Railway Possession Support, Atherstone (Saturday Nights)- Full Training Provided

Job Purpose

When engineering maintenance is required on a section of track, a possession is taken to close the line to normal traffic providing protection for the workers.

As a Possession Support worker, you will carry out duties under direction to assist the safe and efficient delivery of access to the railway infrastructure for engineering maintenance. You will use the necessary equipment and comply with the plans provided for delivering the safe access arrangements.

Please note the majority of work will be during the night and you will be working alone.

Duties

- To assist in Implementing arrangements
- Support the movement of Engineering Trains
- Comply with all relevant legislation and railway rules
- Clearly communicate with the relevant individuals
- Follow industry and company reporting procedures
- Accurately complete the relevant documentation

Essential skills & requirements

- Excellent communication skills
- Confident working alone
- Willingness to learn and develop with a drive to progress within the organisation
- Right to work in the UK

Essential qualifications

- Hold a full UK Driving Licence

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Funded Skills Bootcamp Training

For this role, you will be required to attend our 11-day training programme.

Skills Bootcamp courses run monthly. Please consider your flexibility before applying.

The competencies you will achieve are:

- Manual Handling
- Full First Aid at Work
- Personal Track Safety (PTS)
- Possession Support (PS)
- Individual Working Alone (IWA)
- Working Near/Adjacent to DC Conductor Rails (DCCR)

More information on training will be provided.

This is a great way to get into working on the rail and we offer excellent career progression to those who put in the work!

RTAS0184

Job Type: Zero hours contract

Benefits:

• Company pension

Schedule:

• 10 hour shift
• 8 hour shift
• Every weekend
• Night shift
• Overtime
• Weekend availability
• Weekends only

Application question(s):

• Do you have the right to work in the UK?
• Are you ok working nights and weekends?
• This job is primarily working Saturday night shifts, on a zero-hour contract. Additional shifts can be picked up midweek - are you able to commit to this?

Licence/Certification:

• UK Manual Driving Licence (required)

Work Location: In person

Reference ID: PS5324