years!
About the role (External)
Lead the provision of expert advice, input and support associated with the provision of voice services for our projects, customers, stakeholders, and suppliers.
Provide professional leadership for the development of engineers aligned to the engineering discipline and undertake professional mentorship of engineers in support of their achievement of professional registration to their relevant Engineering Council.
Lead the technical input to accident and incident investigations.
Lead the setting of architecture, roadmaps, standards, operational processes and systems. Manage the design and delivery of programmes for the development of technical capability required within Network Rail.
Lead the technical input to the development of the standards, specifications, means of compliance and KPIs for Asset Management.
Deliver strategy and Asset Policy within the technical engineering area in liaison with experts internally and externally including regulatory bodies.
Research and respond to changes in the internal and external requirements and practice, which impact upon policy, standards and architectures.
Act as Technical Authority for delivery of a specific project or portfolio of projects and deliver projects within time, cost and quality.
Identify opportunities for technical and business process improvement and innovation, developing business cases and Investment Papers where required.
Represent Network Rail externally to the industry and input to European issues as required.
Identify voice service opportunities for the implementation of technical improvements that add value to the business through achievement of 'safer, secure, better, faster, cheaper' Voice platform infrastructure. #J-18808-Ljbffr