Rail Permanent Way Operative

Compensation: £27,550.00 + Roster Premium of 32.5% and Over time

• Generous holiday allowance
• Matched contribution pension scheme, with life assurance
• Access to a Digital GP, annual health check, and nutritional consultations through Aviva DigiCare+
• Employee share scheme
• Employee shopping savings portal
• Payment of Professional Fees
• Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows the majority of employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement
• 'Be Kind Day' enables employees to take one working day's paid leave a year (or equivalent hours) to undertake volunteering work with their chosen organisation or registered charity
• Flexible working - we give people more options to better integrate their work and personal life, whilst ensuring that business needs are met
• A dynamic working environment

Babcock

We're Babcock - a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 29,000 people working together to make a difference.

Here, you'll be part of something bigger. From initial design to final decommissioning, your work will contribute to products and services that are essential to national security and public infrastructure. Together, we're building a future that lasts - not just through the impact we make, but through meaningful careers that respect your work-life balance.

We call that lifetime engineering.

Join us and see how far we can go, together.

We are a disability confident committed employer. If you have a disability or need any reasonable adjustments during the application and selection stages, please email careers@babcockinternational.com with the subject header 'Reasonable adjustments requirement'. We're committed to building an inclusive culture where everyone's free to thrive. We are happy to talk about flexible working - please ask about alternative patterns of work at interview.

Closing date: 25/11/2026

Help keep the railway moving safely and reliably

At Babcock, we're working to create a safe and secure world, together. If you join us, you can play your part as a Rail Permanent Way Operative at Belfast, County Antrim

As a Rail Permanent Way Operative, you'll play an important role in maintaining and renewing critical rail infrastructure that keeps passengers and freight moving safely and efficiently. Working as part of our skilled rail team, you'll contribute to the delivery of track maintenance and renewal projects across the rail network, helping to ensure safety, reliability and operational performance. This is an exciting opportunity to develop your career within a leading engineering organisation where your work will have a direct impact on essential transport infrastructure.

Day-to-day, you'll be required to:

• Carry out track renewal and permanent way activities in line with project requirements.
• Assist with the safe delivery of railway infrastructure projects and maintenance works.
• Operate small plant and track maintenance equipment in accordance with competency requirements.
• Follow railway safety procedures, regulations and health and safety standards at all times.
• Support wider site activities and contributing to successful project delivery across operational locations.

This role is full time, 35 hours per week and is based in Belfast. You will get paid roster premium for working two weekends in four and two weeks of nights in four.

Job Title: Rail Permanent Way Operative

Location: Belfast, Northern Ireland

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF77292