Maintenance Technician - Team Leader

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Location: Milton Keynes, MIK, GB

Company: Alstom

Appointment Basis:
Permanent. Days and Nights rotating.

Apply by: 4th January

Salary + Benefits:
Base salary of £46,811.44 + 18.5% shift allowance = £55,471.56

At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.

This position offers an excellent opportunity to join Alstom as a Maintenance Technician working on the Class 730 fleet. We are seeking a skilled technician with previous experience covering team leader or management duties, who can confidently support Production Manager shifts when required. The successful candidate will be someone who is proactive, motivated, and keen to progress. As the depot grows, this role is designed to develop into a Team Leader position, providing a clear pathway for career advancement within the organisation.

• Ensures work is performed in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), Electricity at Work Regulations (1989), Railway Group Standards, and relevant ALSTOM Procedures.
• Undertake exam based maintenance
• Undertake planned and unplanned tasks
• Provide technical support to the depot teams in the provision of fault finding expertise and assistance with train repair activities.
• Provide diagnostic and repairs on electronics and electrical systems
• Have extensive knowledge of 3 phase, single phase and DC power systems and control systems.
• Detailed recording of faults, fault reporting, data gathering and verbal communication
• Carry out fault finding and investigate intermittent faults on vehicles either on depot or in service.
• Carry out Testing & Re-Commissioning activities on vehicles and trains in accordance with pre-written test and commissioning procedures.
• Assistance in component change outs, and failure reporting for central systems support and reliability growth teams.
• Assist with skills development within depots
• Provide on train fault diagnosis/rectification for units in service.
• Investigate technical problems as instructed by the project support engineering team.
• Partake in gathering required data downloads on critical performance systems.
• Undertake test runs to assist in fault finding and resolution of faults, in particular the closeout of repeat failures.
• Functionally test train borne systems with minimal supervision using a variety of techniques and methods, including the use of computer based diagnostics systems.
• Review and rectify test specifications and documentation for functional tests, feeding back any problems with VMI’s, Fleet Checks, Modifications or technical documents using the correct process.
• Assist with the validation of documentation issued in support of maintenance and repair activities, special checks, modifications and experiments.
• Assist in the validation of Maintenance Schedule amendments and other technical instructions.
• Assists with the validation of locally produced technical instructions.
• Provide technical support in connection with special checks and experiments.
• Liaise with the systems support engineers and specialist engineers as necessary, gathering technical information needed to enable technical problems with trains, procedures, materials or component problems to be resolved.
• Carry out all duties in accordance with the Train Care Centre quality and safety procedures.
• Assist in the testing and repair of equipment identified as faulty and removed from trains.
• Assist the Warranty Engineer in the execution of his responsibilities.
• Where necessary drive the companies vehicle to attend outstations/depots or to attend failed units
• Where necessary travels to other 730 WMT Project Depots and Outstations to assist varying workload
• Assist in APSYS and 5S Activities/Housekeeping