Section Supervisor [Distribution & Plant] - Ashford
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Description
Location
Ashford, GB
Department Name
DB SM(P&D) Lewisham Direct (831816) G1
About Network Rail
Join the Southern Region – where your work truly matters.
Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK's most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day. This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key—and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail. From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.
Brief Description
⚡ Section Supervisor – Distribution & Plant: Take the Next Step in Your Rail Career!
Ashford, GB
Department Name
DB SM(P&D) Lewisham Direct (831816) G1
About Network Rail
Join the Southern Region – where your work truly matters.
Covering Wessex, Sussex, and Kent, the Southern Region is one of the busiest and most dynamic parts of the railway. Our teams keep some of the UK's most vital passenger and freight routes moving every single day. This is a place where collaboration, innovation, and resilience are key—and where your contribution will directly impact millions of journeys. We are entering an exciting new chapter as we integrate with train operating companies under one national leadership, creating even greater opportunities to shape the future of rail. From supporting major modernisation programmes to improving performance for local communities and enhancing safety across complex operational environments, Southern offers a fast-paced, rewarding environment to grow your career and make a real difference.
Brief Description
⚡ Section Supervisor – Distribution & Plant: Take the Next Step in Your Rail Career!
⚡
Location: Ashford DU
Salary: £55,222 (IMC21) + role associate allowances and Location allowance
Hours: Full-Time
Shift Pattern: Days, Nights & Weekends (Safety‑Critical Role) - It is preferable that you hold City & Guilds 2365 level 2 or equivalent.
🚀 Ready for a New Challenge?
At Network Rail, we're looking for a motivated and hands‑on Section Supervisor – Distribution & Plant to join our team at [Insert Location]. In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering safe, compliant and high‑quality D&P works across our infrastructure.
This is your chance to strengthen your leadership skills, grow your technical capability, and build a clear path toward future roles such as Section Manager.
About The Role (External)
🌟 What You'll Do 👥 Lead Skilled Distribution & Plant Teams
Location: Ashford DU
Salary: £55,222 (IMC21) + role associate allowances and Location allowance
Hours: Full-Time
Shift Pattern: Days, Nights & Weekends (Safety‑Critical Role) - It is preferable that you hold City & Guilds 2365 level 2 or equivalent.
🚀 Ready for a New Challenge?
At Network Rail, we're looking for a motivated and hands‑on Section Supervisor – Distribution & Plant to join our team at [Insert Location]. In this role, you'll play a key part in delivering safe, compliant and high‑quality D&P works across our infrastructure.
This is your chance to strengthen your leadership skills, grow your technical capability, and build a clear path toward future roles such as Section Manager.
About The Role (External)
🌟 What You'll Do 👥 Lead Skilled Distribution & Plant Teams
- Supervise D&P activities including planned works, weekend shifts, isolations, and abnormal operations.
- Work collaboratively across disciplines to plan and deliver resources, materials, tools and plant.
- Ensure safe and efficient delivery of both reactive and planned D&P tasks.
- Manage rosters, monitor fatigue levels, and assess staff competencies.
- Build hands‑on experience in workforce planning, operational management and team development.
- Supervise and verify the quality of Distribution & Plant works to ensure compliance with standards.
- Implement and check safe systems of work, method statements, and instructions.
- Conduct inspections, prioritise resulting tasks, and oversee work documentation.
- Prepare method statements, resource specifications and Safe System of Work plans.
⚡ Drive Efficiency & Performance
- Assist in developing forward‑looking work plans for safe, efficient delivery.
- Support identification and scoping of asset renewals.
- Allocate resources and deliver work in line with maintenance strategy and business targets.
- Keep systems updated with accurate information, inspections and work records.
- Conduct staff surveillance, quality checks, and compliance reviews.
- Support competence management, performance development and staff welfare.
- Take ownership of your own development — and help others progress alongside you.
- Experience supervising technical work sites and ensuring safe, efficient delivery.
- Knowledge of resource planning, work organisation and delivery processes.
- Understanding of Distribution & Plant inspection, maintenance, renewal and asset condition techniques.
This is a safety-critical role, requiring you to pass a medical assessment and undergo drug and alcohol testing. Flexibility is essential as the role involves working days, nights, and weekends.
🎁 Perks That Pack a Punch:
- We offer excellent benefits, including:
- 🌞 Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
- ✨ Defined benefit pension scheme.
- 🚂 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
- 🚂 Up to 75% off leisure travel.
- We believe diversity drives innovation. Whoever you are, however you identify, wherever you're from — if you've got the skills and the spark, we want you on our team. No suits required. Just bring your authentic self.
Location: Ashford DU
Salary: £55,222 (IMC21) + role associate allowances and Location allowance
Hours: Full-Time
Shift Pattern: Days, Nights & Weekends (Safety‑Critical Role)
Closing Date 2nd March 2026
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We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!
Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader 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. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
All prospective candidates 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
We're dedicated to creating an inclusive environment and we welcome applications from everyone!
Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader 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. You can visit Evenbreak's Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
Network Rail Benefits – To find out about what benefits we offer, click here
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information
Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.
Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
All prospective candidates 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
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