Current vacancies with Northern
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18 Job openings
Customer Information Controller (part-time and 12 month fixed term)
Location: York
Closing Date: 22/02/2026
We are looking for a customer focused and pragmatic person to join our Control Team as a Customer Information Controller. If you thrive on being an effective communicator and problem solver, this is the role for you!
Posted: 13/02/2026
Train Cleaner - Nights
Location: Allerton
Closing Date: 22/02/2026
While most of the North is asleep, our trains are getting ready for a new day. The night cleaning team plays a vital role in making sure every service starts the morning clean, safe, and ready to go.
As a Night Train Cleaner at Northern, you’re part of the team that sets the standard before the first passengers step on board. Working behind the scenes, you’ll help keep our fleet in top condition, tackling everything from everyday cleaning to deeper, specialist work.
Posted: 12/02/2026
Maintenance Depot Driver
Location: Allerton
Closing Date: 22/02/2026
As part of our Engineering team at one of our TrainCare Centres, you’d play a vital role in making sure our fleet is fuelled, positioned and ready for service. This is a hands-on, safety-critical role where your work directly affects how reliably our customers get where they need to be.
You’d be right at the heart of the depot, moving trains safely around the site, preparing them for service and helping the wider team keep everything running smoothly.
Posted: 11/02/2026
Special Traffic Manager
Location: Manchester
Closing Date: 24/02/2026
Major improvement works bring thousands of people together – and big changes to our train services. As Special Traffic Manager, you’ll play a key part in shaping how we keep the North moving when things don’t run to the usual timetable.
This role sits within our Service Planning team, who make sure our train services run smoothly every day. But when engineering work or large-scale events mean changes to the usual plan, we need someone to lead the charge on adapting our services.
Posted: 10/02/2026
Maintenance Team Leader
Location: Barrow-In-Furness
Closing Date: 23/02/2026
As part of our Train Care Centre operation in Barrow, you’d play a key role in keeping Northern’s trains moving. This is a hands-on leadership role where your technical expertise and people skills come together – supporting your team, working closely with operations, and making sure maintenance work is completed safely, correctly, and on time.
Posted: 09/02/2026
Customer Relations Assistant - 6 Month FTC
Location: Halifax Train Station
Closing Date: 14/02/2026
We are seeking a customer centric minded person, to join our Station Teams, as a Retail Supervisor. Acting as the face of Northern, our Retail Supervisors ensure that our customers have the information and support they need at all times.
Posted: 09/02/2026
TRU Depot and Stabling Readiness Lead
Location: Leeds
Closing Date: 16/02/2026
You will be a key enabler for one of the biggest infrastructure projects in the North, ensuring that Northern's engineering operation can continue whilst the Transpennine Route Upgrade blockades take place. One of the key projects in this programme is the mobilisation of the new Shipley TrainCare Centre and the relocation of the fleets from Neville Hill during the blockade in 2028.
Posted: 09/02/2026
Maintenance Engineer/ Charge Hand
Location: Hull Botanic Gardens TrainCare Centre
Closing Date: 22/02/2026
As a Maintenance Engineer (Level 5C) at Neville Hill TrainCare Centre, you’d combine hands-on technical expertise with day-to-day leadership. Alongside maintaining and repairing our rolling stock, you’d be responsible for leading a small team of six engineers and technicians, making sure work is carried out safely, to standard, and to plan.
Posted: 06/02/2026
Train Cleaning Team Leader - Days
Location: York
Closing Date: 15/02/2026
People come to Northern for trains they can rely on – and that starts with how they look and feel. A clean, welcoming train sets the tone for every journey, whether someone is heading to work, visiting family, or exploring the North.
As part of our Engineering function, you’d be right at the heart of that experience. This role gives you the chance to lead from the front, supporting a team of Train Cleaners to deliver consistently high standards, day in and day out.
Posted: 06/02/2026
CRM & Insights Manager
Location: York
Closing Date: 16/02/2026
Every day, millions of journeys start with a decision – when to travel, how to get there, and which train to take. Behind those decisions is data, insight and communication that helps customers feel informed, confident and valued. As our CRM and Insight Manager, you’d sit right at the centre of that picture.
Posted: 06/02/2026
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