Senior Technician [General Ops]

Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom

8/9/2025

Location

Springburn, Glasgow, GB

Department Name

Scotland

About Network Rail

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If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!

Scotland's Railway is part of this large family and it covers a large geographical area from the Borders to Thurso at the far tip of the North East of Scotland, accounting for almost 20 per cent of the UK rail network. We provide rapid access along busy commuter routes to our seven cities, servicing the varied needs of our business and leisure commuter services, including cross border services and rural services. We have up to 50 freight services operating every day and we are steadily building capacity for this to grow. Our ambition to be responsive to passengers and freight users, drives us every day and we're empowered to do the right thing for those who use the rail network. We actively challenge unsafe practices and take responsibility for addressing risks, resolving issues and protecting safety and wellbeing.

Brief Description

The Senior Technician undertakes and directs inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal work as allocated safely, efficiently and to relevant standards and where directed, lead a team.

About The Role (External)

Here are some of the duties your role will include:

• Establish and maintain appropriate safety arrangements for staff under your control including Contractors.
• Carry out work safely and in accordance with the safe systems of work procedures, method statements or other relevant instructions.
• Undertake work and associated duties for which you are trained and competent.
• Undertake and direct work activities in a safe and efficient manner and in accordance with all relevant standards.
• Control and check the quality of work undertaken and confirm assets are compliant to standards.
• Check that the staff under your control have the appropriate and valid competencies.
• Check that vehicles, plant, tools, equipment and materials under your control are fit for use and are used/stored and disposed of correctly.
• Accurately report all work completed/not completed and produce/maintain records as required.
• Contribute to your own development and that of others.
• Adhere to company policies and procedures.
• Deputise for the Section Manager as required.
• Coach and mentor junior grades as required.
  
  
  

What you will bring to the role:

Essential

• Experience of arranging and implementing safe systems of work.
• Knowledge of how to organise and control the safe and efficient delivery of work.
• Able to demonstrate, promote and embed safe working behaviours within the team.
• Able to lead, motivate and direct a team.
• Able to communicate effectively verbally and in writing.
• Knowledge and experience of Communications inspection, faulting, maintenance and renewal
  
  
  

techniques.

• Knowledge of relevant standards, procedures and instructions.
• Hold and retain competencies relevant to this post, required by business need.
• Ideally hold (or be working towards) an NVQ level 2 or 3 (or equivalent) in a relevant subject or
  
  
  

have attained an appropriate level of knowledge through equivalent relevant experience.

• Able and willing to drive vehicles as required by business need.
  
  
  

The Senior Technician [General Ops] is a safety critical role and Personal Track Safety (PTS) competence is required. Any offer of employment will be subject to passing the relevant pre-employment medical assessment to obtain this competence, which includes a drug & alcohol test. This role will involve shift work including night and weekend working. You may also be required to work on-call.

How To Apply (External)

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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 contact [email protected] .

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. Applicants should demonstrate their personal commitment to safety in their application.

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Grade: Former IMC Terms and Conditions (IMC51)

Salary: £46,112

Closing date: Midnight on Friday 22nd August 2025 – late applications will not be accepted .

We retain the right to close the advert before the listed closing date (based on application volumes) so if you are interested in this vacancy, we encourage you to make your application as early as possible.