Lead Technician

Hitachi Vantara Corporation; Doncaster; On-site; GBP 50,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading train maintenance organization is seeking a Lead Technician to join their Doncaster team. This permanent role involves maintenance and repair of rolling stock, performing both scheduled and urgent interventions. Candidates should have solid experience in rolling stock maintenance and relevant qualifications. Competitive salary of £49,590 + 15% shift allowance, along with additional perks such as private medical insurance, pension scheme, and more.

Benefits

Competitive salary

Annual performance bonus

25 days holiday

Pension scheme with up to 9% contributions

Private medical insurance

Personal accident insurance

Group income protection

Group life insurance

Employee assistance programme

Qualifications

• Experience supporting a maintenance team in a rolling stock depot.
• Outstanding safety awareness in railway engineering environments.
• Experience performing modifications on modern rolling stock.

Responsibilities

• Undertake corrective and preventative maintenance of rolling stock.
• Maintain work site and equipment condition.
• Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices.

Skills

Safety Awareness

Preventative Maintenance

Corrective Maintenance

Fault Finding

Maintenance Management Systems

Education

M & E ONC or equivalent railway experience

Engineering NVQ level 3

Tools

PC-based Laptops

SAP record system

Job description

About Us

Hitachi Rail is a global organisation with operations worldwide. We focus on digital transformation and technology, bringing people together through sustainable and innovative ways of working.

Description

Lead Technician — Doncaster

£49,590 + 15% shift allowance

Permanent contract

Days and nights

Your new role

Hitachi Rail are currently searching for a Lead Technician to join our team in Doncaster at our state of the art Train Maintenance Centre. This is a permanent position working a rotating day and night shift.

In this exciting role you will be responsible for undertaking corrective and preventative maintenance, servicing, complex fault finding and repair of Hitachi rolling stock assets.

Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables:

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

About you

Skills & Experience

• 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 environment.
• Highly experienced in undertaking preventative and corrective rolling stock maintenance, including modern fault finding and repair techniques using PC-based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
• Extensive experience of modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and related reliability and available trend analysis.
• Experience of performing modifications and campaigns on modern rolling stock.

Qualifications

• M & E ONC or served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines or equivalent proven railway experience.
• Engineering based NVQ level 3 – Electrical bias would be advantageous

Behavioural

• Comfortable working alone or in a team
• 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
• Loyal, committed, confident and determined

Desirable

• Intermediate IT skills – Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings
• Train driving, Fire warden, First Aider
• Train driving assessment and licence
• Depot Protection
• Working at Height, COSHH, Manual handling, AC Depot isolation
• Operate a modern LOPs system

What we offer

We value the importance of all of our employees. If you would like to join our fantastic organisation you could be entitled to:

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

We also offer additional perks for you to choose from within a flexible plan that will meet your specific needs and lifestyle.

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Thank you for your interest in Hitachi Rail. If your application is of interest, we will be in contact. Please visit our careers page for more information: https://www.hitachirail.com/careers

At Hitachi Rail, there is a place for everyone. We welcome and value differences in background, age, gender, sexuality, family status, disability, race, nationality, ethnicity, religion, and world view. It is our commitment to create an inclusive environment - we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer.

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