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If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!
Brief Description
🌟 Join Our Talent Pool at Network Rail! 🌟
Are you ready to make a difference in people's lives? At Network Rail, we connect passengers and freight customers, ensuring safe and efficient transportation across the country. We're an organisation where people truly matter — and when you join us, you matter to us and to millions of others.
👷♀️👷♂️ We're building a talent pool for future opportunities within our Structures Examiner Training Academy across the North West & Central Region (NW&C) — which includes three routes (North West, Central and West Coast South) and a regional team supporting Major Programmes & Professional Services.
By joining our talent pool, you'll be first in line to hear about upcoming trainee examiner roles, training academy intakes, and related opportunities as they arise.
About the role (External)
Why Join Our Talent Pool?
Our people are at the heart of everything we do. By registering your interest, you'll:
- Stay connected with our recruitment team and receive updates on upcoming roles.
- Be considered early for new training academy intakes.
- Gain insight into how we invest in our people to enhance safety, reliability, and efficiency across our rail network.
In the North West & Central Region, we're proud to be building a workforce that reflects the diverse communities we serve. We know that inclusive teams make better decisions, drive innovation, and help us create a safer, more accessible railway for everyone. Even if you don't meet every single requirement, we encourage you to apply. If you're passionate about making a difference and believe you have the skills or potential to thrive in this role, we'd love to hear from you. We're committed to creating an open, supportive environment where everyone feels they belong. Your unique perspective and experience could be exactly what we need to keep Britain moving safely and sustainably. Discover more about our commitment to Equity, Diversity and Inclusion at Network Rail Equity, diversity and inclusion - Network Rail.
About the Role – When Opportunities Arise
Our network includes thousands of structures: buildings, viaducts, bridges (over, under and foot), subways, retaining walls and culverts.
As a Structures Examiner, you'll play a key role in keeping passengers and freight users safe. Your duties will include:
- Carrying out site examinations of structures within defined timescales.
- Compiling and submitting condition reports using the Alarm electronic system.
- Assisting with special and monitoring examinations for sensitive structures.
- Supporting the Examining Engineers team with specialist and tunnel examinations.
- Undertaking on-call duties for rapid response situations such as bridge strikes.
- Supporting safety-critical site duties and contributing to quality and environmental improvements.
You'll be based within a Works Delivery Civils team, working under close mentorship of a dedicated senior examiner and with experienced Examiners. The Training mixes site work and classroom learning led by our internal associate trainers and will develop you into a competent STE4 qualified Examiner, equipping you with valuable skills and qualifications.
What We're Looking For
In order to be successful in this role, we would like you to have/to be:
- GCSE pass in English & Maths
- C&G/NVC Level 3 in any building construction trade (relevant experience considered individually)
- IT literate (word processing and drawing applications)
- Full driving licence
- Good communication and interpersonal skills
- Able to work alone with minimal supervision
What You'll Gain
- A structured training plan leading to an STE4 qualification.
- Home start contract with homeworking allowance.
- Hands-on mentoring from a competent senior examiner with years of experience.
- Use of a company vehicle for site work.
- Excellent career progression and development opportunities within Network Rail.
📍 Location: Roles are typically home- and site-based, with work generally within a 60-minute commute of your local area. You'll be able to indicate your preferred territory when you join the pool. PLEASE NOTE THIS ACADEMY COVERS NORTH-WEST & CENTRAL ROUTE ONLY - Network Rail's North West and Central Route follows the West Coast Mainline and it's branches: London Euston – Milton Keynes - Northampton – Birmingham – Liverpool – Manchester – Preston - Carlisle
🎓 Training: Site-learning and mentorship is delivered mainly within your territory, with occasional travel and accommodation provided for central training sessions, usually from our new Warrington training facility. This will be alongside your cohort of other trainees from the route, who you will get to know through the training process. Occasional off-patch work may enable you to progress quicker.
Our Senior Examiners are trained Trainers and qualified Assessors, meaning your development remains carefully managed and prioritised.
How to apply (External)
Salary: We follow a structured pay framework; a starting salary will be offered at £31,906 for trainees with no previous relevant experience, or £34,360 - £39,268 depending on existing skills and experience.
Stage 1 salary is £41,109 once assessed and deemed competent in PTS, Mandatory Training, and successful completion of Masonry, Concrete & Timber training course.
Stage 2 salary is £43,563 once assessed and deemed competent as per stage 1, with all of the following: STE04 standard Masonry, Concrete & Timber, successful completion of Metallic Training Course, assessed deemed competent STE04 and COSS or IWA.
Stage 3 salary is £44,176 once assessed and deemed competent as per stages 1 & 2, plus Bridge Strike Examination competency and on-call working arrangements.
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Drugs and Alcohol Standard:
Our Drugs and Alcohol Standard has changed. If successful at interview you will be required to undergo and pass a drugs and alcohol test. Your application will be rescinded if you record a positive test. All positive drugs and alcohol test results for prospective candidates will be securely held on Sentinel database and a 5 year suspension from applying for a safety critical role, a role which requires PTS certification or a Key Safety role on Network Rail Managed Infrastructure will be enforced.
You can visit Evenbreaks Career Hive for advice on accessibility support if you're unsure of the options available. Should you require any reasonable adjustments/modifications, please add a note to your application.
All offers of employment are conditional upon satisfactory completion of pre-employment checks. Click here for more information