Paid Rail Engineering Apprentice: Hands-On Track & Renewal

Cleshar Contract Services Ltd; City Of London; On-site; GBP 12,000 - 18,000; Full time

Job summary

Cleshar Contract Services Ltd is seeking a Rail Engineering Operative Apprentice to build practical skills in maintaining, repairing and renewing railway track infrastructure. You will learn alongside experienced professionals, gaining hands-on experience across tube, sub-surface and open sections while working safely as part of a team.

The role emphasizes track maintenance activities such as re-railing, re-sleepering, points, crossings, drainage and ballast works, with paid on-the-job training

Qualifications

• Interest in engineering, transport or infrastructure industries.
• Ability to work in a team and communicate clearly.
• Willingness to learn management or technical tasks.
• Ability to perform physical tasks on site.

Responsibilities

• Adjusting, replacing, and installing conductor rail, ramps and insulators
• Maintaining, removing, replacing, and installing rail joints
• Track re-gauging
• Replacing points and crossings
• Shovel and Kango packing
• Digging out and re-ballasting
• Re-sleepering & Re-timbering
• Refurbishing or plugging holes in sleepers and timbers
• Replacing keys, clips, nylons, pads and ferals
• Re-railing in tube, sub-surface and open sections
• Reconditioning & concrete works
• Rail adjusting and stressing
• Scrap and rubbish removal
• Drainage works
• All types of Maintenance & renewals work

Skills

Interest in engineering

Team collaboration

Communication skills

Willingness to learn

Physical task capability

Job description

Cleshar Contract Services Ltd is seeking a Rail Engineering Operative Apprentice to build practical skills in maintaining, repairing and renewing railway track infrastructure. You will learn alongside experienced professionals, gaining hands-on experience across tube, sub-surface and open sections while working safely as part of a team.

The role emphasizes track maintenance activities such as re-railing, re-sleepering, points, crossings, drainage and ballast works, with paid on-the-job training