Locomotive Test Technician

Locomotive Technician required for a key rolling stock client based in Leicester on an initial 2-year fixed Term contract.

Our Client is looking for candidates with prior experience in a Locomotive technician role who has experience of fault finding and testing. This will be on a brand-new fleet of locomotives.

As a Locomotive Technician you will work 40 hours a weekdays Monday to Friday. The first few months of the works will be based in Worksop before moving to Leicester, this will be on a salary of up to £50000 depending on experience.

There could be some travel abroad required by all of this would be covered by the client.

As a Locomotive Technician, your task will include:

• Undertake fault finding and identify the associated repair required
• Undertake and provide support across the business for all condition monitoring and manually monitored systems on the train and its interfaces
• Perform secondary checks of the work of colleagues (four-eyes principle)
• Answer technical questions from colleagues and handle practical questions asked by the Client
• Provide assistance and technical feedback to the RAMS / Performance Engineer and depot production teams on technical incidents, including Line of Route Technicians as required

Requirements of a Locomotive Technician:

• Served a recognised apprenticeship to minimum City and Guilds/ BTEC level with Mechanical / Electrical / electronic bias and NVQ level 3 or to a proven similar standard
• Extensive professional engineering experience in (rolling stock) maintenance
• Knowledge and experience in modern technical systems and fault finding techniques and the interaction between these, conducting and leading complex root cause investigations and reading electrical / mechanical schematics competently
• Strong knowledge, experience and understanding of risk and safety in the workplace from a production perspective
• Demonstrated ability to solve complex problems

If you are a Locomotive Technician and hold the above skills and experience and looking for your next long-term contract, please click apply.