Lead Trainer

The Lead Trainer is responsible for providing leadership, guidance and oversight to the trainer team, ensuring the consistent delivery of safe, high-quality training across all training centres and satellite locations. The role promotes and embeds a strong safety culture, leading by example and ensuring compliance with Network Rail standards, policies and operational requirements.

The Lead Trainer works closely with the Training Delivery Manager to ensure operational effectiveness, develop team capability and maintain a positive learning environment that reflects Network Rail's values, behaviours and commitment to safety excellence.

• Location: York and/or North East locations
• Discipline: Signalling & Telecommunications (S&T)
• Contract: Permanent
• Hours: Monday to Friday full time (35hrs per week) 8am - 4pm.
• Salary: £51,600.00 - £54,848.00
• Closing date: Monday 2nd November 2026. Please note in the event of a high volume of applications, this role may close early.

In this role, you'll help shape the future of the railway by supporting the development of new entrants, apprentices, and experienced colleagues expanding into new areas of expertise. As a Signalling & Telecommunications (S&T) specialist, you'll become part of a collaborative and close-knit team, working alongside multiple Lead Trainers and Senior Trainers. This role allows you to make a meaningful impact on other people's careers but also supports your own professional growth through access to funded further education and CPD training opportunities.

Please note: this role involves regular travel during both the training period and beyond, particularly across the Northeast. Candidates should be comfortable travelling frequently to support operational and business needs.

 Develop the proficiency of employees by inspirational delivery of technical, safety and vocational training interventions.

• Provide an exemplary level of learner-focused customer service, enhancing enjoyment and motivation to learn/
• Actively foster a safety-first, "No-Unsafe-Acts" culture within employees and actively promote the Network Rail Values at every touch point.
• Drive Network Rail corporate messages & behavioural communications into the consciousness of employees.
• Without exception, always act safely; always promote safety awareness and always demonstrate clear compliance and belief in safety procedures.
• Continuously develop your own technical proficiency (including relevant in-date regulated competencies), knowledge and adult education capability.
• Confidently and actively demonstrate that capability to earn justified and obvious credibility amongst the delegate population.
• Continuously develop and improve the training material, assessment material and equipment.
• Positively contribute to Content Review Groups and Skills Forums.
• Maintain the currency of all local training documentation and visual aids.
• Fairly assess the capability of delegates and provide them the facilitated opportunity to learn.
• Support the assessment and evaluation of training impact at course end and at appropriate post training intervals.
• Support the Training Delivery Manager with programme design, evaluation, team dynamics and centre performance and reputation.
• Demonstrate a flexible approach to the achievement of the objectives of Competence & Training (and Network Rail).
• Positively contribute to the continuous improvement of the Training Centres' internal quality procedures and work instructions, demonstrating a personal commitment to continuous improvement.
• As a Network Rail Manager, always actively support, promote and enforce company processes, initiatives, messages, policies, whilst actively demonstrating managerial behaviours and values.

We're looking for someone passionate about sharing knowledge, nurturing talent and develop their career at Network Rail. Due to the nature of the role, a strong safety focus and prior experience of Signalling & Telecommunications (S&T) is essential.

• Excellent presentational skills
• Ability to affect a culture change and to motivate and inspire.
• Ability to demonstrate the management capabilities of developing, planning, thinking, and achieving.
• Trainers may occasionally be expected to cover activities in other training locations.

• Experience of railway maintenance or operations
• An understanding of different learning styles
• Sound knowledge of rules, regulations and working instructions
• Displays attributes of a team player
• A background, experience, or qualification in adult learning
• A recognised training qualification, such as a City & Guilds Level 3 in Training and Assessing (or equivalent) 

Please note: The criteria outlined in this advert reflect the specific requirements of this role. The attached job description provides full details of the role's responsibilities, essential and desirable criteria and should be considered alongside this information.

If you're ready to make a real difference, we'd love to hear from you!