Signal & Telecoms Maintenance Engineer

Signal & Telecoms Maintenance Engineer

Location

Birmingham, GB

Department Name

Route BusinessesAbout Network Rail

Network Rail operates and maintains the railway infrastructure 24/7 365 days a year.

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 you’re part of our team, you matter to us and you matter to millions.

We’re continuing to build a more diverse and inclusive organisation which is representative of the passengers we serve. To do this, it’s essential we become a more open, diverse and inclusive organisation, harnessing the skills and expertise of all our people and attracting the best talent to help us have a safe, accessible railway for everyone. We’re an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone.

Our Route

Central route is at the heart of Britain’s railway. The route covers a major part of the national rail network and is a key commuter line in and out of Birmingham, with hundreds of thousands of passengers, and thousands of tonnes of freight carried within our route each week. Within our route is the Chiltern Main Line between London Marylebone and the West Midlands, the Snow Hill line from Stratford-upon-Avon to Worcester, the Cross City line in Birmingham, and lines to other cities including Wolverhampton, Coventry, Walsall, and Oxford.

We are home to Birmingham New Street station, the busiest station outside of London with more than 170,000 passengers using it every day.

Brief Description

What will you be doing?

An exciting Signal & Telecoms Maintenance Engineer opportunity has become available within the Central Route maintenance team based in Saltley Delivery Unit. The Railway in this area serves its customers on a 24 hour basis, through out the year, and you will be required to lead and direct the Maintenance delivery teams in the inspection and maintenance of safety critical signalling assets alongside rapid response to failure situations. 

You will be required to deliver ‘Safety of The Line’ as the technical lead for the area, adhering to technical and safety standards safely and within budgets. An element of on call is a requirement of this post to support teams.

Experience of frontline railway signalling maintenance management is a key requirement with the opportunity to apply technical skills, safety critical decisions making and coaching/mentoring the development of other signal engineering leaders.

This is an opportunity to provide technical and business leadership across a diverse asset base in one of the UK’s most critical freight and passenger arteries.

What will your day to day look like?

• Leading and directing the Railway Signalling and Telecommunications Maintenance teams to achieve business and functional objectives and meet key performance measures.
• Managing development of individuals and the motivation and engagement of the team.
• Managing the arrangements for staff safety and competence within the operational Railway environment.
• Identifying and implementing safety, asset performance, reliability, productivity and efficiency improvement initiatives.
• Managing the inspection and maintenance of Railway Signalling and Telecommunication assets to laid down safety and technical standards.
• Managing the prioritisation of safety critical work and delivery to plan.
• Checking that safety, assurance, compliance to standards, performance and business processes are followed.
• Identifying and submitting non compliances to standards for approval and take appropriate mitigating actions where required.
• Managing the process to handover and accept back operational assets being renewedor modified by large and smaller project teams.
• Authorising the restoration to normal operation after completion of testing/investigation, assets that have failed, been subject to an allegation or been renewed as part of a maintenance delivered renewal programme.
• Developing and agreeing annual maintenance, inspection and testing programmes and resource levels.
• Developing and authorising quarterly work plans and resource levels.
• Identifying and proposing asset renewals.
• Reviewing and approving method statements and/or plans for design and/or work activities as required.
• Undertaking investigations and report on accidents/incidents.
• Undertaking an agreed programme of safety tours, staff surveillance, work quality and asset condition checks.

About the role (External)

In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:

• Relevant technical competence
• Experience in maintenance management, processes and techniques
• Knowledge of safety and compliance management processes
• Detailed knowledge of relevant standards and procedures
• Knowledge of operational railway environment
• Knowledge of other functional disciplines
• IRSE Licence holder (Signalling only)
• Local Accident & Incident Investigation
• Good interpersonal, influencing, communication and organisation skills

It’s not mandatory to have the below, but it would be desirable to have:

• Incorporated Engineer
• Membership of professional body

How to apply (External)

Salary: starting from £55,596 raising to £68,500 per annum. Network Rail adheres to a structured pay framework, any salary offered will be within the pay range advertised.

Closing date:08/01/2025. Late applications will not be accepted.

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We’re a Disability Confident Leader employer and we’ll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles.

Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard is changing as of 16.01.2023. All prospective candidates who have not been offered a conditional role by 16.01.2023 will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.

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