Purpose of the Role

To drive, operate and maintain "on track" machines in a safe manner, in accordance with the Competency Based Standards for Operator Driver Maintainers, and in accordance with the Colas Rail Railway Safety Case

Key areas of Responsibility & Accountability

Driving

• Sign and respond to all publications, be in possession of, and read all notices and publications effecting Operator Driver Maintainer route knowledge;
• Responsible for unsupervised safe movement of machines and in accordance to rules and regulations;
• Able to act and adjust driving techniques accordingly to suit prevailing conditions, e.g. weather and rail conditions;
• Be vigilant in observing all signals applicable to train and machine movements and immediately report any irregularities to the signalman concerned;
• Seek explanation from the signalman when there is a delay and establish reason(s) for the delay. Communicate this information to relevant the people;
• Responsible for reporting to Network Rail in the most expeditious manner, normally via the signalman, any safety of the line incident so that action may be taken and protection may be put into place;
• Responsible for personal route learning and refreshing;

Operating

• Conduct all pre-start safety checks using appropriate daily and weekly check lists;
• Communicate with customer;
• Respond to, and if possible, fix service faults and failures;
• When Operator Driver Maintainer cannot personally fix machine, then he is responsible to help and assist "Fitter" to repair and fix the machine;
• Report all service faults and failures immediately both in writing and verbally to the
• Rugby Rail Plant Control Desk (Help Desk);
• Operate "on tack machines" (OTM) in accordance with Railway Standards and in
• Possessions to the instructions of the customer's machine controller / Track Quality Supervisor (TQS) and Controller Of Site Safety (COSS);
• Report mileage and point numbers completed against planned output;
• Begin filling out the Plant Utilisation report and send it off to Rugby at the end of week;
• Use spill kits to reduce the environmental effect of any oil spills and report any spills to the Rugby Rail Plant Control Desk;
• Shut down machine safely;
• Carry out daily and weekly maintenance and safety checks and assist Fitter staff when fixing a machine breakdown or problem;
• Carry out certain aspects of the monthly maintenance as specified in the maintenance schedule.

Maintaining

• Assist Fitter staff carry out monthly maintenance;
• Responsible for the immediate verbal reporting of machine faults and failures to Rugby Rail Plant Control Desk (Help Desk) and in writing by recording them in the Machine Fault Log Book;
• To complete all maintaining duties that do not qualify under the Maintenance (fitter) Assessment Scheme.

Person Specification

• Liaise through Regional Operations Manager/Team Leader to Ensure Colas Rail Operational Standards meet laid down requirements.
• Liaise through Regional Operations Manager/Team Leader to ensure operational compliance with Colas Rail's Railway Safety Case
• Knowledge of standards and specifications (for Operating, Driving and Maintenance)
• Understanding of Railway Operation process
• Windows 98, Word, Excel, Outlook
• Flexible, honest, and punctual
• Good Communication Skills
• Passed psychometric and medical tests (except when grandfather rights apply)
• In possession of a Full and Valid road vehicle driving license
• Willing to continue learning and be trained
• Maintain a positive attitude and sense of professional pride
• Able to perform weekend and shift duties
• Mechanically minded
• Team worker
  N.B. - Due to the nature of this job, Operator Driver Maintainers may sometimes have to work on their own where safe to do so.

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Recruitment agencies
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Recruitment agencies not currently approved as preferred suppliers are kindly requested not to submit speculative CVs to any part of Colas Rail. Any agencies wishing to be considered as a preferred supplier are asked to submit their company details to the Recruitment Team.