Job Introduction
Train Presentation Operative
- We are seeking dedicated and detail-oriented individuals to join our team as Train Presentation Operatives. As a Train Presentation Operative, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our trains are maintained to the highest standards, meeting both safety and compliance regulations and our passengers' expectations.
Can you move people? Apply now.
What you’ll do
- Internal cleaning task according to the cleaning manual including biohazard removal, adhering to safety protocols.
- Foster a customer -centric approach, creating a positive and welcoming environment for passengers by attentively maintaining cleanliness, restocking supplies and promptly addressing any issues in toilets, including CET and tanking.
- Conduct comprehensive external cleaning, which encompasses tasks such as graffiti removal.
- Optionally, participate in fatality cleaning when required, offering additional benefits and allowing individuals to choose their involvement while maintaining a compassionate and professional approach.
- Prepare trains for seasonal conditions by executing winterisation procedures, conducting sanding operations to enhance traction and safety, and ensuring optimal fluid levels, including replenishing screen wash and anti-ice fluids to the trains.
- Assist with Depot/Sidings winterisation including application of anti-ice/de-icing products to walkways and roadways, conductor rails (under isolation) and snow clearance.
The Ideal Candidate
We are looking for hardworking individuals who are able to pass a PTS medical.
All successful candidates will need to undertake and pass a full safety critical medical before formal offer. If you have any questions regarding this please do email careers@southeasternrailway.co.uk.
Given the start and end times of shifts, it’s also best to have your own transport to get to and from your place of work.
As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Find out more here.
Other things to know
- All successful applicants will need to pass a Personal Track Safety course or a Depot Track Safety course (full training provided).
- This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.
- All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
- If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.
Find out more about our recruitment process and get tips to help you apply.
What you’ll get in return
Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:
- a final salary pension
- 24 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)
- free rail travel across our networks.
- 4 on 4 off Shift Pattern
Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.
A bit about Southeastern
We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.
However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.
It’s also about making our railway a great place to work and our team one that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.
Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at Southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.
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