Service Engineer (Rail Vehicles & Equipment)

Location: Scunthorpe

Salary: £39,026 per annum

Are you wanting to work for an industry leader?

Does the sound of working for a company with good prospects excite you?

Does the sound of the working for a very successful company with plans of only expanding sound attractive to you?

If so, Venatu Recruitment are working with an amazing client based in the Scunthorpe area which are looking for an Service Engineer to join their very successful team!

The client themselves are extremely well established being in service over 100 years and cemented in the rail industry, specializing the the design, manufacturing and maintenance of track rail equipment.

The hours and benefits.

47.5 hour working week worked over 5 days (Monday – Friday)

Benefits:

• Company car
• Company pension
• Free parking
• On-site parking
• Wellness programme
• 25 annual plus 8 bank/public holidays
• Auto-enrolement in a pension
• Sickness benefit: on completion of 6 months prob period, 4 weeks basic pay, then increases additional 1 week for each year of service to a maximum of 12 weeks
• Life assurance: 2 x gross basic salary (from day 1)
• Company van, tools and PPE supplied!
• Any many more!

The role

As a valued member of our team, your primary duties will be to carry out preventive and reactive maintenance on the Rail Delivery Fleet (RDF) at our maintenance depot.

As part of your duties, you may also be required to attend a Local Distribution Centre (LDC) or on the rail infrastructure to undertake fault finding/repairs. In addition, and as part of our contractual obligations you will also be required to participate (on a shared rota basis) in providing a help desk service or separately undertake “standby” duties.

The nature of our work may on occasion require working unsociable hours, weekends and/or bank holidays. The role will involve working outdoors in all types of climatic conditions

1. To undertake scheduled maintenance activities effectively and efficiently, to include reactive maintenance and remedial works as required, to ensure the availability of the Rail Delivery Fleet to meet operational demands. All operational and maintenance activities shall be carried out in accordance with the vehicle maintenance instructions (VMI) and established good engineering practice.

2. Have knowledge and experience and be competent at working on and maintaining - diesel engines & associated equipment, hydraulic, electrical, PLC and electro/mechanical systems.

3. Have experience of electric, hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical system fault diagnosis. All rectification work shall be undertaken with a view to preventing a recurrence of the problem.

4. Ensure that all faults, repair, and other engineering data is fed back for record purposes clearly and concisely, along with the general condition of the equipment/plant, also ensure that time sheets, holiday requests, completed work orders, reports, spares requisitions etc are passed for processing in accordance with the local rules.

5. You will be required to gain a comprehensive working knowledge of the relevant equipment and control system operation, their interaction, as and when required imparting such skills and knowledge to the team for its benefit and those of the company.

6. On occasion you will be required to work at various locations within the UK, e.g., to attend a Local Distribution Centre (LDC) or on the rail infrastructure to undertake fault finding/repairs.

7. There will be a requirement to participate in a “standby” rota (covering the weekend period) or separately to provide telephone assistance (help desk) from Saturday to Friday. Both the “standby” and help desk service are undertaken by all maintenance personnel to meet the requirement of our client.

Skills Needed.

Essential

• Minimum NVQ Level 3 or similar qualifications or experience in a relevant discipline.
• Engineering/maintenance background.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Desirable/Beneficial

• Apprentice trained.
• Experience of working within the UK Rail Industry and/or track plant and systems.

Personal Track Safety PTS Holder).

Specific in-house and external training and assessment will be provided to the individual, to ensure they meet the competency requirements to work on the equipment and associated tasks.

Apply Today:

If you feel you have the right experience and drive to take on a new vacancy, then APPLY TODAY or call Summer <phone number removed> for more information. Our client is seeking to review CV's IMMEDIATELY!

Venatu Group is acting within the capacity of a Recruitment Agency for their client.