Team Leader (Signalling Maintenance) - 2320280

Network Rail Limited; Sittingbourne; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Network Rail Limited is seeking a skilled team leader for a safety-critical role in Sittingbourne. The position entails supervising maintenance, inspection, and fault detection, ensuring compliance with safety and quality standards. The successful candidate must demonstrate strong leadership, excellent communication skills, and possess relevant qualifications. Applications are encouraged from all backgrounds, with support available for candidates with disabilities.

Qualifications

• Experience in organizing and controlling safe, efficient work delivery.
• Understanding of relevant standards and procedures.
• Possession or progression towards applicable qualifications.

Responsibilities

• Lead, organize, and motivate a high-performing team.
• Establish safety protocols and ensure compliance.
• Monitor work quality and compile essential reports.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Knowledge of Maintenance Techniques

Education

NVQ Level 2 or 3 or equivalent

Job description

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. Watch our video to find out more!

We're committed to building a diverse organisation that reflects the communities we serve. We aim to attract the best talent and harness the skills of our people to enable a safe and accessible railway for everyone. To learn why inclusion is important to us, please click here.

About our people and the recruitment process - We are an inclusive employer of choice and welcome applications from everyone!

We encourage flexible working arrangements to support work-life balance. If you're interested in flexible working, let us know, and we'll do our best to accommodate you and support your career development.

We are also a Disability Confident Leader employer. We will adapt our processes and offer reasonable adjustments to support people with disabilities in accessing, applying for, and interviewing for roles.

Brief Description

In this role, you will establish safety arrangements and oversee the quality of work, leading a team involved in inspection, faulting, maintenance, and renewal activities.

Please note: There may be a requirement to work on call if you opt for the GTRM IMC25 contract.

About the role (External)

You will lead, organize, and motivate a high-performing team. Your hands-on approach will ensure work is completed efficiently and to high standards, with safety as a priority. You will establish safety protocols and ensure compliance among staff and contractors. You will monitor work quality and competence, ensuring assets and equipment are fit for purpose, and compile essential reports.

Requirements include:

• Experience in organizing and controlling safe, efficient work delivery
• Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
• Knowledge of maintenance, inspection, faulting, and renewal techniques
• Understanding of relevant standards, procedures, and instructions
• Strong leadership qualities with clear direction
• Possession or progression towards NVQ Level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant field, or relevant experience
• Willingness and ability to drive company vehicles as needed

This role involves working days, nights, and weekends. It is a safety-critical role requiring drug and alcohol testing and passing a medical assessment.

Apply promptly, as the vacancy may close early if sufficient applications are received. Late applications will not be considered.

The recruitment process involves a competency-based interview.

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and will support applicants with disabilities through reasonable adjustments. For accessibility support, visit Evenbreak's Career Hive. Please note any required adjustments in your application.

Safety is core to our operations. Demonstrate your commitment to safety in your application.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

All candidates must pass a drugs and alcohol test. Positive results will lead to rescinding the application and a 5-year ban from applying for safety-critical roles, PTS-certified roles, or Key Safety roles on Network Rail infrastructure, with results stored securely in the Sentinel database.