Lead Technician

Description

• Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment
• Create technical scopes of work for fault rectification by other members of staff
• Prepare for and undertake planned and unplanned maintenance activities
• Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace
• Keep SAP record system up to date with clear and concise information of work carried out.
• Confirm that traction and rolling stock assets comply with operational specifications by the use of engineering processes and techniques
• Operate a modern LOPs system
• Attend and provide technical support with failures in service when on duty
• Read and extract information from traction and rolling stock drawings and specifications
• Support engineering team with regards reliability improvements to rolling stock assets
• Install, assemble traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
• Train driving, Fire warden, First Aider
• Identify, assess and rectify defects and discrepancies on Hitachi rolling stock assets
• Prepare for and undertake the removal and replacement of traction and rolling stock components
• Train driving assessment and licence

Requirements

• Comfortable working alone or in a team
• Outstanding Safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environments.
• Engineering based NVQ level 3 – Electrical bias would be advantageous
• Highly experienced in undertaking preventative and corrective rolling stock maintenance on modern rolling stock. To include modern fault finding and repair techniques using pc based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
• Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
• Experience of supporting a maintenance team on a shift basis in a modern rolling stock maintenance depot environment.
• Experience of performing modifications and campaigns on modern rolling stock.
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings reading
• Extensive experience of modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and associated reliability and available trend analysis.
• Working at Height, COSHH, Manual handling, AC Depot isolation
• Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
• Calm and diplomatic under pressure, able to support, teach and mentor.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Able to interface effectively with all levels of personnel both within and outside the company.
• M & E ONC or served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines or equivalent proven railway experience.

Benefits

• Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
• Personal Accident insurance
• Group Income protection
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Depot Protection
• Competitive salary
• Group Life Insurance
• 25 days holiday
• Private medical insurance
• Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.

Training + Development

Interview process

Visa Sponsorship

Security clearance