Section Supervisor [Track] - Dover Priory
Network Rail
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Job summary
Network Rail in Dover is seeking a motivated Section Supervisor - Track for Dover Priory. You will lead track maintenance teams across days, nights and weekends, ensuring safe delivery and adherence to standards while developing staff capabilities.
In this safety-critical role, you’ll plan resources, manage rosters, supervise quality, and support asset renewal discussions. A driving licence and willingness to drive are required, with hybrid working arrangements offered.
Qualifications
- Experience supervising worksites and ensuring safe, efficient delivery.
- Knowledge of resource planning and work organisation processes.
- Understanding of track inspection, maintenance, renewal, and asset condition assessment techniques.
- Familiarity with relevant standards, procedures, and instructions.
- Awareness of cost and waste control techniques.
- Ability to promote and embed safe working behaviours.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to coach, influence, and develop others.
- Hold or be working towards NVQ Level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience.
- Full driving licence and willingness to drive as required.
Responsibilities
- Lead teams and manage weekend works, abnormal operations, and staff meetings.
- Plan with multiple disciplines to deliver work safely and coordinate machinery and resources.
- Create rosters for planned works and assess team competencies.
- Supervise and check work quality against standards.
- Ensure work is performed safely per method statements and Safe System of Work.
- Carry out inspections and prioritise arising work.
- Prepare work/resource specifications and Safe System of Work Plans.
- Assist in developing work plans for safe, efficient delivery.
- Support asset renewal identification and proposals.
- Allocate resources to delivery in line with maintenance plans.
- Provide accurate information to update systems and records.
- Conduct staff surveillance and welfare checks.
- Assist with staff development and team coaching.
- Contribute to personal and team development.
Skills
Education
Job description
IRC2364984
Join the Southern Region - where your work truly matters.
Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK's most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day. This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key-and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail. From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.
Section Supervisor - Track: Take the Next Step in Your Rail Career!
Location: Dover Priory
Salary: Starting from IMC21 £50,007 (dependent on experience) + Location Allowance + Role associate allowances
Hours: Full-Time
Shift Pattern: Days, Nights & Weekends (Safety-Critical Role)
Ready for a New Challenge?
At Network Rail, we're looking for a motivated Section Supervisor - Track to join our team at Dover Priory DU. In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering safe and efficient track maintenance and renewal works across the station and surrounding infrastructure. This is a fantastic opportunity to develop your leadership, planning, and management skills-setting you up for future roles such as Section Manager.
What You'll Do
- Lead Teams: Take charge of weekend works and abnormal operations, overseeing or assisting teams to ensure projects are completed safely and efficiently. Run regular staff meetings to engage your team on upcoming projects, overtime requests, and training needs.
- Plan Effectively: Work with multiple disciplines, including Track, Welding, and ETM, to plan and deliver work safely. Coordinate essential machinery such as General Purpose Cranes and Road Rail Vehicles, ensuring reactive and planned works have the right resources and competencies.
- Gain Management Experience: Create rosters for planned works, manage staff fatigue, and assess team competencies. This hands-on experience will deepen your understanding of workforce management and help you identify team strengths and development needs.
- Supervise and check the quality of work delivered, ensuring compliance with standards.
- Carry out work safely in accordance with safe systems of work, method statements, and instructions.
- Undertake inspections and prioritise arising work.
- Prepare work and resource specifications, method statements, and Safe System of Work Plans.
- Assist in developing work plans for safe, efficient, and compliant delivery.
- Support identification and proposal of asset renewals.
- Allocate resources and deliver work in line with maintenance plans.
- Provide accurate information to update systems, databases, and records.
- Undertake staff surveillance, work quality checks, and compliance reviews.
- Assist with staff management, competence monitoring, and welfare.
- Contribute to your own development and support the development of others.
What you'll need ............
- Experience supervising worksites and ensuring safe, efficient delivery.
- Knowledge of resource planning and work organisation processes.
- Understanding of track inspection, maintenance, renewal, and asset condition assessment techniques.
- Familiarity with relevant standards, procedures, and instructions.
- Awareness of cost and waste control techniques.
- Ability to promote and embed safe working behaviours.
- Strong communication skills, both verbal and written.
- Ability to coach, influence, and develop others.
- Hold or be working towards NVQ Level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject, or equivalent experience.
- Full driving licence and willingness to drive as required.
This is a safety-critical role, requiring you to pass a medical assessment and undergo drug and alcohol testing. Flexibility is essential as the role involves working days, nights, and weekends.
Perks That Pack a Punch:
- We offer excellent benefits, including:
- Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
- Defined benefit pension scheme.
- 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
- Up to 75% off leisure travel.
- Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
- Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
- Carer's leave to support those who matter.
- Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
- We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees.
- Plus, more....
We're All About Inclusion
- We believe diversity drives innovation. Whoever you are, however you identify, wherever you're from - if you've got the skills and the spark, we want you on our team. No suits required. Just bring your authentic self.
Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
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. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
All prospective candidates will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
Number of Positions:
1
Contract Type:
Permanent
Hours:
Full Time
Location:
Dover Priory Maintenance Depot, Dover
Geographical Area:
South East England (Not inside M25)
Closing Date:
16-SEP-2026
Job Category:
Site based Maintenance
Function:
Southern Region
Organisation:
DD SM(Tr) Faversham (East Kent) Direct (830211) G1
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