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Maintenance Operatives, Technicians and Team Leaders
Sector: Transport and Logistics
Role: Manual Skilled
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time
About Network Rail
Network Rail owns and operates Britain's railway infrastructure across 20,000 miles of track, 30,000 bridges, tunnels and viaducts as well as thousands of signals, level crossings and stations.
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. We want to help deliver a railway which is safe, reliable, affordable and that provides great customer service to everyone. When you're part of our team, you matter to us, and you matter to millions.
Brief Description
A critical part of the work we do is the day-to-day upkeep of the network. Our maintenance teams ensure every part of our infrastructure such as signals and power supplies, or assets such as track and bridges is maintained and in good working order.
Maintenance is delivered 24/7, 365 days a year, carrying out planned works as well as rapidly responding to faults as they arise. You will be based in one of our depots covering defined geographic areas. Depots on Western Route and located between Paddington and Penzance (including, but not limited to, Slough, Reading, Swindon, Westbury, Gloucester, Bristol, Exeter, Plymouth and Truro). Network Rail's maintenance structure is split into distinct disciplines:
1. Track (or P-WAY)
2. Overhead Line
3. Electrification and Plant
4. Signalling and Telecoms
About the role (External)
Your Main Responsibilities will be to:
You will be working within a team (or gang) to safely and efficiently deliver maintenance tasks to keep the railway running safely and smoothly for passengers and freight users. The day-to-day role is extremely varied, in terms of the work sites visited, the type of work carried out, as well as the assets/equipment that are maintained. The districts that each maintenance team cover contain a diverse range of equipment, both in terms of age and complexity (potentially anything from the Victorian era to modern systems that require a laptop and AI to perform a diagnostic).
You will be carrying out planned maintenance and faulting (working in a reactive way, under time pressure to fix an issue). The common tasks that most Operatives undertake are as follows (this may vary by area and for Technician and Team Leader roles):
1. Prepare the team's van and equipment (spares, tools etc.) for the coming shift.
2. Drive the van to and from site, ensuring the team gets to where they need to be.
3. Support the team with manual maintenance activities.
4. Provide lookout duties when required.
All of the above must be underpinned by safe working at all times. Technological advances are changing the way maintenance is delivered. This is a trend that is expected to continue in the future. Network Rail's Intelligent Infrastructure programme is a move towards a more proactive way of scheduling and performing maintenance, using monitoring data and predictive analytics to anticipate failure and make earlier, better-informed decisions. Equally, assets themselves are becoming more and more technologically complex, particularly with respect to signalling and communications technology.
The different disciplines:
1. Distribution & Plant - You will be working with distribution and plant equipment which is instrumental in powering the railway network. You must hold City & Guilds 2365 (accompanied by City & Guilds 2382 would be preferable) and an advanced apprenticeship in railway engineering with an electrical bias.
2. Off Track - You will be responsible for maintaining, inspecting and repairing the land alongside the track network to keep the railway safe and efficient.
3. Overhead Lines - Working with high voltage overhead lines, you'll ensure our railway has the power to run the trains.
4. Rail Testing & Lubrication (RT&L) - You will be responsible for the inspection of the rails using both visual and NDT techniques.
5. Signalling Maintenance - This discipline undertakes Maintenance, fault rectification and renewals works on a wide range of equipment and technology.
6. Telecoms - You will be responsible for maintaining, inspecting, testing, and repairing the Railway telecoms network.
7. Track Maintenance - You will be responsible for maintaining, inspecting, and repairing the track network.
8. Welding & Grinding - You will be part of a Welding & Grinding team, supporting the Track organisation in our Maintenance Teams.
You will ideally have:
There is no specific prior work experience required. We focus on the right behaviours and personal qualities that fit the work. Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail.
What could set you apart:
Demonstrable experience in a safety critical environment will be an advantage. Ideally hold (or be working towards) an NVQ 1 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject.
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.
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 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 and healthcare offers.
* 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 recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourages innovative and fresh ways of thinking.
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.
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