Rail Plant Engineer

PATH Recruitment; Coventry; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van

Fuel card

Overtime opportunity

Private healthcare

Pension scheme

Life assurance

Regular company events

Job summary

PATH Recruitment is seeking a Rail Plant Engineer to maintain and service road-rail vehicles across the West Midlands. The role offers a base salary with significant overtime potential to boost earnings.

You will diagnose faults, perform scheduled and reactive maintenance, and work Monday–Friday with travel to sites. A valid PTS card and full driving licence are required, with clear safety focus and attention to detail.

Qualifications

• Experience working on rail plant or road-rail vehicles.
• Valid Personal Track Safety (PTS) Card.
• Strong mechanical and fault-finding skills.
• Experience carrying out maintenance and repairs on heavy plant/equipment.
• Full driving licence.

Responsibilities

• Maintain, service, repair and fault-find on road-rail vehicles and rail plant.
• Diagnose mechanical/hydraulic faults and carry out planned and reactive maintenance.
• Attend sites across the West Midlands to ensure machinery is safe, reliable and operational.
• Support the wider engineering team as required.

Skills

Rail plant experience

Fault-finding

Maintenance

Driving licence

Job description

Rail Plant Engineer - Stoke on Trent - £45,000-£50,000 + Overtime (£60,000-£70,000 achievable)

Rail Plant Engineer required in Stoke on Trent for an established civil engineering company, offering a van, fuel card, overtime and benefits.

Join a well-established civil engineering company with a growing team and a strong reputation for delivering specialist engineering solutions. This is an excellent opportunity to join a business investing in its people, with plenty of opportunity for overtime and long-term career development.

Key Benefits of the Rail Plant Engineer:

• £45,000-£50,000 basic salary
• £60,000-£70,000 achievable annual earnings through overtime
• Company van and fuel card
• Monday-Friday working
• 20 days' holiday plus bank holidays
• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme
• Life assurance
• Regular company events
• Breakfast sandwiches provided
• Strong opportunity to increase earnings through overtime

About the Role:

• As a Rail Plant Engineer, you will be responsible for maintaining, servicing, repairing and fault-finding on a range of road-rail vehicles and specialist rail plant.
• Working across the west midlands, you will attend sites to ensure machinery is maintained to a high standard and kept safe, reliable and operational. You will diagnose mechanical and hydraulic faults, carry out planned and reactive maintenance, and support the wider engineering team when required.
• This is a Monday-Friday position with significant overtime available, providing genuine potential to increase your annual earnings to £60,000-£70,000.

About You:

To succeed as a Rail Plant Engineer, you will have:

• Proven experience working on rail plant or road-rail vehicles
• A valid Personal Track Safety card (PTS Card)
• Strong mechanical and fault-finding skills
• Experience carrying out maintenance and repairs on plant or heavy equipment
• A safety-focused approach and good attention to detail
• The flexibility to travel across the West Midlands
• A full driving licence

To be successful in this role, you may have worked as a:

• Rail Engineer
• Rail Plant Fitter
• Road Rail Engineer
• Road Rail Vehicle Engineer
• Rail Maintenance Engineer
• Plant Engineer
• Heavy Plant Engineer
• Rail Mechanical Engineer
• Mobile Plant Engineer
• Rail Equipment Engineer