The Opportunity

Mobile Technician required to carry out maintenance and breakdown repairs to various fleets of diesel locomotives (trains)

With clearly defined development plans, centred around numerous training programs, this is an opportunity to start an exciting career in rail or grow existing experience.

Location:

Base location: Westbury

Will require travel to various sites around the southern region of the UK

Shifts:

A mixture, of days, nights and weekends you must be flexible!

Due to the nature of the role, you may be required to work away, so must be flexible and willing to occasionally stay away from home.

Role and Responsibilities

Complete maintenance activities to locomotives and rolling stock. (trains)Troubleshoot using electrical schematics, test equipment, and diagnostic software, completing quality control.Undertake both electrical and mechanical repairs to fleets of trains.Carry out unsupervised tasks.Manage own diary effectively, ensuring all repairs, maintenance and exams are completed correctly and safely The Candidate

The ideal candidate will have previous maintenance experience, both electrical and mechanical with experience of fault finding on vehicles in a fast paced environment, e.g. rail, aerospace, automotive, military, HGV or marine.

The ideal candidate will have previous experience of working on diesel engines and a strong understanding of mechanical maintenance.

You will need to be a self-starter, able to work alone and to tight deadlines ensuring all relevant work is completed correctly.

Essential

Relevant experience in Diesel engines.Knowledge & experience in of mechanical and electrical repairs and inspections.Full UK Driving licence.Flexible, and able to adapt to changing circumstances.Excellent organisational and time-management skills.NVQ level 3 in engineering discipline Likely Job Titles:

Maintenance Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Warranty Technician, Warranty Engineer, Electrical Technician, Rolling Stock Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Systems Technician, Systems Engineer, Diagnostic Engineer, Diagnostic Technician, Mechanical Technician, Mechanical Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Technician, Electrical Fitter, Mechanical Fitter, Mobile Technician

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness.

Ford & Stanley Group Ltd is a Disability Confident Committed employer and is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.