Team Leader (Signalling and Telecoms)

You'll lead, motivate and develop a high-performing team responsible for inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal activities. Every day will bring new challenges - and the chance to make a tangible difference to railway safety and performance.

You'll:

• Direct and organise team activities, ensuring safe, efficient delivery of all work
• Establish and maintain robust safety arrangements and safe systems of work
• Proactively manage quality, compliance and the competence of your team
• Ensure vehicles, tools, equipment and materials are fit for purpose
• Produce essential reports that help keep our operations running smoothly
• Work hands-on, setting the standard for excellence across the team

This is a safety-critical role, which may involve days, nights, weekends, and on-call working, and is subject to medical, drug and alcohol testing.

Please note there will be a requirement to work on call

We'll look to you to direct, organise and motivate a high-performance team. From inspection and faulting through to maintenance and renewal, you'll play a hands-on role. You'll make sure everything is done efficiently and to the highest standards. Safety will be a priority. You'll establish appropriate safety arrangements and make sure Network Rail staff and contractors alike follow safe systems of work. Proactively controlling and checking the quality of work and the competence of your people, you'll see to it that assets are fully compliant, and all vehicles, plant, tools, equipment and materials are fit for purpose. Along the way, you'll compile a range of vital reports.

Essential Criteria

• Experience of organising and controlling the safe and efficient delivery of work
• Excellent communication skills, both in person and in writing
• Knowledge of discipline-specific maintenance, inspection, faulting, and renewal techniques including working standards NR/L3/SIG/10663 and NR/L3/SIG/11231
• Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures, and instructions

• A clear and inspirational leader with a strong sense of direction

• Must have a valid IRSE Combined Signalling Maintainer & Fault Finder Licence 1.4.230

Desirable Criteria

• Hold or be working towards an NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or have attained the appropriate level of knowledge gained through equivalent relevant experience
• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need
• The candidate will have experience in Railway Signalling, ideally Team Leading

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