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Rail Track Assistant

Babcock • Full-time • Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom • 1d ago

Job Title: Rail Track Assistant

Location: Glasgow, Scotland

Compensation: £26,550 + General Roster Premium

Role Type: Full time / Permanent

Role ID: SF73467

Supporting safe and reliable rail infrastructure

At Babcock, we’re working to create a safe and secure world, together. We’re looking for a Rail Track Assistant to join our Rail business, based on site at Cadder Yard.

This is a hands‑on operational role supporting track renewal and maintenance activities, helping to ensure the railway network is maintained safely, efficiently, and to a high standard.

The role

As a Rail Track Assistant, you’ll work as part of an experienced operational team delivering track renewal and maintenance works. You’ll support daily site activities, follow safe systems of work, and contribute to keeping the rail network running reliably.

Day-to-day, you will:

Support the delivery of track renewal and maintenance work on site
Follow instructions from Supervisors and Senior Track Assistants
Use tools and small plant equipment safely and correctly
Carry out general site duties to support rail operations
Work in line with railway rules, regulations, and health & safety requirements.

This is a full‑time, permanent role, working 35 hours per week on a roster that includes days, nights, weekends, and shift working. Full details of shift patterns will be discussed at interview.

Essential experience of the Rail Track Assistant:

A strong team player with good communication skills
A safety‑focused mindset and willingness to follow procedures
Ability to take instruction and work effectively in an operational environment
Willingness to learn new skills and undertake training.

Previous rail experience is desirable but not essential — training will be provided.

Qualifications for the Rail Track Assistant:

We value difference and don’t have a fixed idea when it comes to background or education, provided you can show the required level of experience and/or willingness to learn then we would like to hear from you.

Security Clearance

Many of the positions within our company are subject to national security clearance and Trade Control restrictions. This means that your eligibility for certain roles may be affected by your place of birth, nationality, current or former citizenship, and any residency you hold or have held. Further details are available at United Kingdom Security Vetting: clearance levels - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk).

What we offer

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 shopping savings portal
Payment of Professional Fees
Reservists in the armed forces receive 10-days special paid leave
Holiday Trading is a benefit that allows UK Babcock employees to buy additional leave or to sell up to one working week of annual leave from their annual entitlement. This Window opens February through to March annually.
‘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.

Babcock

We’re Babcock — a global FTSE 100 organisation with over 26,000 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.

Application Guidance

Thank you for your interest in this opportunity. We encourage early applications, as we may close the advert before the stated deadline if we receive a high volume of strong candidates.

Closing date: 22/05/2026

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