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Introduction
DB Cargo UK – For Our Customer – For Our Climate – For Our Economy

Are you looking to start a career in the rail industry or looking for a career change? 

DB Cargo UK is on an ambitious journey to become Europe’s leading rail logistics provider with a long-term plan to shift traffic from roads, protect our climate and grow the economy. To achieve this, we are looking for Mobile Operatives to join us as part of our ground staff team. As a Mobile Operative you’ll be on the go each day by preparing our trains so they’re safe to go on their journey for our customers.

Rail is one of the safest and most eco-friendly means of transport with one single freight train able to carry enough materials to build 30 houses. Our services replace the equivalent of over 22 million truck movements every year, saving 7 million tonnes of carbon emissions! As a Mobile Operative you’ll be directly contributing to reducing carbon emissions and shifting traffic from roads to the rail.

If you would like to know more about the role and DB Cargo UK, please do not hesitate to contact the recruitment team on recruitment.team@deutschebahn.com and we can send out the recruitment pack for this vacancy.

*This position is for a Talent Pool only*

Responsibilities
The role of Mobile Operative is hands on and you’ll be involved in the following: 

Train preparation; shunting, marshalling

Train dispatch

Problem solving

Railway yard management

Ensuring the safe operations of trains

You will directly contribute to our service delivery and have the opportunity to influence the service we offer to our customers.

The role will cover a varied number of customer sites, DB Cargo UK sites and infrastructure worksites as required.

You will be required to work outside in all weather conditions come rain or shine.

Your standard hours of work will be 35 hours per week. Flexibility is a must as Freight never stops, so naturally this role will involve working shift patterns which includes unsociable hours



Qualifications: 

If you’re looking for a career change or a new challenge this role could be the perfect fit for you!

Previous rail experience would be a bonus, however, this is not essential as we offer full training to ensure that you’d be ready to take on the role by yourself and help us in our journey to shift freight from the road to the rail.



To be successful in the Mobile operative role you’ll need… 

To be highly motivated and committed to your work

Have a flexible approach to shift working

Experience of teamwork and lone working

Work to the instruction of the person in charge

Be extremely safety focused

You must have a full UK manual driving licence and be located within a 60 minute commute of the hub location 
Qualifications
If you’re looking for a career change or a new challenge this role could be the perfect fit for you! 

Previous rail experience would be a bonus, however, this is not essential as we offer full training to ensure that you’d be ready to take on the role by yourself and help us in our journey to shift freight from the road to the rail.

To be successful in the Mobile operative role you’ll need… 

To be highly motivated and committed to your work

Have a flexible approach to shift working

Experience of teamwork and lone working

Work to the instruction of the person in charge

Be extremely safety focused

You must have a full UK manual driving licence.

You also must be located within a 60 minute commute to the hub locations.

In return, we offer the following benefits package: 

Full training into the role (5 weeks residential training)

Starting salary: £29,469 per annum plus shift allowance of £3,814 per annum

Following probationary period: £30,838 per annum + shift allowance

Company pension scheme

31 days paid holiday each year in addition to 2 public holidays

Family Reward Benefit Scheme

The selection process for this role includes

Stage 1 – If your application is successful at the sifting stage, you will be invited to an online assessment where you will be assessed on numerical, verbal and mechanical understanding in a controlled assessment environment.

Stage 2 – upon successful completion of the assessment, you will attend an interview.

Stage 3 – pass a medical and drug and alcohol test.

*Please note, for stage 1 (assessment) you will be monitored via a process called Proctoring which takes snap shots of you whilst you are sitting the test. You will need a desktop or laptop with a working camera and the latest versions of Firefox, Chrome, Edge, and Safari (11+). 

We are not able to progress your application if you do not allow the system to take a photograph of you sitting the assessment*

*Please do not apply if you have failed the assessment for this position in the last 6 months*