Rail Maintenance Technician – 24/7 Shifts + Allowances

Hitachi Rail; Guide Post; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

25 days holiday

Pension up to 9%

Private medical insurance

Personal accident insurance

Group income protection

Group life insurance

Employee assistance programme

Job summary

Hitachi Rail seeks an experienced Maintenance Technician for the Bristol Stoke Gifford Centre to service the Class 800 rolling stock under the Intercity Express Programme. You will work across rotating day and night shifts, performing scheduled maintenance and contributing to safety, quality and reliability goals.

The role requires an apprenticeship in mechanical/electrical engineering, with 24/7 shift experience and strong diagnostic skills.

Qualifications

• Experience of working a 24/7 shift roster in a modern rolling stock maintenance depot environment.
• Outstanding safety awareness in an operational railway engineering environment.
• Experience at stabling outstations or main line station technical support.
• Modern fault finding and repair techniques using PC-based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings.
• Extensive experience with modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and reliability/availability trend analysis.
• Experience of modifying and campaigning on modern rolling stock.

Responsibilities

• Perform scheduled maintenance activities on the rolling stock in accordance with maintenance instructions.
• Undertake servicing and preparation of the rolling stock.
• Undertake driving duties within depot confines per procedures.
• Support continuous improvement activities for maintenance processes and procedures.
• Assist with maintenance acceptance of new trains.
• Ensure exam tasks are completed timely and conduct basic fault rectification.
• Adhere to health and safety processes and procedures.
• Attend testing locations and travel as required for maintenance work.
• Support team leads and shift managers to deliver production plans.
• Record work activities and stock use in the maintenance system.

Skills

Shift work

Safety awareness

Diagnostics

MMS experience

Fault finding

Railway knowledge

Education

Mechanical/Electrical apprenticeship

NVQ Level 3 in engineering

Tools

MMS software

PC-based diagnostics

Job description

Hitachi Rail seeks an experienced Maintenance Technician for the Bristol Stoke Gifford Centre to service the Class 800 rolling stock under the Intercity Express Programme. You will work across rotating day and night shifts, performing scheduled maintenance and contributing to safety, quality and reliability goals.

The role requires an apprenticeship in mechanical/electrical engineering, with 24/7 shift experience and strong diagnostic skills.