Lead Technician
Hitachi Rail
Lead technician maintaining and repairing Hitachi rolling stock on rotating shifts.
16 days ago ago
£49,590
Expert & Leadership (13+ years), Intermediate (4-7 years), Experienced (8-12 years)
Full Time
Guide Post, England, United Kingdom
Field
Company Size
38,000 Employees
Service Specialisms
Rolling Stock Manufacturing
Rolling Stock Maintenance
Digital Signalling & Train Control
Ticketing & Payment Systems
Operations & Maintenance (O&M)
Turnkey Railway Solutions
Smart Mobility / Digital Asset Management
Sector Specialisms
Rolling Stock
Signalling
Turnkey Solutions
Operation
Service
Maintenance
High-Speed Rolling Stock
Express Trains
Role
What you would be doing
component replacement
failure support
scope creation
lops system
sap updates
reliability support
- Prepare for and undertake the removal and replacement of traction and rolling stock components
- Attend and provide technical support with failures in service when on duty
- Create technical scopes of work for fault rectification by other members of staff
- Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace
- Operate a modern LOPs system
- Train driving, Fire warden, First Aider
- Prepare for and undertake planned and unplanned maintenance activities
- Install, assemble traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
- Identify, assess and rectify defects and discrepancies on Hitachi rolling stock assets
- Read and extract information from traction and rolling stock drawings and specifications
- Train driving assessment and licence
- 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
- Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment
- Support engineering team with regards reliability improvements to rolling stock assets
What you bring
rolling stock
m&e onc
nvq3
it skills
mms
safety
- Working at Height, COSHH, Manual handling, AC Depot isolation
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills
- Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
- Able to interface effectively with all levels of personnel both within and outside the company.
- Experience of performing modifications and campaigns on modern rolling stock.
- M & E ONC or served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines or equivalent proven railway experience.
- Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings reading
- Engineering based NVQ level 3 – Electrical bias would be advantageous
- Calm and diplomatic under pressure, able to support, teach and mentor.
- Experience of supporting a maintenance team on a shift basis in a modern rolling stock maintenance depot environment.
- Outstanding Safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environments.
- Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
- 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.
- Comfortable working alone or in a team
- Extensive experience of modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and associated reliability and available trend analysis.
- Group Life Insurance
- Group Income protection
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Annual Performance bonus paid on discretionary basis.
- Private medical insurance
- 25 days holiday
- Pension scheme with contributions up to 9%
- Depot Protection
- Personal Accident insurance
- Competitive salary
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Company
Overview
- Wa (Harmony): We need to show respect to our colleagues, our suppliers, our clients and our stakeholders. We show respect to earn respect.
- Makoto (Sincerity): We should act with integrity in all we say and do, … we maintain fairness in all our dealings; our reputation is founded on how we go about our business.
- Kaitakusha – Seishin (Pioneering Spirit): We lead with ambition, seeking new challenges; we are not afraid to be flexible and adapt to the changing needs of our business.
100% Emission
Scope 1 & 2 by 2030
Target to achieve complete elimination of operational greenhouse gas emissions.
40% Reduction
Scope 3 by 2030
Aims to reduce emissions across the entire value chain, including supply chain and product use.
12% Decrease
Scope 1 & 2 in FY22
Achieved a significant drop in operational emissions in the fiscal year 2022.
90% Lower
CO₂ in HS2 Fleet
Accredited with PAS 2080, demonstrating a major improvement in fleet efficiency.
- Carbon neutrality across business sites by 2030
- Carbon neutrality across entire value chain by 2050
- Net-zero across value chain by 2050 and net-zero operations by 2030
October 2023
DEI Global Committee Launched
The company established a global committee to oversee diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives.
Membership Doubled
Employee Resource Group Growth
Employee Resource Group membership has grown significantly following leadership inclusion interventions.
78%
EDI Score
The company achieved a score of 78% on its EDI metrics following targeted wellbeing and inclusion initiatives.
- Gender-focused efforts: working to achieve a better gender balance
- UK/Ireland, Italy, Japan regional DEI programmes underway
- Defined focus areas include: Gender; Nationality, Ethnicity and Cultural Background; Multi‑Generations; LGBTQIA+; Disability and Neurodiversity
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