Team Leader x 4

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Brief Description

From establishing safety arrangements to checking the quality of work, you'll direct and inspire the success of a team involved in everything from inspection and faulting, through to maintenance and renewal.

Please Note: There may be a requirement to work on call in this role if you opt to take the GTRM IMC25 contract.

About the role (External)

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

Qualifications and experience required:

• 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
• Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures, and instructions
• A clear and inspirational leader with a strong sense of direction
• 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 through relevant experience
• Willingness and ability to drive vehicles as required by business needs

This role involves days, nights, and weekend working and is a safety-critical role, subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing the relevant medical assessment.

Please submit your application as soon as possible; the advert may close early if sufficient applications are received. Late applications will not be accepted.

The recruitment process for this role is competency-based.

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and will do its best to support candidates with disabilities by providing reasonable adjustments. For accessibility support, visit Evenbreak's Career Hive. Please note any reasonable adjustments/modifications in your application.

Ensuring safety on the railway is fundamental. Demonstrate your personal dedication to safety in your application.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

All candidates must undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Positive results will lead to rescinding your application. Results are securely stored on the Sentinel database, and a 5-year suspension from applying for safety-critical roles will be enforced if tested positive.

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