Driver​/Fitter​/Operator

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 '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.

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.

• Respect – 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.
• Commit – By showing up wholeheartedly, 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.
• Share – We hold knowledge that should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.
• 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.

In this dynamic position, you will ensure the safe and efficient maintenance of the rail infrastructure that contributes to seamless passenger train travel while enhancing rail safety and reliability. Collaborating with a skilled team, you’ll utilize your expertise to perform essential driving/operating or maintenance tasks, making a meaningful impact on the safety and efficiency of rail transport. This role is based within the Southern Region.

• Applies the safety guidelines linked to their activities including the wearing of Personal Protective Equipment.
• Prepares for their work: analysis of the information concerning the carrying out of the work, transfer of vehicles to the construction site, installs construction site signs and provides access roads in compliance with the traffic rules for safe work.
• Takes care of the proper adjustment of their equipment and vehicles before operating them.
• Carries out the work, operating the vehicles according to the prerogatives of the required authorizations and ensuring safety.
• Carries out work based on precise directives from their hierarchy.
• Maintains vehicles: clearing and verification of vehicles after use, carries out standard upkeep (minor repairs) in observance of the company’s environmental guidelines and the regulations, notifies their manager in the event of anomalies.

• Essential
  • Must live within the southern region.
  • Flexible, honest & punctual – Able to work weekends, bank holidays and a mixture of days and nights as part of a 24/7 shift‑based roster.
  • Willingness to stay away from home when required.
  • Computer skills in Microsoft Windows.
  • Have a Full UK Driving Licence.
  • Hold a level 3 qualification in a relevant engineering background required for Fitter/Operator.
  • Psychometric pass required for Driver/Operator (we may send you for this as part of the recruitment process).
  • Be medically fit for the role.
  • Energetic, driven, determined and professional.
  • Adopt processes and procedures safely without requiring direct supervision.
  • Have a positive attitude and thrive in a busy and pressurised environment.
  • Possess excellent written and verbal communication skills.
  • Can analyse problems thoroughly and make timely decisions.
  • Motivated to learn and develop and maximise personal contribution to the business.
• Ideally
  • Understand the UK Rail Operation/Standards and have good geographical knowledge of the region.
  • Have previous…