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Locomotive Test Technician

  • Location

    Leicester

  • Sector:

    Rail

  • Job type:

    Permanent

  • Salary:

    £50000 per annum

  • Contact:

    Adam Marriott

  • Contact email:

    Adam.Marriott@txmrecruit.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    1332974922

  • Job ref:

    BH-36246

  • Published:

    5 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2024-10-02

  • Startdate:

    2024-07-30

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

Locomotive Technician required for a key rolling stock client based in Leicester on an initial 2-year fixed Term contract.

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.