Technician [Overhead Line Equipment]

About Us

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 to join our team in the Wales and Western region as we finalize reforms to our maintenance organization, which will deliver:

• A safer, 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 of people to fix a fault.
• Multi-skilling, investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix common faults themselves.
• Accelerated and improved technology deployment, with 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 destinations safely and efficiently. We’re an organization where people matter. When you’re part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.

We’re an inclusive employer of choice and welcome applications from everyone. We look for opportunities to offer great opportunities to learn and grow through personal and professional development. If you make the grade, you can look forward to a rewarding and fulfilling career with a company that joined the top 50 in Glassdoor’s 2021 Best Places to Work. We want to help deliver a railway that is safe, reliable, affordable, and provides great customer service to everyone.

About the Role

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 traveling at high speed.

You will be a natural team player, and 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 behaviors and be confident to challenge any potential risks to safety, so that everyone gets home safe every day.

Today’s technicians can go on to become tomorrow’s team leaders.

Benefits

As a Network Rail employee, you will enjoy a wide range of benefits!

• Privileged staff travel: Leisure travel discount of 75% on all leisure travel, including family members.
• 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 discounted offers and benefits including childcare, healthcare, and an online shopping site.
• Effectively manage work-life balance with a 35-hour 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 the Wales and Western region, you will have the opportunity to join PROUD, our reward and recognition scheme where you can say thanks and recognize colleagues across the region who have demonstrated outstanding values and behaviors.

Salary

£38,482 per annum

Late applications will not be accepted.

Your Experience and Skills

Our technicians play a vital role in our maintenance teams. You don’t necessarily need rail experience, but you do need to show how your transferable skills meet the following:

• 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: You’ll have knowledge and experience of inspection, faulting, maintenance, and renewal techniques in the discipline that you are applying for.
• Safety: You consistently role model safe behaviors, 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 address 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.

Additional Information

It matters that this is the right role for you. Here’s some additional information which might help you.

• Shifts: Technician roles involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights, and weekends.
• 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.
• Commute Times: You’ll also need to be within a 60-minute commute of the location that you’re applying for.

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 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.