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Network Rail

Graduate programme — engineering and operations

Listing ID 9860119 · UK routes · 2027

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What to do

1. View the scheme on the employer’s site

www.networkrail.co.uk/careers/early-careers/

Step 1 is to read the real listing. Step 2 is only if it fits. When you’re ready, you apply on the employer’s website.

Graduate scheme

About this role

Route and discipline choice is scored. Infrastructure, not a city-only scheme.

Where
UK routes
Start
2027
Window
See the employer’s page
Sectors
Engineering, Energy & Infrastructure
Who it typically takes
Usually within 24 months of graduation

How they hired last cycle

Last cycle, not a promise. This year’s process can change — confirm it on the employer’s page before you prepare.

Last cycle, not a promise: Tests · Video · AC · Written form

Role → Application → Test → Interview → Assessment → Outcome

  • Tests: Tests
  • Video / interview: Video
  • Assessment centre: AC
  • Not taking applications yet. Register interest only — opening the link does not log Applied, and a landing page is not a form.

Typically October. Not confirmed live on 5 Sep.

What they typically look for

Values they publish

  • Safety
  • Teamwork
  • Customers

How to give this application a real chance

  • Name a route or discipline you would actually work. “Rail generally” is weak. Safety and operations: a time you followed a procedure when it was inconvenient.

Questions they often ask

Draft these on the campaign after you save. You still paste the answers on the employer’s site.

  1. Safety call you would make.
  2. Customer who never rides a train — the operator.

Verified listing

  • ✓ Listing checked 30 Sept, 10:02:50
  • ✓ Not taking applications yet
  • ⚠ Link still being confirmed as a named listing

Last checked 30 Sept, 10:02:50 · Not open yet. The apply page is not live — it stays on Radar until it opens.. Always check the employer’s application page before you submit.

Not taking applications yet. You can still view the page and save it. Opening the employer’s site does not log Applied.