Electronic and Communication Graduate Scheme

Our 2-year Electronic & Communications Engineering graduate scheme will give you the tools, and experience to kickstart your engineering career at Network Rail.

The scheme is focused and centred around developing your knowledge, experience, and ability in all aspects of your chosen engineering discipline alongside improving your awareness of the impact your decisions will have on our passenger and freight users.

Electrical Power and Distribution Graduate Scheme

Our 2-year Electrical Power & Distribution graduate scheme will give you the tools, and experience to kickstart your engineering career at Network Rail.

The scheme is focused and centred around developing your knowledge, experience, and ability in all aspects of your chosen engineering discipline alongside improving your awareness of the impact your decisions will have on our passenger and freight users.

Property Management Graduate Scheme

Our Property Graduate Scheme offers the unique opportunity to gain full membership to the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors. You’ll experience many different areas of Property that you may not even realise exist at Network Rail. And with support at every step from senior and graduate colleagues, your career is in safe hands with us.

If having responsibility to lead massive strategic projects matters to you. You matter to us

Supply Chain Operations Graduate Scheme

Introducing our new 2-year Supply Chain Operations Graduate Programme which will see you experiencing what we do across both a complex and diverse environment. You will rotate around the various teams including: Supply Chain Services (managing hundreds of Haulage and Engineering trains, heavy materials and real time delivery), Strategic Programmes (managing multi-million pound projects such as construction of vehicles, installing IT infrastructure and managing NRs road fleet (cars and vans), Production Services (managing dozens of industrial scale buildings, warehousing, yard operations and Track), Construction Services (running direct teams operating and maintaining specialist Track and Overhead Line Engineering systems) and others. There will also be opportunities to experience departments in our Wider Route Services function such as Contracts and Procurement and HR and you’ll widen your skill set and gain all the experience you need to become a fully skilled professional applying your transferrable skills.

If safely delivering real-world Rail Operations and managing diverse supply chains matters to you. You matter to us.

Civil Engineering Graduate Scheme

Our 2-year Civil Engineer Graduate scheme gives you the opportunity to increase your knowledge, awareness and understanding of the railway, based across Britain. Through meaningful contribution to major projects, you’ll make genuine contribution with no limit to the exciting and innovative challenges you face.

Finance Graduate Scheme

Spend 2 years on our Graduate Scheme and join one of the UK’s most vital infrastructure organisations through Network Rail’s dynamic graduate programme. Designed for ambitious individuals ready to shape the future of rail, this scheme offers rotational placements across key departments, hands-on experience with major projects, and tailored development to build leadership and technical skills. With a strong focus on innovation, safety, and sustainability, graduates are supported to grow professionally while contributing to the smooth running of Britain’s railway network.

Mechanical Engineering Graduate Scheme

Our 2-year Mechanical Engineering Graduate scheme offers the opportunity to explore unique engineering challenges through some of the biggest engineering projects in the UK. Rotating across different placements, you’ll gain a broad perspective of the railway and understand the processes, products and systems that make it function.

Railway’s Operations Management Graduate Scheme

During our 18-month Operations Management Graduate Scheme, you’ll learn all about what is takes to delivery the operational railway we know today, including stations, signalling, control and incident response. Explore our relationships with train and freight companies, the British Transport Police and the emergency services to understand what goes into delivering a good experience.

IT and Business Services Graduate Scheme

Across 2-years, our IT and Business Services Graduate Scheme will give you the chance to experience disciplines, activities and roles that run our IT department. We have new innovations being rolled out as part of our digital transformation, and you’ll be getting involved from day one, gaining the skills and insights needed to grow as a professional.

Project Management Graduate Scheme

Our 2-year Project Management Graduate scheme gives you the opportunity to work on a portfolio of meaningful projects across our business. Through internal placements, developing your understanding, and building new skills, you’ll gain exposure to our business functions and even undertake addition training and qualifications.