Senior Rail Technician: Lead Maintenance & Fault-Finding

Hitachi Rail Limited; West of England; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus potential

25 days holiday

Pension 9%

Private medical insurance

Income protection

Life Insurance

Employee Assistance Programme

Flexible benefits plan

Job summary

Hitachi Rail Limited is seeking a Lead Technician to join our Production team at Stoke Gifford Depot, Bristol. You will oversee servicing, fault-finding, maintenance and repair of Hitachi rolling stock to keep the fleet safe and reliable.

Based at Stoke Gifford, you will mentor colleagues, uphold high safety and quality standards, and work with advanced rail technology while delivering on performance and reliability targets.

Qualifications

• Preventative Maintenance and Fault-finding experience
• 0
• AC Depot isolation experience
• Driving Licence
• Powered plant and tools – air / 110v experience
• Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulation

Responsibilities

• Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment
• Prepare for and undertake planned and unplanned maintenance activities
• Confirm that traction and rolling stock assets comply with operational specifications by engineering processes and techniques
• Read and extract information from traction and rolling stock drawings and specifications
• Prepare for and undertake the removal and replacement of traction and rolling stock components
• Modify or manufacture traction and rolling stock components by material removal using hand tools
• Assemble traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
• Install new traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
• Identify, assess and rectify defects and discrepancies on Hitachi rolling stock assets
• Identify repeat defects on Hitachi rolling stock assets and suggest / carry out repairs
• Create technical scopes of work for fault rectification by other members of staff
• Support reliability technicians with regards reliability improvements to rolling stock assets
• Attend and provide technical support with failures in service when on duty
• Provide operational support to users of Hitachi rolling stock assets
• Keep SAP record system up to date with clear and concise information of work carried out.
• Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping and safe working practices

Skills

Preventative maintenance, fault-finden

AC Depot isolation

Driving licence

Powered tools 110V

Regulatory compliance

Education

HNC or served apprenticeship in mechanical/electrical disciplines / NVQ level 3

Job description

Hitachi Rail Limited is seeking a Lead Technician to join our Production team at Stoke Gifford Depot, Bristol. You will oversee servicing, fault-finding, maintenance and repair of Hitachi rolling stock to keep the fleet safe and reliable.

Based at Stoke Gifford, you will mentor colleagues, uphold high safety and quality standards, and work with advanced rail technology while delivering on performance and reliability targets.