Maintenance 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
Here at Hitachi Rail, we have a great opportunity for enthusiastic self-motivated Maintenance Technicians to join our team at Bounds Green Train Maintenance Centre in London.

ACCOUNTABILITIES

In this exciting role you will be undertaking corrective and preventative maintenance, servicing and repair of AT 300 units for London North Eastern Railway, Hull Trains and Lumo.
This is a permanent role working on a rotating day and night shift basis.

Specifically, you will be responsible for the following deliverables:

• Perform Scheduled Maintenance activities on rolling stock within the TMC in accordance with the vehicle maintenance instructions.
• Undertake servicing and preparation of 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.
• Must be prepared to travel and overnight away from base location for short periods of time.
• Support the Maintenance Team Leaders and Production Managers in the delivery of the production plan.
• Record all work activities and stock consumption using the maintenance management system in accordance with maintenance processes and procedures.
• Working shifts to meet the service requirements of Hitachi customers within the TMC.
• Assist as required.

REQUIRED SKILLS/ KNOWLEDGE

• Manual Handling, COSHH, working at height, Powered plant and tools – air / 110v experience.
• Experience of working a 24/7 shift roster in a modern rolling stock maintenance depot environment.
• Outstanding Safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environment.
• 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.
• 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
• Can comfortable work within a team or on their own
• Sound knowledge of, and compliance to, rules and regulations (internal and external)
• Able to represent Hitachi in a professional manner at all times.
• Ability to investigate complex electrical and mechanical faults and write detailed reports.

EDUCATION/QUALIFICATIONS

• Served apprenticeship with mechanical, electrical disciplines.
• Engineering based NVQ level 3.

DESIRED SKILLS (NOT ESSENTIAL)

• Network Rail Sentinel PTS as required.
• Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Power Point, Outlook
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings reading
• Fire warden, First Aider
• Powered plant and tools – cranes, air systems / 110v tools.
• Depot Protection
• Working at Height, COSHH, Manual handling, AC/DC Depot isolation

• Perform Scheduled Maintenance activities on rolling stock within the TMC in accordance with the vehicle maintenance instructions.
• Undertake servicing and preparation of 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.
• Must be prepared to travel and overnight away from base location for short periods of time.
• Support the Maintenance Team Leaders and Production Managers in the delivery of the production plan.
• Record all work activities and stock consumption using the maintenance management system in accordance with maintenance processes and procedures.
• Working shifts to meet the service requirements of Hitachi customers within the TMC.
• Assist as required