Rolling Stock Technical Support Engineer in Leyton, London, United Kingdom
I am currently recruiting for a Technical Support Engineer for our Rolling Stock business. Based out of the Temple Mills Depot supporting the Eurostar Velaro High Speed Fleet, the Technical Support Engineer will work with the Production, Technical and Performance teams supporting with the maintenance and reliability improvement of the fleet.
This is a unique opportunity to work on one of the clients most high-profile fleets and we will offer an excellent training package to help you develop your knowledge and skills. This role will work shifts so will require working a combination of Days, Nights and Weekends. You will need to live within an hours (maximum) commute of the depot or be willing to consider relocation.
What are my Responsibilities?
- Provide technical support for the maintenance team on site and at incidents off depot.
- With minimal supervision investigate rolling stock casualties undertake maintenance and repair of the allocated rolling stock to meet the requirements of the production plan.
- Regularly monitor train defects and failures in traffic and liaise with the customer.
- Mitigating the risk of in-service failures through proactive intervention.
- Download and process train diagnostic data, undertake fault finding to an advanced level.
- Produce complex, analytical technical reports on fault investigation.
- Live closure of work reports within CMMS system.
- Act as the client's representative on shift, providing technical support to the Operator's maintenance staff.
- Assist other team members, both the client and customer, with the development of technical skills by acting as a mentor.
- Specialise in areas of technical expertise.
- As required, attend off-depot meetings to support technical Investigations and resolution.
- Liaise with all the client's departments, where required, to support the delivery of the contract.
- If required, deputise for line manager.
- Undertake stores and materials support during periods of downtime or absence.
- Record and report all information relevant to Operational Safety
- Incidents / Accidents, service defects and failures in a detailed and efficient manner.
- As required, respond to trends in unit defects and make recommendations on possible mitigations and counter measure.
- Undertake audits of customer's maintenance practices to ensure that maintenance is undertaken in accordance with the relevant standards.
- Undertake performance analysis duties during periods of downtime or absence (site specific).
What do I need to qualify for the role?
- In depth knowledge of Rolling Stock systems / procedures including schematics, fault finding techniques and download analysis
- Engineering experience in the Rolling Stock sector
- Relevant engineering qualification and experience in a mechanical/electrical engineering environment - NVQ Level 3 or above
- Ability to complete all records of actions and operations accurately and to procedures
- Understands and cares for tools, equipment and PPE as appropriate
- Knowledge of Health & Safety including bio-hazards, manual handling and Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
- Ability to fault-find using a number of different methods including diagnostic software
- Ability to understand and interpret relevant technical publications
- Ability to produce detailed analytical technical reports
- Good communication skills
About My client
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What else do I need to know?
The benefits package for this role includes not only a generous base salary, but an annual bonus. We know that not everyone's lifestyle is the same, so we operate a flexible benefits scheme where you can tailor your benefits package to suit you.
To apply please send a copy of your up to date cv to Leonie at Rullion at or call <phone number removed> for more information
Rullion celebrates and supports diversity and is committed to ensuring equal opportunities for both employees and applicants.
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