Signalling & Telecoms Technician — Lead Safe Faults Fast

Network Rail; Llandudno; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Staff travel discount

Rail season ticket subsidy

Healthcare benefits

Hybrid working

Volunteering leave

Armed Forces leave

PROUD recognition scheme

Job summary

Network Rail in Wales and Western region is seeking a Technician specialist in Signalling & Telecoms. You’ll work with signals, level crossings and points systems, gaining a wide range of technical skills across manual, electrical and digital equipment.

Our technicians operate outside in all conditions, day or night, on a 35-hour week with hybrid / flexible working. You’ll need to be safety focused and a team player, ready to develop toward leadership roles within the rail maintenance network.

Qualifications

• Leadership: lead, motivate and direct a team for safe and efficient work delivery.
• Effective communicator: deliver clear instructions to the team and colleagues.
• Technical skills: maintenance, inspections, testing and fault-finding on electrical, electronic, mechanical or signalling equipment.
• Safety: model safe behaviours, implement safe systems of work and challenge unsafe situations.
• Problem solver: persistently develop skills and find safe, effective solutions.
• Willingness to learn: continuously develop skills and keep up to date with standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team and coordinate safe maintenance work in line with safety standards.
• Deliver clear instructions to team members and colleagues.
• Carry out maintenance, inspections, testing and fault-finding on electrical, electronic, mechanical or signalling equipment.
• Ensure safe working practices and use of safe systems of work; raise safety concerns when needed.
• Be on-call and participate in an on-call rota; maintain adequate competency levels.
• Be prepared to learn and progress toward team leadership roles.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Technical skills

Safety

Problem solving

Learning mindset

NVQ qualification

Education

NVQ Level 1/2

Job description

Network Rail in Wales and Western region is seeking a Technician specialist in Signalling & Telecoms. You’ll work with signals, level crossings and points systems, gaining a wide range of technical skills across manual, electrical and digital equipment.

Our technicians operate outside in all conditions, day or night, on a 35-hour week with hybrid / flexible working. You’ll need to be safety focused and a team player, ready to develop toward leadership roles within the rail maintenance network.