Shift Technical Fitter`

Freightliner Ltd; Crewe; On-site; GBP 38,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Final-salary pension scheme

Enhanced maternity & paternity pay

Life assurance scheme

Broad employee benefits to supportwork

Job summary

Freightliner Ltd is creating a new team at our locomotive depot in Crewe to deliver real quality to our maintenance function. We are looking for motivated shift technical fitters to monitor and drive quality maintenance practices, support investigations and IPES, and support their shift with technical knowledge.

The role operates on a 4 on 4, 24/7 shift pattern at Crewe depot, reporting to the Technical Engineers and Engineering Manager within a safety-first culture.

Qualifications

• Commitment to developing safe working practices.
• In depth knowledge and experience of locomotive or train maintenance.
• Ability to drive Continuous Improvement to ensure we achieve our targets and standardise our processes across our depots.
• A drive to continually improve our maintenance standards.

Responsibilities

• Being a safety influencer by ensuring you and your team work safely at all times whilst always looking for opportunities to do things safer and more efficiently.
• Provide quality workmanship by performing maintenance and repairs on company assets, ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and coaching team members to this standard.
• Carry out regular IPES to continual improve engineering and production standards
• Support investigations into incidents, failures, and defects.
• Support the development of fault-finding guides for Maintenance to help reduce locomotive downtime.
• Influence reliability improvements by analysing RCM data trends and collaborating with the Engineering function.
• Own the Engineering helpline by supporting drivers with technical issues
• Respond to engineering events outside of the depot whilst on shift.

Skills

Locomotive maintenance

Rail industry knowledge

Continuous improvement

Safety culture

Team coaching

Tools

RCM data analysis

Job description

Freightliner is a leading UK intermodal logistics provider, offering rail, road and terminal solutions that connect ports, inland terminals and customer destinations across the UK. Through innovation, safety and sustainability, Freightliner delivers reliable, efficient and lower-carbon supply chain solutions for its customers.

In the UK the Freightliner Group operates under a number of legal entities including, Freightliner Ltd, Pentalver Transport Ltd, and Pentalver Cannock Ltd.

Who are we looking for

Freightliner Ltd is creating a new team at our locomotive depot in Crewe to deliver real quality to our maintenance function.

As part of that team we are looking for a motivated shift technical fitters to monitor and drive quality maintenance practices, support technical investigations, carry out In process evaluations (IPES) and support their shift with technical knowledge.

The position is based at our depot in Crewe working a 4 on 4 24/7 shift pattern. The successful candidates will report to the Technical Engineers who then report to the technical engineering manager with the whole team responsible for quality and remote condition monitoring The position also forms part of our 1st line response roster.

On your first day, we’ll expect you to have:

• Commitment to developing safe working practices.
• In depth knowledge and experience of locomotive or train maintenance.
• Ability to drive Continuous Improvement to ensure we achieve our targets and standardise our processes across our depots.
• A drive to continually improve our maintenance standards

What your main areas of responsibilities will be:

• Being a safety influencer by ensuring you and your team work safely at all times whilst always looking for opportunities to do things safer and more efficiently.
• Provide quality workmanship by performing maintenance and repairs on company assets, ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and coaching team members to this standard.
• Carry out regular IPES to continual improve engineering and production standards
• Support investigations into incidents, failures, and defects.
• Support the development of fault-finding guides for Maintenance to help reduce locomotive downtime.
• Influence reliability improvements by analysing RCM data trends and collaborating with the Engineering function.
• Own the Engineering helpline by supporting drivers with technical issues
• Respond to engineering events outside of the depot whilst on shift.

Our perks and benefits

Our people are our most important asset. We strive to empower our employees, ensuring they are trained and competent, fit for work, always informed, and completely engaged in our culture that places safety and wellbeing firmly at the heart of everything we do. We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles. In return we can offer considerable career progression, and a rewarding career in an award-winning team alongside:

• Competitive pay
• Fantastic final-salary pension scheme after an initial qualifying period
• Enhanced maternity & paternity pay
• Access to the company's life assurance scheme
• A range of benefits to make your own so you can get the most of your work and home life which will also help save you money and hassle.
• From reimbursement on health treatments, to savings on new cars.

This post is subject to standard pre-employment checks including employment references, safety critical medical, D&A screening and successful DBS background checks.

Our commitment to you, once you join our team, is to foster growth and provide developmental opportunities to ensure you reach your utmost potential.

We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles. In return we can offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, a competitive pension scheme and a rewarding career in an award-winning team.

Freightliner is an established rail freight provider with businesses in the UK and Continental Europe. Offering customers a wide range of rail freight solutions to cater for the requirements of a diverse market sector, we provide a safe, reliable and cost effective rail freight partnership.

At the core of all we do are our employees. Their hard work is fundamental to our success and we are equally committed to their growth and safety.

Our commitment to you, once you join our team, is to foster growth and provide developmental opportunities to ensure you reach your utmost potential.

We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles. In return we can offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, a fantastic final-salary pension scheme and a rewarding career in an award-winning team.