Vehicle Technician

Your future role:

You will be working on our LOTrain project, based out of Ilford and will be occasionally required to work from Willesden TMD.

You’ll be responsible for ensuring all train maintenance and servicing activities run to their maximum efficiency and output. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business, this includes total preventative maintenance, managing and supporting production staff in fault finding and technical investigations and much more.

You’ll specifically take care of the production department, providing guidance and instruction to Maintenance Technicians.

We’ll look to you for:

Assist in running an efficient train maintenance operation which is able to fulfil operational and contractual targets.
Manage maintenance projects in accordance with engineering instructions.
Responsible for the safety of individuals on the team and that of those impacted by any maintenance activity.
Understand and work in accordance with the company’s safety and quality requirements, and procedures within the Deport Safety Management System and Depot Operations Plan.
Perform effective diagnosis of train faults and timely repair of components to maximise train availability. Perform scheduled planned preventative maintenance in order to minimise train unavailability / downtime.
Analyse faults to identify root cause and development of countermeasures, improvement actions and containments.
Control and source maintenance tools, equipment and spares
Document breakdowns, identifying root cause and remedial action to help identify and resolve recurring issues
Understand and maintain high standards of tidiness and organisation in line with good 5S (Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) practice
Supporting the Shift Production Manager in the identification of training needs
Coaching staff in good working practices and quality standards.

All about you:

We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role;

Demonstrate excellence in approach to work and people activities
Practical hands on approach to problem solving
Responsible for accurate completion of all paperwork prior to supervisor validation.
Highly self-motivated individual, able to work under your own initiative
You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
Embraces personal challenge, Confident, rounded thinking
Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
Actively Committed to team development

Rewards:

Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
Contribute to innovative projects
Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries
Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning
Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension).

All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.

As a ‘Disability Confident’ employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.

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