Hi. I'm looking for a job on the railway over OZ, can anybody point me to the right direction. Currently working on the railway here in the UK as a track welder for over 10 now.

Any help or suggestion will be appreciated much.

Merc, I worked for Carillion for 6 years and Network Rail for 4 years, moved here last February.

best way is to get a search setup on www.railwaypeople.com, get it to send you new international jobs daily. Get a linkedIn account setup and make connections with recruiters. Plenty of demand and Visas for engineers and project managers, not sure about welders though

plenty of rail oriented companies around.

I work for a company responsible for maintenance/providing new freight lines, and we use Laing O'Rourke, MVM Rail, John Holland Rail, Coleman Rail, Abigroup, as well as RailCorp for providing track.

also, try www.railcareers.com.au or www.ARTC.com.au which may have something useful

Steve

Thanks bingobob777 for the quick reply. I will do what you suggest. By the way how long it took you get to OZ?

I also work with Network Rail.

railcorp to slash 4500 jobs...

http://www.news.com.au/business/work...-1226355856630

from responding to an advert on railwaypeople.com to accepting a job offer was only 3-4 weeks, Visa was approved 6 weeks after that.

From offer to arriving in Oz can be done in 3-4 months easy.

Might be handy to explain what sort of Visa that was Bob, I'm assuming due to the timescales it was a 457 temp Business Visa?

That shouldn't affect the OP. He would be looking to work with one of the Tier1 or Tier2 contractors like Leightons, Downer etc rather than RailCorp. Plus, RailCorp is only NSW.....loads of railway companies out there.

absolutely agree but keep in mind Queensland Rail did the same this time last year, so the industry is obviously consolidating - just a point to be mindful of for the OP.

with all the infrastructure work around the mines and whatnot, I'm sure he'll have no issues.

i'm just a trackman and i'm wondering if anyone can give me any information on how to get a job over in australia as a trackman, regards tommy.

unlikely to get sponsorship as a trackman Tommy. Rail industry is going through a big downturn anyway, people being laid off left, right and centre.

im a track welder looking to go over to oz as well just starting to look now if you have any info or if i get any info i'll pass it on to you i'll give you my Email address to make things easier , im with network rail as well , where are you based ?
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I think I saw some job ads in the weekend paper. It might be worth a look at the QR National website http://careers.qrnational.com.au/jobSearch.asp.

THat is a misleading article, yes they are cutting jobs mostly higher management etc ... but they are recruiting now for staff see the website http://www.railcorp.info/careers/international