Declan John Email & Phone Number

Balfour Beatty Signalling was a small section in the industry which only had a one man team covering the works on the CVL. I was a key part of the new team that developed and turned it into a multi-million pound team with a great reputation. I would cover a wide range of roles and duties to progress the division to where it is today. I Started of as a.

Balfour Beatty Signalling was a small section in the industry which only had a one man team covering the works on the CVL. I was a key part of the new team that developed and turned it into a multi-million pound team with a great reputation. I would cover a wide range of roles and duties to progress the division to where it is today. I Started of as a.

Due to change in the industry and the push from the UK Government to start introducing AC Electrified trains in the south of Britain. I changed my career path and went into the isolation of the Overhead line system across the GWEP project. I started of as and Earthing Assistant collecting knowledge and understanding of the producers and duties required to.

Over the next three years I had progressed myself and went down the safety route of the railway requiring tickets as controller of site safety,points operator and protection controller, Each ticket giving me different tasks in my role I would be appointed as a COSS if two or more track men(group) where required to go on or near the line I would then set up.

I became a white hat and did two years working down Exeter in a civils gang for Network Rail. We would meet up in the yard get all the tools and equipment for the various jobs, ballest boarding, troughing,cable pulling, cable recovering,loc bases, We were part of the team that was sent down to repair and rebuild Dawlish after the sea destroyed and washed.

This was my first stage of my railway career.I started as a blue hat. I worked on a 6 month project in London with Network Rail being the principle Contractor. I was part of a track maintenance gang doing works ranging from sleeper changes, kango packing/ shovel packing,clearing out contaminated sleeper beds (wetbeds),fishplate lubrication, rail.