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Join the Southern Region – where your work truly matters. Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK’s most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day. This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail. From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.
Track Quality Supervisor
Deliver Excellence on the Rails
Location: Basingstoke
Salary: £38,000 + Location Allowance and Role Associated Allowances
Contract: Full-Time
About the Role
Join Our Team and Keep Britain Moving
We’re looking for a Track Quality Supervisor to ensure the safe, efficient, and high-quality delivery of all on-track machine operations – including tamping and stoneblower activities. If you have a strong understanding of track geometry and on-track plant, this is your chance to make a real impact on the reliability and safety of the rail network.
What You’ll Do
- Supervise on-track machine operations to achieve optimum output and meet required standards.
- Mark up obstructions for tamping/stoneblower operations and liaise with machine operators to ensure quality results.
- Check machine output and verify work meets design specifications.
- Mark up design lifts and slues, review schemes, and check clearances through structures.
- Plan and carry out site inspections to identify preparatory work for tamping/stoneblower operations, coordinating with Track Section Managers.
- Direct and supervise staff assisting with on-track machine operations.
- Produce and maintain accurate paper and electronic records of tamping/stoneblower activities.
- Support additional duties as directed by the Assistant Track Maintenance Engineer.
Your Experience and Skills
What you’ll need
- Knowledge of on-track machines and their operation.
- Strong understanding of track geometry principles.
- Experience in track geometry measurement and setting out for on-track plant.
- Competent to Engineering Supervisor level.
Desirable:
- Knowledge of track geometry design.
Important Information
This is a safety-critical role, which means you’ll need to pass a medical assessment and be subject to drug and alcohol testing. Your role will involve working days, nights and weekends, so flexibility is necessary.
Why You’ll Love It Here
Perks That Pack a Punch:
We offer excellent benefits, including:
- Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
- Defined benefit pension scheme.
- 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
- Up to 75% off leisure travel.
- Flexible/hybrid working arrangements.
- Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
- Carer’s leave to support those who matter.
- Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
- We offer generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees.
- Plus, more….
We’re All About Inclusion
We believe diversity drives innovation. Whoever you are, however you identify, wherever you’re from – if you’ve got the skills and the spark, we want you on our team. No suits required. Just bring your authentic self.
About Your Application
As part of the application process, you’ll be asked to complete your three-year employment history and upload your CV. Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application. All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks.
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard: All prospective candidates will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
Ready to take the next step in your engineering career? Apply now and join a team that values safety, innovation, and technical excellence!
