Mechanical and Electrical Technician

WM Trains Limited; Northampton; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 51,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension from day 1

Free rail travel for you and family

Rail discounts 75%

Friends and Family passes

Virtual GP

EAP

Job summary

WM Trains Limited is seeking a Property Mechanical & Electrical Technician to maintain stations, depots, and buildings across the network. The role involves planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding, and refurbishment to keep operations safe and fully functional.

You will diagnose faults, carry out repairs, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards while minimising service disruption. Travel across the route between Nuneaton and London Euston is required.

Qualifications

• Time-served in electrical or mechanical maintenance with a relevant trade qualification.
• Experience in industrial maintenance with knowledge of plant equipment such as cranes, MEWPs, FLTs and pump trucks.
• Understanding of maintenance regulations and safe working practices (COSHH, working at height, manual handling).
• Strong communication skills and ability to work independently with customers and colleagues.
• Basic IT skills and experience using CAFM or similar systems; full UK driving licence with ≤6 penalty points.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across stations, depots and office buildings.
• Maintain and repair depot equipment, including wash plants, CET and fuelling systems.
• Diagnose faults and complete repairs safely and efficiently.
• Ensure all work complies with statutory requirements, company standards and health and safety procedures.
• Accurately record maintenance activities and support colleagues to minimise disruption and maintain service reliability.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Plant equipment knowledge

COSHH & safety

Driving licence

IT skills

Communication skills

Independent worker

Education

Trade qualification

Tools

CAFM software

Job description

We're looking for a Property Mechanical & Electrical Technician to play a vital role in keeping our stations, depot facilities and operational buildings safe, compliant and fully operational.

In this hands-on role, you'll carry out planned and reactive maintenance, fault finding and refurbishment activities across a wide range of assets, plant machinery and equipment, helping to prevent failures and minimise service disruption.

If you're passionate about delivering high standards of maintenance, ensuring equipment availability and supporting an excellent customer and colleague experience, we'd love to hear from you.

This role involves travel across the route between Nuneaton and London Euston.

The working hours are Monday to Friday 7:00am to 3:00pm, with an additional on-call rota approximately every six weeks, including weekend cover.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance across stations, depots and office buildings.
• Maintain and repair specialist depot equipment, including wash plants, CET and fuelling systems.
• Diagnose faults and complete repairs safely, efficiently and to a high standard.
• Ensure all work complies with statutory requirements, company standards and health and safety procedures.
• Accurately record maintenance activities and support colleagues to minimise disruption and maintain service reliability.

Skills, Knowledge and Expertise

• Time-served in electrical or mechanical maintenance with a relevant trade qualification.
• Experience working in an industrial maintenance environment, with knowledge of maintaining plant equipment such as cranes, MEWPs, FLTs and pump trucks.
• Understanding of maintenance regulations and safe working practices, including COSHH, working at height and manual handling.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to work independently, use initiative and build positive relationships with customers and colleagues.
• Basic IT skills, experience using CAFM or similar systems, and a full UK driving licence with no more than 6 penalty points.

To ensure continuity and an effective delivery of service, successful candidates will be required to commit to a minimum 14-month period in role after achieving competence. This also includes existing colleagues who move by internal promotions and transfers. This time allows our future colleagues to support personal career development by allowing time to build strong knowledge and expertise.

• Salary of £46,772 which rises to £51,076 after you are fully trained.
• A defined benefit pension from day 1 - one of the best in the UK.
• Free travel on all London Northwestern and West Midlands Railway services for you, your spouse/partner, and dependents.
• 75% off all other train operating companies for you, your spouse/partner, and dependents.
• 8 Friends and Family Day passes to gift per annum on our network.
• A 24/7 Virtual GP service for you and your household.
• Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)- A confidential employee benefit that supports you with personal or work-related issues affecting your home life, work life, health, or wellbeing
• Our cycle to work scheme with Evans Cycles.
• A retail discount portal- offering savings, discounts and cashback at over 800 retailers and restaurants.