Team Leader

Team Leader [Signalling Maintenance]

**Location**:
Reading, GB

**Department Name**:
Wales & Western Region.RWES.Reading (East).HM.5

**About Network Rail**:
At Network Rail, we’re part of a large family serving millions of passengers and freight users throughout the UK every day. Our service impacts millions of people and we strive to become more efficient as we enhance, maintain and operate our network.

Now is a fantastic time and join our team in Wales and Western region as we finalise the reforms to our maintenance organisation which will deliver:

- A safer and more reliable and punctual service for passengers and employees - quicker fault fixes by more agile multi-disciplined response teams.
- Individual rostering - enabling us to send the right number or people to fix a fault.
- Multi-skilling - investing in the knowledge and skills of our people so they are better equipped to fix the most common faults themselves.
- Accelerated and improved technology deployment - we have a raft of labour and life-saving technology ready to be rolled out.

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. **Watch our video to find out more**

**Brief Description**:
You’ll help keep our nation moving every single day. This is a critical part of the work we do is the daily upkeep of the rail network.

As a technician you’ll work outdoors in a team, supporting essential maintenance to keep the railway running safely and smoothly for passengers and freight users.

Our technician community comes from a variety of different backgrounds, and this might be the first time that you’ve even considered a career in rail. We’re focused on your transferrable skills and behaviours and if you can demonstrate that, then we will provide you with all the necessary training to have you working safely and competently out on the network.

**About the role (External)**:
Our technicians provide the essential link between the team leader and the team’s operatives, and can specialise in a range of disciplines, but for this role you’ll become a specialist in:
Signalling & Telecoms. You’ll be working with equipment including signals that control when trains can run, level crossings, and points systems. With your willingness to learn, you’ll develop a huge range of technical skills across a range of manual, electrical and digital equipment.

Our technicians work outside in all conditions, at all times of the year, day or night. You could be involved in demanding manual work, often with the need to transport kit, across tricky terrain. Being safety focused, respectful of rules and a team player will be critical as you’ll often be working next to moving trains travelling at highspeed.

**You matter to your team**

You will be a natural team player, you’ll also be able to lead the team when asked by the team leader. You’ll use your skills to deliver work safely and will check the team has the right competencies to meet our strict safety standards. You’ll also be a role model for safe working behaviours and be confident to challenge any potential risks to safety, so that everyone gets home safe every day.

Today’s technicians can go onto become tomorrow’s team leaders

**Your skills matter**

Our technicians play a vital role in our maintenance teams. You don’t necessarily need rail experience, but you do need to show how your transferrable skills meet the following:

- Leadership - You’re able to lead, motivate and direct a team for safe and efficient work delivery.
- Effective communicator - You’ll need strong communication skills and be able to deliver clear instructions to the team and other colleagues.
- Safety - You consistently role model safe behaviours, can arrange and implement safe systems of work, and are confident to challenge if you think a situation is unsafe.
- Problem solver - You’ll be persistent in finding safe and effective solutions. You’ll consistently develop your skills and competencies relevant to your discipline, keeping up to date with new standards, procedures and instructions. To issues you find out in your working environment.
- Willingness to learn - You’ll consistently develop your skills and competencies relevant to your discipline, keeping up to date with new standards, procedures and instructions.

**It matters that this is the right role for you**

Here’s some additional information which might help you.
- Shifts - Technician roles involve a changing shift pattern including days, nights and weekends.
- Outdoor working - Our technicians work outside in all weathers and so you’ll be comfortable working in different conditions.
- Driving - As a technician you’ll also need a driving licence (category B) so you can d