Train Cleaner

Job Title: Train Cleaner

Location: Newton Heath Train Care Depot

Hourly Pay Rate: £13.57 per hour

Contract: 6-month temp-to-perm

Be Part of Keeping the Railway Moving

Are you reliable, hardworking, and take pride in delivering high standards? This is a fantastic opportunity to join a key operational team ensuring trains are clean, safe, and ready for service across the Northern network.

The Role & About You

As a Train Cleaner, you'll be responsible for the internal cleaning of train carriages at Newton Heath Depot. Working as part of a night team you'll help ensure each train is presented to a consistently high standard for passengers.

This role is contracted at 35 hours per week, with either a Tuesday to Friday basis 8:00 pm - 4:45 am, or a rolling roster of 5 on 4 off/4 on 5 off between 8:45 pm and 5:30 am on a Sunday Saturday rota. The position begins on 18 May, so availability from this date is essential.

• Cleaning seating areas, tables, floors, toilets, and touchpoints
• Removing waste and replenishing onboard consumables where required
• Working to tight turnaround times and maintaining quality

This is a physically active, hands on role in a fast paced, safety critical environment. You'll need to be dependable, able to follow procedures, and comfortable working night shifts on a rotating pattern.

You'll be a strong team player with a good work ethic, able to take initiative when needed and maintain high standards throughout your shift.

The Company

Northern Trains is one of the UK's largest train operating companies, delivering over 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England. Connecting major cities, towns, and rural communities, Northern plays a vital role in keeping people moving for work, education, and leisure.

With a strong focus on customer experience, safety, and operational performance, Northern continues to invest in its people, fleet, and infrastructure. Train presentation is a key part of that commitment, ensuring every service is clean, safe, and ready for passengers.

Working with Northern offers the opportunity to be part of an essential frontline operation, with clear standards, structured training, and the potential to secure a permanent position within a well established and growing organisation.

Ganymede is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation.