Appointment Basis: Permanent
Site: Willesden Depot
Salary: £54,157.05pa with additional annual payment of £2,707.75 based on a 42 our contract
Shift: 4 on 4 off 12 hour shifts, rotating days and nights
Req ID:445170
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, more than 80 000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your New Role
Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to your team leader and work alongside a team of 16 dedicated technicians. You will be working on our LOTrain project based at our Ilford depot, you will also be working on site at our Ilford depot at times.
You'll be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance, repair and fault finding on Aventra Units. Day-to-day, you’ll work closely with teams across the business and have responsibility of vehicle examinations in line with vehicle maintenance instruction, and take responsibility for the safe, efficient and professional workmanship of oneself and others under your control and much more.
You’ll specifically take care of all types of maintenance examination work to ensure that we provide a safe, reliable, and defect free train. We’ll look to you for:
- Undertake technical maintenance to the required standards, and in accordance with all maintenance instructions.
- Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all maintenance documentation prior to Shift Production Manager (SPM) validation and authorisation.
- Responsible to the Shift Production Manager for the accurate identification of outstanding work at the end of the shift.
- Operation of powered plant, lifting and mechanical handling equipment.
- Ensuring all problems with processes, tooling and documentation are identified within the team is reported to the Shift Production Manager / Facility Management Team
- Highlighting potential Health and Safety concerns
- Compliance with all laid down H&S legislation and depot procedures to ensure a safe accident free environment
- Responsible for keeping the work area clean and tidy and to the highest standards at all times.
- Supporting the SPM regarding delivery of Quality, Waste Reduction, Delivery and EHS targets
- Produce comprehensive reports on specific fault finding investigations
- Identify potential improvements and feedback to Engineering
- Constantly searching for ways to improve processes
- Responsible for the coaching of staff in good working practices and quality standards. Supporting the Shift Production Manager in the identification of training needs
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:
- NVQL3 Qualification
- Demonstrate excellence in approach to work and people activities
- Practical hands-on approach to problem solving
- Safety Critical Competencies
- Fault finding electrically and mechanically
- 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
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career. You’ll also:
- 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
- Progress towards team leader positions
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus comprehensive and competitive benefits (pension, life ins., medical, + anything specific to the site e.g. free on-site parking, canteen etc).
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
Important to note
As a global business, we’re an equal-opportunity employer that celebrates diversity across the 70+ countries we operate in. We’re committed to creating an inclusive workplace for everyone.
At Alstom we will consider requests for flexible working on hiring. Many of our staff work flexibly in many different ways, including part-time, flexible start and finish times, job sharing, or compressed hours. Please talk to us at interview about the flexibility you need.
Alstom U.K. is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief.
As a 'Disability Confident' employer, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification: if you require any reasonable adjustments, please let us know.
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