Wagon Maintainer (Rail Freight)

DB Cargo (UK) Limited; Westbury; In loco; GBP 26.000 - 32.000; Tempo pieno

Vantaggi offerti da questo lavoro

25 days annual leave

Defined Contribution pension scheme

Free on-site parking

EV charging at selected sites

Cycle to work scheme

Annual pay reviews

Training and development programs

Employee benefits portal

Employee Assistance Programme

Descrizione del lavoro

DB Cargo UK is seeking a Mechanical Fitter to join the Wagon maintenance shop in Westbury. You will maintain, overhaul and refurbish rolling stock in line with the required regime and specifications, working within our wagon team.

The role involves fault finding, repairs, documentation, and coordinating with the Field Maintenance Coordinator to ensure smooth operation and reporting. Training and development opportunities are available.

Competenze

• Mechanical mindset with experience using air and hand tools.
• Experience in fabrication, grinding and brake testing is advantageous.
• Rail industry experience is beneficial and a pro-active, well organised approach is expected.

Mansioni

• Fault finding, rectification work, damage repairs, modification and related tasks.
• Produce damage reports / overload inspections and documentation including photographs.
• Complete and file all rolling stock work orders and related paperwork.
• Communicate stoppages and progress of rolling stock to the Field Maintenance Coordinator.

Conoscenze

Mechanical aptitude

Air tools experience

Hand tools experience

Fabrication

Grinding

Brake testing

Strumenti

XYZ lathes

Descrizione del lavoro

Job Title: Wagon Maintainer (Rail Freight)

Read the overview of this opportunity to understand what skills, including and relevant soft skills and software package proficiencies, are required.

Location: Westbury

Salary: Starting salary of £28,842.00, plus shift allowance.

Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

Introduction

At DB Cargo UK, we're recruiting for a Mechanical Fitter to join our Wagon maintenance shop at our site in Westbury. As a Mechanical Fitter within our Wagon Team, you will be responsible for the maintenance, overhaul and refurbishment of rolling stock in accordance with the relevant regime and specification.

What will you be doing?

• This includes, but is not limited to - fault finding, rectification work, damage repairs, modification and work arising.
• To carry out damage reports / overload inspections on behalf of the customer and provide all documentation including photographs when required.
• Complete all relevant documentation relating to all work carried out on any rolling stock vehicle including completing and sending the Axiom proforma work order form V2 to the Field Maintenance Assistant. Correctly filling and storing all rolling stock documentation.
• To communicate stoppages and relay the progress of rolling stock to the Field Maintenance Coordinator.
• Ensure that stock levels are kept to the required standard and stock is stored correctly and order / reorder stock as required.

What are we looking for?

• We're looking for someone with a mechanical mindset who has experience with the use of air and hand tools. Experience in Fabrication, grinding, brake testing is also an advantage.
• Experience operating manual or CNC lathes, particularly XYZ lathes, would be a significant advantage and qualifications within an engineering discipline would be advantageous.
• Rail industry experience would also be an advantage, and you must have a pro-active approach to working with good organisation skills.

What matters to you?

• Starting salary of £28,842.00 on a 36-hour contract per week plus shift allowance.
• 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays.
• Defined Contribution pension scheme with generous employer contribution - up to 10% employer contribution.
• Free on-site parking EV charging at selected sites.
• Cycle to work Scheme.
• Manager led recognition programme for employees who live our values Access to DB Learning world.
• Annual pay reviews.
• We are dedicated to your continuous professional development. Depending on your role we have specialist training programs, apprenticeships, development plans, courses and qualifications we can support you through.
• Access to our employee benefits portal where you can take advantage of discounts for a variety of shops and services as well as accessing our wellbeing content.
• We take the health and wellbeing of all employees seriously and provide access to an Employee Assistance Programme.

Candidates with experience of: Maintenance Fitter, Engineering Maintenance Fitter, Mechanical Technician, Mechanical Maintenance Technician, Engineering Technician (Mechanical), may also be considered for this role