Team Leader - Signalling Maintenance

ENGINEERINGUK; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a dynamic Operations Manager to lead a high-performing team within the rail sector. This role emphasizes safety, efficiency, and quality in maintenance and inspection processes. You'll have the opportunity to inspire your team while ensuring compliance with safety standards and delivering exceptional service to millions of passengers. With a commitment to employee wellbeing and professional development, this organization offers a supportive environment where you can thrive in your career. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to building a better railway for the future.

Benefits

28 days annual leave

Discounted online shopping

Childcare vouchers

Healthcare offers

Subsidies on rail tickets

Pension schemes

Paid reserve leave for Armed Forces

Qualifications

• Experience in managing safe and efficient work delivery is essential.
• Strong leadership and communication skills are crucial for this role.

Responsibilities

• Direct and motivate a high-performing team for maintenance and inspections.
• Ensure safety arrangements and quality control of work are prioritized.

Skills

Organizing and controlling work delivery

Excellent communication skills

Knowledge of maintenance techniques

Knowledge of relevant standards

Leadership skills

Safety Critical Competencies

Education

NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent)

Job description

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Sector: Operations and Facilities Management
Role: Manager
Contract Type: Permanent
Hours: Full Time

About Network Rail
At Network Rail, we're part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain, and operate our network.

We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues, and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Our colleagues are encouraged to work flexibly as we know that busy lives don't always fit around a traditional working pattern. If you need flexibility to complete your role, just let us know and we will do our utmost to help you invest in your career with us while balancing other aspects of your life.

We want to help deliver a railway that is safe, reliable, affordable, and that provides great customer service to everyone.

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 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 ensure 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 ensure 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

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

Desirable Criteria

1. 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.
2. Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need, which may also include driving vehicles up to 7.5t and a requirement to upgrade their driving licence by undertaking additional training.

Company

Every day, 4.8 million people use our network. Keeping Britain moving and building a better railway for the future is full of challenges – but also tremendous opportunities.

From our commitments to your development, our range of benefits, and our approach to Diversity & Inclusion, we believe there are many reasons to join the team at Network Rail.

We’re proactive in empowering employees with the knowledge to help them progress. We encourage all our employees to be ambitious and offer great training and career development opportunities. As the railway becomes bigger and more technologically advanced, it’s crucial that our employees have the right skills to develop their careers and meet the challenges ahead.

We believe that investing in our people is one of the most effective ways of improving the safety, reliability, and efficiency of the railway.

We also know that it’s vital to get each individual’s training programme just right. As well as helping us to meet our immediate needs, we believe this is an approach that encourages people to stay with us and develop their careers.

Your health, wellbeing and benefits

We believe that safety and performance go hand in hand, and this doesn’t just mean safety on the railway! We are committed to the wellbeing of our employees and believe that should come first.

We provide access to support services such as our employee assistance program to help you with finances, family, health, and wellbeing. In addition to this, we offer excellent benefits, are sensitive to work-life balance, and encourage our employees to use their 5 volunteer days for their favourite causes.

We have a range of benefits including:

• 28 days annual leave entitlement.
• My benefits – Our discounted online shopping site.
• A range of discounted offers including childcare vouchers, Healthcare offers – cycle to work, healthcare club discounted membership, and other benefits.
• Subsidies of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets.
• A range of pension schemes.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community.

What Diversity and Inclusion means to us

‘Diversity’ means recognising differences between people while valuing the contribution they make. ‘Inclusion’ means creating safe and welcoming workplaces with fair cultures that encourage innovative and fresh ways of thinking.

Our aspiration is that the behaviours and actions that support diversity and inclusion will come from the conviction of everyone here at Network Rail – making diversity and inclusion a conscious part of how we run our business throughout Britain.

Disability Confident Leader

Network Rail is an accredited Disability Confident Leader. This means, where a disabled applicant meets the essential criteria for any of our vacancies, they will receive an interview.

Find out more about our recruitment process here.

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