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Maintenance Technician London

  • Location

    London

  • Sector:

    Rail

  • Job type:

    Contract

  • Salary:

    £29.18 - £37 per hour

  • Contact:

    Kenny McEvoy

  • Contact email:

    Kenny.McEvoy@txmrecruit.co.uk

  • Contact phone:

    1332974922

  • Job ref:

    BH-34624-4

  • Published:

    3 months ago

  • Expiry date:

    2024-10-23

  • Startdate:

    2024-10-01

  • Consultant:

    ConsultantDrop

TXM Recruit are looking for a team of Mechanical and Electrical Technicians working for one of the leading train manufacturers/maintenance train companies in the UK.
We are looking for individuals from a rolling stock, REME, Vehicle and Aircraft (Avionics) background who hold advanced experience within the field of mechanical engineering.

Mechanical Technicians.
Location: West London
Qualification: Minimum NVQ Level 3 in mechanical or electrical engineering
Shifts: Monday to Friday working Nights. Weekend work also available with uplift. 
Contract length: 6 months +
Training:  2 weeks training provided.

HOURLY PAY RATE:
Hourly Pay: DAYS £29.18 Umbrella rate per hour and NIGHTS £31.81 Umbrella rate per hour. (inside IR35 so would need to be paid through an umbrella company or PAYE) Overtime rates £37 hourly paid on anything over 40 hours. 

Technician Job Description.
  • Disconnecting underframe equipment, such as water tanks, exhausts, couplers
  • Removing Bogies
  • Dismantle and reassembling front end of trains, body panelling and support frames etc.
  • Understand engineering drawings and procedures.
  • Perform scheduled maintenance activities on the rolling stock in accordance with the vehicle maintenance instructions
  • Undertake servicing and preparation of the rolling stock.
  • Actively participate in the ongoing continuous improvement activities for maintenance processes and maintenance procedures that support all depot and fleet activities
  • Support the delivery of new trains and undertake the maintenance acceptance processes.
  • Ensure exam tasks are being completed in a timely manner, undertake basic fault rectification or repair when required.
  • Adherence to all health and safety processes and procedures.
  • Attendance at testing locations, main line station and outstations to undertake preventative and corrective maintenance as required.
  • Outstanding Safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environments.
  • Experience of working at stabling outstations or main line station technical support.
  • Modern fault finding and repair techniques using pc based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
  • Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings reading
  • Extensive experience of modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and associated reliability and available trend analysis.
  • Experience of performing modifications and campaigns on modern rolling stock.

Job Skills and Experience:
Experience ideally working within a rail service and maintenance environment, but other industries will be considered:
  • Rolling Stock
  • RAF
  • British Army
  • Royal Navy

Qualifications:
NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical or electrical discipline.
Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Outlook
Good written and verbal communication skills

If you are interested please click to apply or contact Kenny McEvoy at TXM Recruit.