Lead Technician

at  Hitachi Rail Limited

About Us
A career at Hitachi Rail will help create a legacy. With operations in every corner of the world, our work goes to the cutting-edge of digital transformation and technology. From the multi-cultural strength of our global organisation to the sustainable and innovative ways we work to bring people together, there’s something for everyone to get stuck into. And that’s where you come in.
Description

YOUR NEW ROLE

Hitachi Rail have a superb opportunity for an experienced Lead Technician to join our Liverpool Edge Hill Outstations team. As the Lead Technician you will hold responsibility of servicing, complex fault finding and repairs on Hitachi Rail rolling stock assets.
You will be joining a small but critical team within our business and therefore, on occasion, there will be elements of lone working. As part of the Lead Technician team, you will be responsible for carrying out both planned and reactive maintenance activities on a regular 24/7 shift basis so the ability and willingness to work both days and nights is essential. As the position is a Safety Critical role within our business, we ask for health & safety and the welfare of our employees the successful candidate must live within 1 hours travel from the Liverpool Edge Hill depot.

OTHER ROLE RESPONSIBILITIES INCLUDE…

• Maintain the condition of the work site, materials and equipment
• Adhere to health, safety, environmental & quality practices in the workplace
• Prepare for and undertake planned and unplanned maintenance activities
• Confirm that traction and rolling stock assets comply with operational specifications by the use of engineering processes and techniques
• Read and extract information from traction and rolling stock drawings and specifications
• Prepare for and undertake the removal and replacement of traction and rolling stock components
• Modify or manufacture traction and rolling stock components by material removal using hand tools
• Assemble traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
• Install new traction and rolling stock components using engineering processes and techniques
• Identify, assess and rectify defects and discrepancies on Hitachi rolling stock assets
• Identify repeat defects on Hitachi rolling stock assets and suggest / carry out repairs
• Create technical scopes of work for fault rectification by other members of staff
• Support reliability technicians with regards reliability improvements to rolling stock assets
• Attend and provide technical support with failures in service when on duty
• Provide operational support to users of Hitachi rolling stock assets
• Keep SAP record system up to date with clear and concise information of work carried out.
• Develop professionally and support good working relationships
• Learn new skills in accordance with Hitachi’s new business demands as required
• Liaison with Hitachi and external personnel as required to complete the duties of the post