Technician Off Track Depot

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 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.

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The Off-track team plays a vital role in the operation of the railway, where every day is different. From providing fault resolution to maintenance, we work across key areas such as fencing, vegetation management, access/egress, and drainage.

As a technician, you'll work outdoors as part of a team, ensuring the continued safe and smooth running of the railway for both passengers and freight.

Our technician community is made up of individuals from diverse backgrounds, and this could be your first opportunity to explore a career in the rail industry. We value transferable skills and behaviours, so if you can demonstrate them, we’ll offer all the necessary training to ensure you can work safely and efficiently on the network.

Do you have experience in countryside management, land stewardship, farming, or agriculture? Or perhaps you have skills in fencing, arboriculture, or drainage?

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 Off track:
You’ll be responsible for maintaining, inspecting and repairing the land alongside the track network to keep the railway safe and efficient.

This includes vegetation management, drainage and ancillary structures.

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.

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 transferrable 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…