Rail Track Assistant

Babcock International; Glasgow; On-site; GBP 37,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous holiday allowance

Matched pension with life assurance

Digital GP and health check

Employee shopping portal

Professional fees covered

10-days reservist leave

Holiday Trading option

Be Kind Day

Job summary

Based at Cadder Yard in Glasgow, Babcock is recruiting a Rail Track Assistant to join our Rail business on-site. This full-time, permanent role supports track renewal and maintenance to keep the railway network safe, reliable and operating to a high standard.

You’ll be part of an experienced operational team, delivering track renewals, following Safe Systems of Work, and assisting with tools and small plant.

Qualifications

• A strong team player with good communication skills.
• Safety focused mindset and willingness to follow procedures.
• Ability to take instruction and work effectively in an operational environment.
• Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training.

Responsibilities

• Support the delivery of track renewal and maintenance work on site.
• Follow instructions from Supervisors and Senior Track Assistants.
• Use tools and small plant equipment safely and correctly.
• Carry out general site duties to support rail operations.
• Work in line with railway rules, regulations, and health & safety requirements.

Skills

Team player

Communication

Safety mindset

Follow procedures

Take instruction

Willingness to learn

Driving/Driver willingness

Job description

Job Title: Rail Track Assistant

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Compensation: £27,550 + 35% Roster Premium + Benefits

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73467

Supporting safe and reliable rail infrastructure

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. We're looking for a Rail Track Assistant to join our Rail business, based on site at Cadder Yard.

This is a hands on operational role supporting track renewal and maintenance activities, helping to ensure the railway network is maintained safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

The role

As a Rail Track Assistant, you'll work as part of an experienced operational team delivering track renewal and maintenance works. You'll support daily site activities, follow safe systems of work, and contribute to keeping the rail network running reliably.

Day-to-day, you will:

• Support the delivery of track renewal and maintenance work on site
• Follow instructions from Supervisors and Senior Track Assistants
• Use tools and small plant equipment safely and correctly
• Carry out general site duties to support rail operations
• Work in line with railway rules, regulations, and health & safety requirements.

This is a full time, permanent role, working 35 hours per week on a roster that includes days, nights, weekends, and shift working. Full details of shift patterns will be discussed at interview.

Essential experience of the Rail Track Assistant:

• A strong team player with good communication skills
• A safety focused mindset and willingness to follow procedures
• Ability to take instruction and work effectively in an operational environment
• Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training.
• Ability to drive or have willingness to learn.

Previous rail experience is desirable but not essential - training will be provided.

Qualifications for the Rail Track Assistant:

We value difference and don't have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk) .

What we offer

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
• Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity.

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email [e-mail] with the subject header Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 18/09/2026