Team Leader - Off Track

Network Rail; Tonbridge; On-site; GBP 44,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading railway organisation in Tonbridge seeks to hire a team leader responsible for directing and motivating a high-performing team. You will ensure safety and compliance while controlling the quality of work. The ideal candidate will have excellent communication skills, knowledge of maintenance procedures, and relevant safety competencies. This role offers competitive salary and involves safety-critical tasks.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Various employee benefits

Qualifications

• Experience of organising and controlling the safe and efficient delivery of work.
• Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures and instructions.
• Clear and inspirational leader with a strong sense of direction.

Responsibilities

• Direct, organise and motivate a high performing team.
• Ensure safety arrangements and high standards of work.
• Proactively control and check the quality of work.

Skills

Organising and controlling work delivery

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of maintenance and inspection techniques

Leadership skills

Hold Safety Critical Competencies COSS CRP and PC

Education

NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent)

Job description

Location

Tonbridge, GB

Department Name

DC SM(OT) Tonbridge Direct (832216) G1

About Network Rail

Our passengers and freight users are at the heart of everything we do. We help connect people to their friends and families and get goods to their destination safely and efficiently. We\'re an organisation where people matter. We are continuing to build a diverse organisation which is representative of the people we serve. We want to harness the skills and expertise of our people and attract the best talent, to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone.

To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here. We are an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone. We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, and we will do our best to help and invest in your career with us while you have a healthy work life balance. We are also a Disability Confident Leader employer and we\'ll adapt the process and offer reasonable alternatives to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Brief Description

From establishing safety arrangements to checking the quality of work, you\'ll direct and inspire the success of a team involved in everything from inspection and faulting, through to maintenance and renewal.

About The Role (External)

We\'ll look to you to direct, organise and motivate a high performing team. From inspection and faulting through to maintenance and renewal, you\'ll play a hands-on role. You\'ll make sure everything is done efficiently and to the highest standards. Safety will be a priority. You\'ll establish appropriate safety arrangements and make sure Network Rail staff and contractors alike follow safe systems of work. Proactively controlling and checking the quality of work and the competence of your people, you\'ll see to it that assets are fully compliant and all vehicles, plant, tools, equipment and materials are fit for purpose. Along the way, you\'ll compile a range of vital reports.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of organising and controlling the safe and efficient delivery of work
• Excellent communication skills, both in person and in writing
• Knowledge of discipline-specific maintenance, inspection, faulting and renewal techniques
• Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures and instructions
• A clear and inspirational leader with a strong sense of direction
• Hold Safety Critical Competencies COSS CRP and PC
• Hold Tr04 and Tr11 Competence

Desirable Criteria

• Hold or be working towards an NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or have attained the appropriate level of knowledge gained through equivalent relevant experience
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need, up to 7.5t and potentially requiring driving licence upgrades
• Hold Safety Critical Competencies Strapping, NSCD (Ops) and Engineering Supervisor

This role involves days, nights and weekend working, and is a safety critical role so subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment.

How To Apply (External)

Salary £43997

Network Rail Benefits

To find out about what benefits we offer, click here

Closing date

24th September 2025

Please get your application in as soon as possible, we may close the advert before the listed closing date if we receive enough applications. Late applications will not be accepted.

Please note the recruitment process for this role is a Competency based interview.

We\'re dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone. Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we\'ll adapt the process and offer reasonable adjustments 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 options available. If you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.

All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. 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.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard: 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 the Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role will be enforced.