Make your mark with Colas Rail UK
At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be at home. You'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.
This is true because...
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We value everyone as part of the same team.
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We treat everyone as equals - and everyone is approachable, from the CEO down.
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We put you in control of your career to lead and grow in any way you want.
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We have a culture of care, from safe working environments to diversity and inclusion.
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We're renowned for innovation, adopting new ideas, and daring to be different.
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We are building a more sustainable future and our projects impact infrastructure for generations.
About Us
Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.
At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.
Leading by our Values
Our values, Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.
We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.
We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.
We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.
We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.
Even if you don't meet every requirement, please don't rule yourself out, we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.
To manage the maintenance of Network Rail owned assets which includes C2102, C2103 and C44 machines to ensure the maximum availability and reliability is achieved. Ensure that the equipment is maintained in accordance with relevant standards, procedures & legislation.
Manage and motivate a specialist engineering team which includes Project Manager, Reliability Engineer and Warranty Engineer to ensure the efficient and effective maintenance and repair of plant, supporting the delivery of Network Rail projects.
To deliver the required work in a safe and effective manner, conforming to contract specification and to provide the first level response to any machine failures, and ensuring a high level of cleanliness, reliability and performance is achieved.
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Always have safety as the primary consideration in all aspects of delivering and managing the people, process and equipment in Colas Rail.
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Have a minimum 3 years experience of maintenance of large rail plant or systems
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Have excellent planning & organisational capabilities.
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Have previous project management/engineering experience
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Excellent communication and motivation skills essential.
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Have knowledge and experience of railway rules, regulations & standards, and relevant safety legislation
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Have knowledge of Health and Safety at Work Act
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Be trained in Risk Management or Risk Assessment techniques
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Have a knowledge of accident investigation techniques
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Hold a PTS
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Have an understanding of Network Rail Line Standards
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Be extensively computer literate.
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Understand commercial processes and requirements.
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Ensure that mandatory PPE is worn by all staff, at all times.
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Participate in regular monthly safety meeting.
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Participate in Accident and Incident reporting and investigation as instructed and in accordance with the Safety Management System
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Report to and work under the direction of the Plant Operations Manager and in close collaboration with the Rail Grinding Delivery Manager, Network Rail Fleet Engineers and Colas Rail services.
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Adhere to applicable Colas Maintenance Policy & Plans for the Rail Grinding fleets.
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Comply with the Maintenance Management System, managing the planned maintenance of the system plant in accordance with Maintenance Programme and approved maintenance manuals/schedules.
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Ensure maintenance documentation is managed, controlled, monitored, act on NIRs changes to legislation & standards etc.
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Ensure all aspects of FAMS/MAXIMO are fully updated within the shortest reasonably practicable
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Manage the proactive delivery of preventative and reactive maintenance & repair to maximise plant availability & reliability
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Liaise with the CRS depot manager and depot supervisors to ensure movements of plant are coordinated and the necessary pit space is booked.
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Oversee the activity of all or any maintenance supervisors & all or any maintenance technicians to maximise performance, to ensure compliance with all relevant technical, quality, environmental & safety standards.
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Ensure manpower levels/competence are adequate to maintain the systems with optimum efficiency.
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Oversee the professional training & development of operating and maintenance staff and review training programmes.
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Ensure Plant maintenance competence standards are maintained by audit or internal verification.
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Establish plant safety performance objectives and ensure they are met by implementation of an audit programme.
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Liaise with manufacturers to transfer best practice and innovation
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Carry out safety inspections ensuring all relevant safety initiatives are implemented in a timely manner
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Work within a prescribed budget as authorised by the Plant Operations Manager.
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Investigation & reporting of faults, Identification of fault trends in line with latest industry measurements and trend capturing procedures.
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Monitoring & in depth reporting on maintenance performance & machine reliability.
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Propose modifications or improvements to maintenance processes and regimes to deliver performance & financial benefits.
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Ensure specialist technical requirements of Euro 6+ compliant stock are adequately managed including the provisions
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Completion of all maintenance works with no reportable accidents and incidents.
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Completion of all planned maintenance works within the timescale allocated
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Ensure that adequate resources are planned and available for all work sites, informing the Plant Operations Manager of issues for concern.
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Carry out Accident and Incident reporting and investigation as instructed and in accordance with the Safety Management System.
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Ensure that Competency Assessments are undertaken in accordance with the assessment programme produced by the Competence Manager.
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Ensure that mandatory PPE is issued to all site staff
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Ensure that supplementary PPE is provided to site staff in compliance with Work Package Plans and Task Briefings.
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Identify specific training needs for individuals so as to ensure staff competency for the allocated tasks.
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Ensure that mandatory training and competency certification for all staff are valid and copies available.
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Ensure that statutory safety and relevant company safety documents are displayed
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As you will expect the organisation may change from time to time and you will be expected to meet the operational requirements.
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Any other reasonable duties as required from time to time.
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Competitive Salary
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26 days Annual Leave
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Industry leading Life Assurance
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Healthcare Cash Plan
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Wellbeing Employee
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Assistant Programme Pension Scheme
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Eye Care Vouchers
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Long Service Award Season
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Ticket Loan
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Occupational Health Service
We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace. We believe that diversity drives innovation and creativity, and we actively seek to create an environment where everyone feels welcome, heard, valued and respected. Regardless of background, disability, age, race, religion, or gender, everyone is welcome at Colas Rail.
We strive to promote equity and eliminate discrimination, actively seeking to create a workforce reflective of communities we serve. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, offering flexible and inclusive adjustments to the interview process.
As part of a positive action drive to address under-representation we encourage applications from women, ethnically diverse individuals and people with disabilities, along with all candidates who identify with protected characteristic groups under the Equality Act 2010.
We are proudly part of the Disability Confidence Scheme, and as such we operate a Guaranteed Interview Scheme if you meet the minimum requirements.
On joining Colas Rail you’ll have access to our growing Employee Network Groups including Railbow (representing the LGBTQ+ community), BeyonDisability (representing those with disabilities) and Cross Culture (representing people from ethnic backgrounds). Everyone is welcome to join our network groups whether you are part of the community or an ally.
Work life balance is important to us; flexible working options are available where feasible and dependant on the role. Please discuss this during the interview process.
Join us in making a positive impact! Apply and be part of a team that values diversity and embraces unique perspectives.
