Level 2 Rail Engineering Operative Apprenticeship
BRIDGEWAY CONSULTING LIMITED
Nottingham (NG2 1DP)
Closes in 16 days (Friday 10 July 2026 at 11:59pm)
Posted on 24 June 2026
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Summary
Start your career in rail with Bridgeway’s Level 2 apprenticeship. Gain hands on experience in a safety critical environment, supporting railway operations while earning and learning. Develop key skills, receive structured training, and build strong career prospects with a company that invests in your future.
- Wage
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£16,000 a year
- Training course
- Rail engineering operative (level 2)
- Hours
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Monday to Friday, work shifts, including nights and weekends.
35 hours a week
- Start date
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Monday 3 August 2026
- Duration
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1 year 3 months
- Positions available
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12
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
- Support the preparation and set up of railway worksites
- Assist with isolations, possessions and safe access arrangements
- Use tools and specialist equipment under supervision
- Follow strict health, safety and environmental procedures at all times
- Communicate clearly with colleagues, supervisors and stakeholders
- Complete documentation, reports and operational records accurately
- Contribute to data collection, reporting and quality assurance processes
Where you'll work
Bridgeway House
2 Riverside Way
Nottingham
NG2 1DP
Training
Apprenticeships include time away from working for specialist training. You’ll study to gain professional knowledge and skills.
Training provider
ELEV8 TRAINING LIMITED
Training course
Rail engineering operative (level 2)
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What you'll learn
Course contents
- Keep themselves and others safe by adhering to safe working practices. Understand and comply with statutory regulations and organisational safety requirements, including safe access to work locations.
- Prepare for a high standard of technical work: Gathering and interpreting information including drawings, plans and schedules needed for rail engineering activities and prepare the work location.
- Deliver a high standard of technical work: Undertake engineering activities in relation to maintenance, construction / installation and or renewal of assets. Take responsibility for their own work on completing relevant integrity and compliance checks. Reinstate the work area after engineering activity
- Identify and report problems: Identify, recognise and escalate appropriately common problems.
- Use resources including the correct utilisation and storage of tools, materials and equipment, and the lifting and moving of materials, components and equipment.
- Communicate effectively. Use oral, written, electronic and IT based methods and systems for the accurate communication and reporting & recording of technical and other information, using correct terms, standards, templates and certifications.
- Able to restore track geometry faults by manual repair of assets as part of a team.
- Under direction, restore plain line track geometry, rail switches and crossings, and where appropriate conductor rail systems, to operational condition and maintain the track and its environment including vegetation and drainage.
- Under direction: assist in maintenance and installation of railway electrification equipment and components; assist in isolation and earthing of electrical systems at different voltages and frequencies, working on live battery & inverter systems and maintaining substation plant.
- Follow instructions to assemble overhead line components in line with detailed specification, using lifting and access equipment while working at heights.
- Under direction: install & wire signalling or control systems; install position and label equipment & components & cables correctly; undertake installation integrity checks; assist in testing of components & equipment in accordance with test specifications & plans; maintain and rectify signal control systems equipment.
- Under direction undertake the activities of installation, planned preventative maintenance and maintenance testing activities on operational railway telecoms systems and establish compliance with drawings and specifications.
- Under direction, carry out preventative and scheduled maintenance activities and follow vehicle maintenance instructions on T&RS mechanical, electrical, fluid power and electronic communication equipment including ensuring vehicle trim, ancillary equipment and fittings are secured and in good order, check subsystems are operating correctly.
- Assist with the installation of T&RS equipment.
Training schedule
Requirements
Share if you have other relevant qualifications and industry experience. The apprenticeship can be adjusted to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Problem solving skills
- Team working
Other requirements
- Driving licence
- 18 years of age and over (Due to Health and Safety regulations and night shifts)
- Right to work in the UK
About this employer
Bridgeway Consulting is a highly respected and qualified rail engineering company. Since 1995, we have become an industry leader in what is one of the UK's most safety conscious and strictly regulated industries. Bridgeway Consulting offers a full engineering consultancy service covering all aspects of railway infrastructure.
After this apprenticeship
Your earnings can increase over time with an apprenticeship. Find out about potential future pay (opens in new tab).
Qualified Level 2 Rail Engineer Operative and progression on the railway.
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
BRIDGEWAY CONSULTING LIMITED
Ella Brodrick
recruitment@bridgeway-consulting.co.uk
0115 919 1111
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC2000038727.
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Closes in 16 days (Friday 10 July 2026 at 11:59pm)