Technician [Signalling Maintenance]

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

Job summary

A leading rail company is seeking a Technician based in Preston. In this vital role, you will perform maintenance and inspection of the rail network, utilizing your understanding of signalling and electrical systems. You'll work as part of a team to ensure operations run safely and efficiently. The position offers a salary of £43,997 plus various benefits including discounts on rail travel and healthcare options.

Benefits

Discounted childcare vouchers

Healthcare offers

75% discount on leisure travel

Qualifications

• Experience in faulting, maintenance and renewal techniques.
• Willingness to work outdoors in all types of weather.
• Ability to drive vehicles as required.

Responsibilities

• Undertake inspection, faulting, maintenance, and renewal work.
• Support the Team Leader in organizing and motivating the team.
• Accurately report all completed work and maintain records.

Skills

Team collaboration

Knowledge of signalling inspection

Electrical engineering knowledge

Organizing work delivery

Education

Mechanical or Electrical engineering qualifications

Job description

Overview

We\'re proud to be named as one of the Times Top 50 Employers for Gender Equity for the fourth year running. Our North West route covers Cheshire to Cumbria, including key cities like Liverpool and Manchester, and destinations such as Blackpool and the Lake District. Major stations include Crewe, Liverpool Lime Street, Preston, and Manchester Piccadilly and Victoria. This busy region sees 1.3 million daily passengers and moves 700,000 tonnes of freight weekly, with 571 stations making up a quarter of Britain\'s rail network. We champion diversity and inclusion, creating safe, innovative workplaces. We also support flexible and hybrid working — if it works, we\'ll make it happen.

Role | Responsibilities

Brief Description: Play a vital role in keeping the country moving. We are looking for Technicians to join our Lancs & Cumbria Delivery Unit, based out of Preston. Signalling & Telecoms (S&T) offers a dynamic and diverse role that combines both electrical and mechanical engineering skills. There is a variety in tasks, from using electronic testing equipment to measuring critical electrical parameters, to working with mechanical systems that guide trains, which ensures that no two days are the same. Maintaining the rail network is a key part of what we do every day. As a railway Technician, you\'ll work outdoors as part of a close-knit team, undertaking inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal work as allocated, and also provide support to your Team Leader to organise and motivate the team so that work is undertaken safely, efficiently and to the relevant standards.

Note: There may be a requirement to work on call in this role if you opt to take the Standard Maintenance Contract.

Role Details

Technician – You will be a key member of the team, carrying out tasks as directed by the Team Leader. This role requires leadership, technical expertise, and oversight of work quality. You will provide support to the Team Leader to organise and motivate the team so that work is undertaken safely, efficiently and to the relevant standards. Undertake inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal work as allocated and where directed, act as Team Leader. You\'ll also accurately report all work completed/not completed and produce/maintain records as required and control and check the quality of work undertaken and confirm assets are compliant to standards.

Essential Criteria

• Able to work as part of team
• Knowledge and experience of signalling inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal techniques
• Hold and retain competencies relevant to this post, required by business need
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need
• Have interest or experience in Electrical Engineering
• Be willing to work outdoors in all weather types at any time of the day
• Experience of organising and controlling the safe and efficient delivery of work
• Desire to always improve yourself and make things better
• Commute times – you\'ll also need to be within a 60-minute commute of the location that you\'re applying for

Desirable Criteria

• Already hold a valid PTS
• Previous experience in S&T installation or working with S&T equipment
• Hold qualifications of either Mechanical or Electrical engineering from further education or from previous employment, or be able to demonstrate these principles from experience

Working Pattern

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

How to Apply | Diversity and Benefits

We are a Disability Confident Leader and want to make the most of the skills and talents disabled people bring to the workplace — skills and talents we need in our business.

Salary and Benefits

Salary: £43,997 plus additional benefits (overtime, weekend, on-call, night rates)

• 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
• 75% discount on leisure travel
• A choice of contributory pension schemes
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for our Armed Forces community