Assistant Electrification & Plant Maintenance Engineer

Network Rail; Carlisle; On-site; GBP 43,000 - 51,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Rail is seeking a Technical Support Manager to lead a team providing essential support to the Maintenance Engineering team. The role involves ensuring safety, monitoring performance, and guiding technical processes. Ideal candidates will possess relevant qualifications and strong interpersonal skills, with a salary range starting at £43,588.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Discounted online shopping

Subsidies on rail and underground season tickets

75% discount on leisure travel

Contributory pension schemes

Paid reserve leave for Armed Forces community

Qualifications

• Relevant technical competence required.
• Knowledge of maintenance delivery processes and techniques.
• Experience in safety and compliance management.

Responsibilities

• Manage and direct the Technical Support team.
• Monitor asset performance and reliability.
• Provide technical guidance and support.

Skills

Interpersonal skills

Communication skills

Organisational skills

Education

HNC/HND or equivalent qualification

Job description

About Network Rail

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Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year. Our vision is to put passengers first. We exist to get people and goods where they need to be, on time, every time and support our country's economic prosperity. We are truly ambitious to deliver a safe, resilient and reliable service for our passengers, freight users and stakeholders.

For 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.

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Our Route

North West route runs from Cheshire in the south to Merseyside, Greater Manchester, Lancashire, and Cumbria in the North, with the two Northern Powerhouse cities of Liverpool and Manchester on the route, as well as the tourist destinations of Blackpool and the Lake District.

Major stations across the route include Crewe, Liverpool Lime Street, Manchester Victoria and Manchester Piccadilly.

The North West route is part of the North West and Central region.

We're a very busy region, with 1.3 million passengers travelling on our rails every weekday, and 700,000 tonnes of freight moved a week. With 571 stations in the North West & Central region, we make up a quarter of Britain's railway system.

Brief Description

What will you be doing?

Manage and direct the Technical Support Team to provide production, performance, assurance, technical, analytical, and data quality support to the Maintenance Engineering team.

Please note there is a requirement for unsociable hours working (5% allowance payment) and On Call 1in 4 (6% allowance payment)

About the role (External)

Every day will be different, but you can expect to be involved in the following activities:

1. Manage and direct the Technical Support team to achieve business and functional objectives and meet key performance measures.

2. Manage development of individuals and the engagement of the team.

3. Manage the arrangements for staff safety and competence.

4. Monitor asset performance, reliability, productivity, and efficiency.

5. Provide technical guidance and support.

6. Undertake survey and design work.

7. Manage the assurance and non compliance process within the delivery unit.

8. Undertake technical inspections and investigations.

9. Provide local requirements to arrange track monitoring trains and receive outputs.

10. Maintain the accuracy of systems, databases and records.

11. Review and approve method statements and/or plans for design and/or work activities as required.

12. Undertake an agreed programme of staff surveillance, work quality and asset condition checks.

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• Relevant technical competence

• Knowledge of maintenance delivery processes and techniques

• Knowledge of safety and compliance management processes

• Knowledge of operational railway environment

• Detailed knowledge of relevant standards and procedures

• Design knowledge and experience

• Failure/incident management and rectification techniques

• Knowledge of other functional disciplines

• Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills

• HNC/HND (level 3 will be considered) or equivalent qualification

How to apply (External)

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Salary and benefits:

• Salary: Starting at £43,588 and increasing to £50,018 per annum.

• Pro-rata annual leave entitlement (28 days)
• My benefits - our discounted online shopping site
• A range of discounted offers including, childcare vouchers, healthcare offers - cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership and other benefits
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets
• 75% discount on leisure travel
• A choice of contributory pension schemes
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community

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Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information

Closing date: 2 June 2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

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Safe behaviour is a requirement of working for Network Rail. Applicants should be able to demonstrate their awareness of our safety vision

We will endeavour to offer a diverse interview panel wherever possible.