Plant Maintenance Engineer / Service Engineer Level 3

Southeastern; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 41,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A major train operator in the UK is seeking a Plant Maintenance Engineer for their Ramsgate Maintenance Depot. This role involves carrying out planned maintenance, corrective repairs, and utilizing IT software to ensure asset performance compliance. Applicants should have completed an engineering apprenticeship, possess core mechanical skills, and a full clean driving license. The position offers competitive salary and benefits including free rail travel across networks.

Benefits

Final salary pension

28 days annual leave allowance

Free rail travel across networks

Qualifications

• Must have completed an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent (mechanical/electrical).
• Able to complete written reports with excellent attention to detail.
• Must hold a full clean driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned facilities maintenance as directed.
• Complete corrective and reactive repairs to plant and equipment.
• Record output of activities through approved electronic medium.

Skills

Core mechanical skills

Excellent attention to detail

Good interpersonal skills

Education

Completed engineering apprenticeship or equivalent

Job description

Job Introduction

Job Description

We are looking for a Plant Maintenance Engineer to join our team at Ramsgate Maintenance Depot and outstation locations. You would be responsible for undertaking planned preventative and reactive maintenance to legislative, approved codes of practice ACOPS, original equipment manufacturers OEM's, railway standards, specifications and recommendations.

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What you’ll do

• Carry out planned facilities maintenance in accordance with the maintenance programme and as directed by the depot facilities manager.
• Carry out corrective and reactive repairs to plant, equipment and infrastructure.
• Utilise and interrogate IT software, electronic test equipment to determine asset compliant performance.
• Complete repairs from work arising (mechanical, electrical, plumbing and building fabric).
• Comply with depot rules, safe systems and procedures.
• Follow, interrogate and reference services/utilities schematics and drawings.
• Operate; construct powered plant to enable safe access to depot assets (including cranes, forklifts, tower scaffolds and Genie booms.)
• Assist the operation/maintenance of depot critical plant including, wheel lathe, bogie drop, cranes, crabs, shunt vehicles.
• Operate and update depot equipment asset inventory, identify and specify replacement and spare components.
• Record output of activities through approved electronic medium, operate database and contribute to programme, maintenance of risks.
• Complete paperwork and provide feedback and recommendations to depot facilities managers.
• Assist Depot facilities Managers by undertaking monitoring exercises, asset performance checks, seasonal preparations, supporting depot challenges and other projects as required.
• Come to a clear understanding of what outcomes are required
• Plan and organise activities, liaising with other departments and arranging access as required
• Complete work required, maintain accurate records and deliver feedback to line management and depot stakeholders

The experience you’ll need

• Have completed an engineering apprenticeship or equivalent (mechanical/electrical).
• Core mechanical skills able to confirm compliance with specification or operating parameters.
• Be able to complete written reports and feedback with excellent attention to detail.
• Demonstrate good interpersonal skills and the ability to communicate well.
• Full clean driving licence

What you’ll get in return

Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:

• a final salary pension
• 28 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)
• free rail travel across our networks.

Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. .

A bit about southeastern

We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1, trains a day, carrying more than , passengers and serving stations.

However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.

It’s also about making our railway a great place to work and our team one that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK Employer for Women.

Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.

At the heart of everything we do, our Safeguarding Team works to keep our customers, colleagues, and the public safe by improving safeguarding measures and knowledge making sure everyone gets home safe, every day.

Learn more about our railway.

SE Trains Limited

Attached documents

• Plant Engineers SG RM JD SE3 .docx

Apply Salary £41, rising to £52, after successful completion of training plus free travel Frequency Annual Job Reference seastern/TP// - FT/W/ Contract Type Permanent - Full Time Closing Date 26 January, Job Category Service Engineers Business Unit Engineering Location Ramsgate Maintenance Depot, United Kingdom Posted on 09 January, Apply