Rail Engineering Technician Apprentice - OLE

Colas Rail Limited

London (NW10 6DZ)

Closes in 8 days (Friday 2 May 2025)

Posted on 19 March 2025

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Summary

Join the Colas Rail today to jump start your career and being the journey to realising your potential. You will be enrolled on our apprenticeship programme as an OLE Apprentice and you can expect to be working closely with our experienced engineers and management to gain the skills you will need to help us improve the UK rail systems.

Wage

£24,000 a year

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We will review your performance annually and if you are doing a great job we will recognise that.

Training course
Rail engineering technician (level 3)
Hours
You will be contracted to 40 hours per week. Your roster will include up to 39 out of 52 separate weekends. Applicants need to be 18+ at the start of the apprenticeship as rostered hours will include working at night and during Bank Holidays.

40 hours a week

Start date

Friday 1 August 2025

Duration

3 years

Positions available

4

Work

Most of your apprenticeship is spent working. You’ll learn on the job by getting hands-on experience.

What you’ll do at work

As an Apprentice you will be integral in the maintenance of our railway, supporting our engineers and technical teams in all technical matters associated with the planning and construction on multi-disciplinary sites.

During your apprenticeship you be working closely with subject matter experts on key areas of:

  • Overhead Line construction techniques
  • Maintainenance
  • Isolation tasks to protect engineering sites

Every day will be different and you will get the chance to see how your involvement during the planning and design stages really comes to life on the railway!

Where you’ll work

Old Oak Common Depot
Old Oak Common Lane
London
NW10 6DZ

Training

Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.

College or training organisation

INTERTRAIN UK LTD.

Your training course

Rail engineering technician (level 3)

Equal to A level

Your training plan

Upon completion of your apprenticeship you will receieve the following qualifications:

  • Level 3 Rail Engineering (Competence)
  • Level 3 Rail Engineering (Technical Knowledge)
  • EngTech status.

Each apprenticeship will have a combination of learning through block release dates at a college or training provider, as well as bespoke ‘On the Job’ training – developing you through the key competencies of your specialism, which you will need to deliver on site for one of our many contracts. This will meet both the knowledge and experience requirements of your apprenticeship programme.

Requirements

Essential qualifications

GCSE or equivalent in:

  • English (grade 4 (C) and above)
  • Maths (grade 4 (C) and above)

Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.

Skills

  • Communication skills
  • Attention to detail
  • Organisation skills
  • Problem solving skills
  • Presentation skills
  • Administrative skills
  • Number skills
  • Analytical skills
  • Logical
  • Team working

About this company

At Colas Rail, we have over one hundred years of experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of train run on tracks built or maintained by Colas Rail. We deliver on the challenges set by a rapidly changing railway environment - constantly seeking to adapt our behaviour and culture to not only meet and exceed the expectations of our customers and stakeholders, but to also continuously develop and support our people.

https://colasrail.co.uk/apprenticeships-colas-rail-uk/ (opens in new tab)

Disability Confident

Disability Confident

A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.

You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.

After this apprenticeship

We understand that your career is personal and individual to you. On successful completion of the Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprentice Programme we will work with you to look at what your future career looks like. Maybe you are looking to undertake further study or work towards Chartership, whatever your career ambition we will support you to achieve it.

Ask a question

The contact for this apprenticeship is:

INTERTRAIN UK LTD.

The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000310385.

Apply now

Closes in 8 days (Friday 2 May 2025)

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After signing in, you’ll apply for this apprenticeship on the company's website.

Company’s application instructions

Stage One Online Application Stage Two Gamification Assessments Stage Three Assessment Centre