Signaller
Location
Angus, GBDepartment Name
Route Business ScotlandAbout Network Rail
Network Rail is at the heart of revitalising Britain's railway. We're making rail safer, more reliable and more efficient than ever before. It's a big challenge, and every talented individual in every different team takes responsibility for doing their bit. We're all accountable for making the best of every duty. Of course, we're also accountable for helping each other thrive. Together, we're making a railway fit for the future. And as the network continues to grow, you'll grow along with us.
The safe, efficient and reliable operation of signals across our network keeps Britain moving. Because it makes commuter travel and freight transport safer, more efficient and more reliable; demanding a crucial combination of analytical thinking and great communication skills, the job of Signaller is quite simply one of the most important roles on the rail network.
Brief Description
Your decisions make all the difference. Taking the lead on signalling during your shift, you'll take great care to make sure trains travel safely and efficiently along the network. You'll keep Britain moving.
Signaller
Grade: Signaller Grade 3
Salary: £32,874 (£29,221 whilst in training)
Location: Inverkeilor SB
About the role (External)
As a guardian of safety and good communications on the railway, you'll ensure the safe passage of trains. You will undertake our Signaller Apprenticeship Programme for a minimum of 12 months to equip you with the essential skills and knowledge to undertake the duties of one of the most important jobs on Britain's Railway.
Maintaining the highest standards in every action you take, you'll make sure each decision is thought through, following clear, calm and methodical analysis. Even under pressure, your standards will never slip.
You will work on a shift basis. As the focal point of railway operations in your assigned area, you'll be expected to take the lead in your duties during your shift. That means you'll take command of situations, with an assertive approach and clear communication.
Mandatory Signalling Apprenticeship and Training
Our Signaller Apprenticeship provides those who are new to the signaller world full training to develop both technical skills and non-technical skills and acquire practical experience through a wide mix of learning. You will benefit from attending a 12 week residential signaller training course followed by a period of supervised on the job training and the opportunity to practise new skills in a real work environment.
To ensure you're on the right track and you are receiving the support you need, you will have regular reviews with your line manager and Trainer.
On successful completion of your Signalling Apprenticeship you will have acquired a Level 2 Infrastructure Operations Apprenticeship.
The role of Signaller requires flexibility as you will be required to work on a rotational shift basis to ensure maximum coverage of our railway. As the focal point of railway operations in your assigned area, you'll be expected to take the lead in your duties during your shift. That means you'll take command of situations, with an assertive approach and clear communication.
Essential Criteria
§The ability to concentrate for long periods
§A calm, methodical and precise approach to your work
§Excellent communication skills
§Good hearing and eyesight, with satisfactory colour perception
§Your own transport, so you can reach your base day and night
§Able to assess situations and consider the impact of your decisions
§A highly conscientious worker
§Willing and able to work shifts, including evenings and weekends
§Meet the required benchmark for application screening questions
§Must meet required online testing benchmark
This role involves days, nights and weekend working and the job is safety critical. Offers of employment are subject to drug and alcohol testing and passing of the relevant medical assessment and BPSS pre-employment checks.
How to apply (External)
How to apply
Please click 'apply now' to login, upload your CV and complete the pre-screeningquestions.
If youare successful at these application questions, you will receive a link to complete 3 online SHL tests: verbal reasoning,numerical reasoning and a Signaller situational judgement test. You arerequired to complete the online tests within a 5 day timescale. If you havecompleted these same tests within the last 12 months, your previous test scoreswill be used. You will be notified if you have met the online selection testbenchmark. Please contactScotlandResourcing@networkrail.co.uk for any queries relating to SHL testing for thisvacancy.
Applicants that meet the test benchmark will be shortlisted to attendinterview. You will be notified of the outcome of your application and if youhave been selected to attend an interview.
If you are selected to attend interview, you will be contacted by theScotland Resourcing Team or Hiring Manager accordingly.
Network Rail welcomes applications from adiverse range of candidates regardless of age, disability, marital status (includingcivil partnerships), pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sexualorientation, transgender status, sex (or gender), employment status, membershipor non-membership of trade union, social class or any other irrelevantfactor. We are committed to interviewing all applicants who declare adisability and meet the essential criteria advertised. Weare disability confident and we continue to strive to create aworkforce as diverse as the communities we serve.
Network Rail adheres to pre-employmentBaseline Personal Security Standard (BPSS), this is government standard forpre-employment vetting.
BPSS government standardpre-employment vetting requires Network Rail to screen a potential employee'sunspent criminal convictions and undertake 3 year career checks. Employment atNetwork Rail is subject to employees meeting the BPSS government standardpre-employment vetting.
As this is a safety criticalrole, you will also be required to attend a pass a face to face medicalscreening with drug & alcohol test.
Keeping people safe on therailway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for NetworkRail.Applicants should demonstratetheir personalcommitment to safety in their application.
NetworkRail can offer you a rewarding careerwith competitive pay and excellent benefitsincluding a choice of contributory pension schemes, a generous annual leavepackage, a bonus scheme and an annual 75% subsidy on season tickets.
All candidates mustcomplete the mandatory pre-screening questions at the start in order for yourapplication to be progressed.
Grade: Signaller Grade 3
Salary:£32,874 (£29,221 whilst in training)
Location: Inverkeilor SB
Closing date: Wednesday 1st July 2020 - lateapplications will not be accepted.
Weretain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date based onapplication volumes.