Network Rail

Driver

Company
Location
Crewe, England, United Kingdom
Posted At
3/26/2025
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Description
Location

Crewe, GB

Department Name

MP Construction Services - Planning (541096) G2

About Network Rail

🌟 Join Our Team at Network Rail! 🌟

Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter, and when you join us, you matter to us and millions of others. Click here to watch our inspiring video to learn more about us!

We're dedicated to building a diverse and inclusive organisation that reflects the passengers we serve. To achieve this, we're committed to becoming an open, diverse, and inclusive workplace, leveraging the skills and expertise of our talented workforce. Together, we strive to create a safe and accessible railway for everyone. Discover more about the importance of Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail by clicking here .

Investing in our people is key to enhancing the safety, reliability, and efficiency of our railway system. If you're passionate about making a meaningful impact, then this opportunity is for you!

About our people and the recruitment process - We're an inclusive employer of choice and we welcome applications from everyone! We encourage our colleagues to work flexibly, as we know traditional working patterns don't always fit. If you want to consider working flexibly, just let us know and we'll do our best to help and invest in your career with us , whilst you have a healthy work life balance.

We're also 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.

Brief Description

Route Services is a division of Network Rail that provides the Routes with services so they can help Network Rail deliver a better railway for a better Britain. We support the Routes with a myriad of services and supplies they need to maintain and operate the railway. See the diagram for a breakdown of our services. To learn more, please click here to watch our video.

This role sits within Supply Chain Operations (SCO), an area of the business which supplies and delivers the logistics, materials, components, rail and road fleet that enable the maintenance and renewal of the railway.

SCO keeps the materials, machinery and components required by its customers moving – making sure they are on-site when needed so work can go ahead as planned and on schedule. Watch our video Working in Supply Chain Operations

Working with us is More than a Salary

About The Role (External)

In this role you’ll load, drive and unload a variety of vehicles for the purposes of transporting plant and materials.

Key accountabilities:

  • Carry out work safely and in accordance with the safe systems of work procedures, method statements or other instructions.
  • Drive a variety of vehicles for which the driver is certified and licensed to operate.
  • Carry out the loading and unloading of plant and/or materials from vehicles as required observing all Health & Safety requirements associated with the use of mechanised lifting equipment including HIAB and Forklift Trucks.
  • Check that all vehicle loads comply with the requirements of road traffic legislation and the defined operating limits of the vehicle.
  • Carry out mandatory daily vehicle checks as required and report all defects in a timely manner in accordance with company procedures and instructions.
  • Maintain the vehicle so that it remains safe and clean for use.
  • Complete all vehicle paperwork and maintain records as required.
  • Complete and return paperwork as required when delivering plant and/or materials to end users.
  • Adhere to company policies and procedures.
  • Undertake the regular training required as part of the Driver Continuing Professional Competence (CPC) Qualification.
  • Contribute to your own development and that of others.


The ideal candidate will demonstrate the following:

  • Able to work as part of team.
  • Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
  • Hold and retain competencies relevant to this post, required by business need.
  • Ideally hold (or be working towards) and NVQ level 1 (or equivalent) in a related subject.
  • Able and willing to drive various as required by business need.
  • Able to operate mechanised lifting equipment.
  • Able to operate Forklift Truck.


How To Apply (External)

Vacancy type: This role is permanent .

Location: This position is based in Crewe.

Hours: 42 hours per week with travel as required.

Salary range: IMC54 contract. £40,896 per annum.

Closing date: 8 April 2025. Late applicants will not be accepted. This role is being advertised internally and externally.

Please note, you will need to complete a supporting statement addressing how you meet the essential criteria listed in this advert as part of your application. Please add this to your CV in one document.

Please see the attached guide on how to complete a supporting statement. If you're unable to open this, please contact our Resourcing Team via [email protected]

Click ‘Apply now’ to submit your application. If you would like to speak the Resourcing Team, please contact us using the email address above.

If you would like to know more about the role, please contact Howard Parker ( [email protected] ).

At Network Rail you will have a clear development path, access to training and enjoy a range of employee benefits, such as; up to 28 days annual leave, rail travel subsidies, a range of pension options, flexible and agile working arrangements, discounts on shopping, gym memberships and much more. Find out more about our benefit s.

If you would like any reasonable adjustments support during your application or throughout the recruitment process , please do not hesitate to contact the Resourcing Team who will happily assist.

Below are some examples of adjustments we can make:

  • Changing a provision, practice or ‘the way things are done’


For example, we can give candidates extra time to complete online, tasks or interviews as needed.

  • Changing a physical feature of our workplace For example, office/room layout can be adapted to accommodate individual needs.
  • Providing extra equipment or assistance For example, we can provide sign language interpreters and support workers where needed. Alternative document formats can be made available.


There are lots of other adjustments we can consider – please just ask!

The recruitment process will consist of shortlisted candidates being invited to take part in the following;

  • Competency Based Interview


Candidates who are shortlisted for interview will be contacted by phone or email.

For further information about how we recruit, please visit: https://www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/how-we-recruit/

This role is safety critical and will require a medical and/or Personal Track Safety Competence.

Personal Track Safety (PTS) is a set of safety regulations and procedures that individuals must adhere to when working on or near the tracks of the UK rail network.

Drugs and Alcohol Standard:

All prospective external candidates offered a conditional role 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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