Rail Plant Engineer

PATH Recruitment; Stoke-on-Trent; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 50,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Company van & fuel card

Mon–Fri hours

20 days holiday + bank holidays

Private healthcare

Pension

Life assurance

Overtime opportunities

Job summary

PATH Recruitment has a Rail Plant Engineer role in Stoke-on-Trent, offering a base salary of £45,000–£50,000 with overtime opportunity to reach £60,000–£70,000. The position includes a company van and fuel card, Monday–Friday hours, and a strong benefits package.

You will maintain and repair rail plant across sites, with clear scope for overtime. The ideal candidate will have rail plant or road-rail experience, a valid PTS card, a clean driving licence and a safety-focused approach.

Qualifications

• Proven experience working on rail plant or road-rail vehicles.
• Valid Personal Track Safety (PTS) card.
• Full driving licence.
• Safety-focused approach with good attention to detail.

Responsibilities

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

Skills

Rail plant experience

PTS Card

Mechanical fault-finding

Plant 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