Locomotive Test Technician
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Location
Leicester
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Sector:
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Job type:
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Salary:
£50000 per annum
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Contact:
Adam Marriott
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Contact email:
Adam.Marriott@txmrecruit.co.uk
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Contact phone:
1332974922
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Job ref:
BH-36246
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Published:
4 months ago
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Expiry date:
2024-10-02
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Startdate:
2024-07-30
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Consultant:
ConsultantDrop
Our Client is looking for candidates with prior experience in a Locomotive technician role who has experience of fault finding and testing. This will be on a brand-new fleet of locomotives.
As a Locomotive Technician you will work 40 hours a weekdays Monday to Friday. The first few months of the works will be based in Worksop before moving to Leicester, this will be on a salary of up to £50000 depending on experience.
There could be some travel abroad required by all of this would be covered by the client.
As a Locomotive Technician, your task will include:
- Undertake fault finding and identify the associated repair required
- Undertake and provide support across the business for all condition monitoring and manually monitored systems on the train and its interfaces
- Perform secondary checks of the work of colleagues (four-eyes principle)
- Answer technical questions from colleagues and handle practical questions asked by the Client
- Provide assistance and technical feedback to the RAMS / Performance Engineer and depot production teams on technical incidents, including Line of Route Technicians as required
Requirements of a Locomotive Technician:
- Served a recognised apprenticeship to minimum City and Guilds/ BTEC level with Mechanical / Electrical / electronic bias and NVQ level 3 or to a proven similar standard
- Extensive professional engineering experience in (rolling stock) maintenance
- Knowledge and experience in modern technical systems and fault finding techniques and the interaction between these, conducting and leading complex root cause investigations and reading electrical / mechanical schematics competently
- Strong knowledge, experience and understanding of risk and safety in the workplace from a production perspective
- Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems
If you are a Locomotive Technician and hold the above skills and experience and looking for your next long-term contract, please click apply.
