Ground Staff

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

• We value everyone as part of the same team.
• We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
• We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
• We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
• We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
• We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure. At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector.

Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

To prepare freight trains for service, facilitate movements to/from the operational Railway, and control freight train movements, in a defined area of responsibility, in a safe and timely manner. Assist Principle Ground Staff and training team with inductions, mentoring, training and assessing other ground staff as required.

• Ensure freight train and associated wagons are correctly prepared for service.
• Ensure freight train and associated wagons are correctly disposed of when not in service and /or left unattended.
• Assist train driver with brake continuity testing
• Undertake mentoring, training, assessing and briefing other ground staff as directed by Delivery manager and rostering/training teams.
• Complete train documentation e.g. Train preparation certificate, Train certificate of readiness and up-date T.O.P.S as required.
• Carry out shunting and train preparation duties, including Coupling/uncoupling of wagons and locomotives.
• Carry out load examination duties to railway industry standards.
• Operate ground frames and hand points as required to facilitate train movements.
• Undertake technical examination of rolling stock
• Assist maintenance/servicing staff undertaking maintenance/servicing activities, as required where competent.

• Experienced train preparer…