Technician [Signalling Maintenance] - Hereford x2

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

Benefits offered by this job

Privileged staff travel

Rail season ticket subsidy

Healthcare offers

Cycle to work

Volunteering leave

Career progression

PROUD recognition scheme

Job summary

Network Rail in Hereford is seeking a dedicated Signalling & Telecoms Technician to support maintenance, fault-finding and preventative tasks across outdoor rail assets. You’ll work in a demanding, safety‑driven environment, often outdoors, with rotating shifts and on-call duties.

You will develop a broad skillset across manual, electrical and digital equipment while upholding strict safety standards and contributing to team leadership when required.

Qualifications

• Leadership and team motivation for safe, efficient work delivery.
• Strong communication to give clear instructions.
• Experience maintaining, inspecting, testing or fault-finding on electrical, electronic, mechanical or signalling equipment.

Responsibilities

• Shifts include days, nights and weekends with rostering.
• Outdoor work in all weathers and conditions.
• Drive Network Rail vehicles and be prepared for on-call duties.

Skills

Leadership

Effective communicator

Technical skills

Safety

Problem solver

Willingness to learn

Relevant qualification

Education

NVQ Level 1 or 2

Job description

Who We Are

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. Now Is a Fantastic Time And Join Our Team In Wales And Western Region As We Finalise The Reforms To Our Maintenance Organisation Which Will Deliver.

• A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees - quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
• Individual rostering - enabling us to send the right number or people to fix a fault.
• Multi-skilling - investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
• Accelerated and improved technology deployment - we have a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.

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. When your part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.

About our people and the recruitment process

We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We look for opportunities to offer great opportunities to learn and grow through personal and professional development. And, if you make the grade then you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in the Glassdoor's 2021 Best Places to Work.

About The Role

Our technicians provide the essential link between the team leader and the team's operatives, and can specialise in a range of disciplines, but for this role you'll become a specialist in: Signalling & Telecoms. You'll be working with equipment including signals that control when trains can run, level crossings, and points systems. With your willingness to learn, you'll develop a huge range of technical skills across a range of manual, electrical and digital equipment.

Our technicians work outside in all conditions, at all times of the year, day or night. You could be involved in demanding manual work, often with the need to transport kit, across tricky terrain. Being safety focused, respectful of rules and a team player will be critical as you'll often be working next to moving trains travelling at highspeed.

You matter to your team

You will be a natural team player, you'll also be able to lead the team when asked by the team leader. You'll use your skills to deliver work safely and will check the team has the right competencies to meet our strict safety standards. You'll also be a role model for safe working behaviours and be confident to challenge any potential risks to safety, so that everyone gets home safe every day.

Today's technicians can go onto become tomorrow's team leaders.

Benefits

• Privileged staff travel - Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel and includes family members.
• A subsidy of up to 75% on rail and underground season tickets if you travel to work on the train.
• Benefits package including healthcare offers, a cycle to work scheme, discounted healthcare club membership, and a discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare and online shopping site.
• Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35hrs per week contract, with hybrid working, flexible working, and family friendly support.
• 5 days paid volunteering leave.
• 2 weeks paid reserve leave for the Armed Forces community.
• In Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognise colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviours.

Salary: £45,669 per annum

Closing date - 15th October 2026

The role is based in Hereford.

Your Experience And Skills

• Leadership - You're able to lead, motivate and direct a team for safe and efficient work delivery.
• Effective communicator - You'll need strong communication skills and be able to deliver clear instructions to the team and other colleagues.
• Technical skills - Experience in carrying out maintenance, inspections, testing and fault-finding activities on electrical, electronic, mechanical or signalling equipment.
• Safety - You consistently role model safe behaviours, can arrange and implement safe systems of work, and are confident to challenge if you think a situation is unsafe.
• Problem solver - You'll be persistent in finding safe and effective solutions. You'll consistently develop your skills and competencies relevant to your discipline, keeping up to date with new standards, procedures and instructions. To issues you find out in your working environment.
• Willingness to learn - You'll consistently develop your skills and competencies relevant to your discipline, keeping up to date with new standards, procedures and instructions.
• Relevant qualification - You'll ideally hold an NVQ Level 1 or 2 linked to the discipline you are applying for. Or you have achieved an equivalent level of relevant experience.

It matters that this is the right role for you

• Shifts - Technician roles involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights and weekends. Individual rostering enables us to send the right number of people for the work required.
• Outdoor working - Our technicians work outside in all weathers and so you'll be comfortable working in different conditions.
• Safe working - Offers of employment are subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment and BPSS pre-employment checks. This will include a hearing and eyesight examination.
• Driving - As a technician you'll also need a driving licence (category B) so you can drive Network Rail vehicles.
• On-Call - To maintain fault response coverage across a 24/7 network, this role requires participation in an on-call rota as part of the roster.
• Commute times - You'll also need to be within a 60-minute commute of Hereford Train Station and have the ability to drive your own vehicle to your depot for your shifts and faulting response.

You matter to us

Your commitment to self-development and continuous learning is hugely important in this role and we'll provide you with all the training to develop both technical skills and non-technical skills. If you're joining us from another industry, the structured training will give you the skills and confidence to move into a rewarding career in rail. Today's technicians are tomorrow's technicians and team leaders, and we offer a clear career path for you.