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Mobile Operative – West London

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Are you looking to start a career in the rail industry or looking for a career change?
We are looking for Mobile Operatives to join us as part of our ground staff team. As a Mobile Operative you’ll be on the go each day by preparing our trains so they’re safe to go on their journey for our customers.
Rail is one of the safest and most eco-friendly means of transport with one single freight train able to carry enough materials to build 30 houses. Our services replace the equivalent of over 22 million truck movements every year, saving 7 million tonnes of carbon emissions! As a Mobile Operative you’ll be directly contributing to reducing carbon emissions and shifting traffic from roads to the rail.
The role of Mobile Operative is hands on and you’ll be involved in the following:
Train preparation; shunting, marshalling
Train dispatch
Problem solving
Railway yard management
Ensuring the safe operations of trains
You will directly contribute to our service delivery and have the opportunity to influence the service we offer to our customers.
You will be required to work outside in all weather conditions come rain or shine.
Your standard hours of work will be 35 hours per week. Flexibility is a must as Freight never stops, so naturally this role will involve working shift patterns which includes unsociable hours

Qualifications:
If you’re looking for a career change or a new challenge this role could be the perfect fit for you!
Previous rail experience would be a bonus, however, this is not essential as we offer full training to ensure that you’d be ready to take on the role by yourself and help us in our journey to shift freight from the road to the rail.

To be successful in the Mobile operative role you’ll need…
To be highly motivated and committed to your work
Have a flexible approach to shift working
Experience of teamwork and lone working
Work to the instruction of the person in charge
Be extremely safety focused
You must have a full UK manual driving licence and
If you’re looking for a career change or a new challenge this role could be the perfect fit for you!
Previous rail experience would be a bonus, however, this is not essential as we offer full training to ensure that you’d be ready to take on the role by yourself and help us in our journey to shift freight from the road to the rail.

 


To be successful in the Mobile operative role you’ll need…

 


You must have a full UK manual driving licence.

You also must be located within a 60 minute commute to the hub locations.

 

Highly motivated and committed to your work
Have a flexible approach to shift working
Experience of teamwork and lone working
Work to the instruction of the person in charge
Be extremely safety focused

In return, we offer the following benefits package:
Full training into the role (5 weeks residential training)
Starting salary: £30,412 per annum plus shift allowance of £3,936 per annum
Following probationary period: £31,825 per annum + shift allowance
Company pension scheme
31 days paid holiday each year in addition to 2 public holidays
Family Reward Benefit Scheme

 


Recruitment Process

  • Sifting of applications and location check
  • Candidate Pre-Assessment Survey
  • Phone Screening
  • Assessment Based Interview

 

If you are successful at interview and an immediate position is available, the Recruitment Team will look to send out an offer of employment to you outlining the key information of the role, pre-employment checks and new starter forms for you to complete.

If you are successful at interview and there is not a vacancy, we will place you in the talent pool for your chosen area and keep you updated when a vacancy arises. We are unable to give a timescale on how long you may be in the talent pool, however, the Recruitment Team will keep you updated throughout.

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