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  • Location

    Derby

  • Sector:

    Rail

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £50000 - £55000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Steven Higgins

  • Contact email:

    Steven.Higgins@txmrecruit.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    01908222880

  • Job ref:

    BH-36246-1

  • Published:

    14 days ago

  • Expiry date:

    2024-12-16

  • Startdate:

    2024-11-25

Rolling Stock/Locomotive Technician required for a key rolling stock client based in Leicester & Worksop on an initial 2-year fixed Term contract (FTC).

Our Client is looking for candidates with prior experience in a Rolling Stock technician role who has great experience of fault finding and testing. This will be on a brand-new fleet of locomotives.

As a Warranty 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 £50 - 55,000 depending on experience.

There could be some travel abroad required but all of this would be covered by the client.

As a Warranty 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 Warranty 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 Technician and hold the above skills and experience, please click apply.