Inventory Controller​/Secondment

Inventory Controller (12 month Fixed-Term Contract / Secondment)

IRC
2366058

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Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you! to learn about our vision for a simpler, better, greener railway, and to learn about our approach to safety and how it's at the heart of everything we do. If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Route Services is a division of Network Rail that provides the Routes with services so they can help Network Rail deliver a better railway for a better Britain. We support the Routes with a myriad of services and supplies they need to maintain and operate the railway, to learn more, please  to watch our video.

This role sits within Supply Chain Operations (SCO), an area of the business which supplies and delivers the logistics, materials, components, rail and road fleet that enable the maintenance and renewal of the railway.

SCO keeps the materials, machinery and components required by its customers moving - making sure they are on-site when neededso work cango ahead as planned and on schedule.

Vacancy type: This role 12 month secondment/fixed-term contract post with the potential to extend or become permanent (unless a suitable redeployee is identified).

Location: This position is base at The Quadrant, Milton Keynes (3 days per week in the office).

Hours:35 hours per week with hybrid working and occasional travel for site visits. Flexible working arrangements can be considered.

Salary range:£32,432 per annum.

Closing date:29 September 2026. Late applicants will not be accepted. This role is being advertised internally and externally.

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At Network Rail you will have a clear development path, access to training and enjoy a range of employee benefits, such as; up to 28 days annual leave, rail travel subsidies, a range of pension options, flexible and agile working arrangements, discounts on shopping, gym memberships and much more.
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