Req ID:436256
Out Station Technician
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Site: Soho/Birmingham New Street
Salary: £45,000 base salary for 42 hour week, plus 18.5% shift allowance
Shifts: Rotating shift pattern with occasional weekend and overnight shifts
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.
Could you be the full-time Out Station Tech in Birmingham we’re looking for?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll work alongside a hardworking and skilled team of 5.
We’ll look to you for:
- Ensures work is performed in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), Electricity at Work Regulations (1989), Railway Group Standards, and relevant ALSTOM Procedures.
- Provide in service support to the fleet
- Diagnose and rectify as required technical faults on the service fleet to ensure units remain in service
- Preventative fault analysis and rectification
- Immediate reaction to any reported issues for the in service fleet
- Provide technical support to the depot teams in the provision of fault finding expertise and assistance with train repair activities.
- Provide diagnostic and repairs on electronics and electrical systems
- Have extensive knowledge of 3 phase, single phase and DC power systems and control systems.
- Detailed recording of faults, fault reporting, data gathering and verbal communication
- Carry out Testing & Re-Commissioning activities on vehicles and trains in accordance with pre-written test and commissioning procedures.
- Assistance in component change outs, and failure reporting for central systems support and reliability growth teams.
- Assist with skills development
- Investigate technical problems as instructed by the project support engineering team.
- Partake in gathering required data downloads on critical performance systems.
- Undertake test runs to assist in fault finding and resolution of faults, in particular the closeout of repeat failures.
- Functionally test train borne systems with minimal supervision using a variety of techniques and methods, including the use of computer based diagnostics systems.
- Review and rectify test specifications and documentation for functional tests, feeding back any problems with VMI’s, Fleet Checks, Modifications or technical documents using the correct process.
- Assist with the validation of documentation issued in support of maintenance and repair activities, special checks, modifications and trials.
- Assist in the validation of Maintenance Schedule amendments and other technical instructions.
- Assists with the validation of locally produced technical instructions.
- Provide technical support in connection with special checks and trials.
- Liaise with the systems support engineers and specialist engineers as necessary, gathering technical information needed to enable technical problems with trains, procedures, materials or component problems to be resolved.
- Carry out all duties in accordance with the Train Care Centre quality and safety procedures.
- Assist in the testing and repair of equipment identified as faulty and removed from trains.
- Assist the Warranty Engineer in the execution of his responsibilities.
- Where necessary drive the companies vehicle to attend other outstations or to attend failed units
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:
- Electrical based NVQ Level 3 in rolling stock or aircraft
- Practical experience and a sound knowledge of mechanical, electrical and electronic engineering aspects of modern Electric Multiple Units.
- IT skills – competent user of Personal Computer, including office packages, e-mail and intranet.
- Technical experience and strong knowledge in mechanical and electrical engineering.
- Flexibility and Adaptability. Enjoys variety in work practices, opinions and approaches
- Self-Motivation. Carries out, using own initiative, activities that add value to the job
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
- 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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