Section Manager - Communications

We offer excellent benefits, including:

• Generous annual leave (28 days plus statutory days), with the option to buy/sell days.
• Defined benefit pension scheme.
• 75% subsidy on rail and underground season tickets.
• Up to 75% off leisure travel.
• Volunteer leave to make a positive impact.
• Carer's leave to support those who matter.
• Healthcare Scheme, GymPass discounts, Cycle to work plus more.
• Generous maternity, paternity, and adoption leave to support our employees.

Plus, more...

Section Manager - Communications: Lead, Direct & Deliver Excellence

As a Section Manager - Communications, you'll lead a crucial part of the Infrastructure Maintenance function, ensuring communications assets remain safe, reliable, and compliant.

You'll direct delivery teams and contractors, oversee inspections, faulting, maintenance and renewals, and ensure all work meets safety, performance, cost and quality expectations.

This is a high-impact leadership role requiring strong communication, operational expertise, and flexibility in responding to out-of-hours issues.

Location: Three Bridges Telecoms Depot
Salary: £60715 (IMC51)
Hours: Full-Time
Shifts: Days, Nights & Weekends (Safety-Critical Role)

Manage and direct the Infrastructure Maintenance delivery team and contractors to meet business and functional objectives.

Develop individuals, strengthen team engagement, and ensure staff competence and welfare.

Promote and embed safe working behaviours, following all company policies and procedures.

Carry out staff surveillance, performance monitoring, and ensure work quality standards are met.

Manage and direct inspections, faulting, maintenance and renewal of assets to required standards.

Work within agreed resource levels, budgets and cost targets to achieve performance, safety and quality goals.

Produce and deliver a fully compliant and effective work programme.

Prepare and manage work specifications, method statements and resource plans.

Implement improvements in safety, reliability, productivity and efficiency.

Verify the quality of work delivered and ensure asset compliance.

Identify, assess and recommend asset renewals.

Maintain accurate updates to systems, databases and operational records.

Respond quickly to operational issues, including out-of-hours emergencies.

Support your professional development and contribute to the development of others.

Fulfil duties under the Construction, Design and Management (CDM) Regulations.

 Experience managing and directing a team in a technical or safety-critical environment

 Strong leadership skills with experience developing and engaging teams

 Experience delivering a compliant and effective work programme

 Ability to demonstrate, promote and embed safe working behaviours

 Ability to lead change and deliver continuous improvement

 Excellent written and verbal communication skills

 Ability to coach, influence and develop others

 Knowledge of communications systems or conductor rail maintenance processes, systems and standards

 Understanding of budget management, cost control and waste reduction

 Knowledge of Construction, Design & Management (CDM) Regulations

 Ability to hold and retain required competencies

 NVQ Level 3/4 (or equivalent), or equivalent experience

 Willingness and ability to drive for business needs

 Important Information

This is a safety-critical role, which means you'll need to pass a medical assessment and be subject to drug and alcohol testing. Your role will involve working days, nights, and weekends, so flexibility is essential.

As part of the application process, you'll be asked to complete your three-year employment history and upload your CV.

Network Rail is a Disability Confident Leader and we'll try our best to adapt the process and offer a reasonable alternative to help support people with disabilities access, apply and interview for roles. You can visit Evenbreak's 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.

Keeping people safe on the railway is at the heart of everything we do. Safe behaviour is therefore a requirement of working for Network Rail. You should demonstrate your personal dedication to safety on your application.

All prospective candidates 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.