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Mechanical Technician

Ford & Stanley Talentwise
Southampton
5 days ago
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Overview

Locomotive Fitter - Southampton-Perm Position


£45,508 per year


Shift working - Mixture of shifts, including days, nights and weekends


Opportunity for mechanical fitter / electrical fitter with experience of diesel engines to join the rail industry. With great rates, hours, Government investment, training and technical challenges, we know it is an interesting and secure place to be.


Your New Organisation

You will have a fantastic opportunity to work for an organisation maintaining a wide variety of different rolling stock including freight wagons and locomotives.


Your New Opportunity

  • Carry out general mechanical maintenance and repairs to all rolling stock rail vehicles on a variety of components such as air braking, hydraulic systems & diesel engines.
  • Fault diagnosis and rectification on mechanical, electrical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
  • Working to written maintenance instructions (VMI) to complete examinations and inspections of the trains you will be working with.
  • Working to engineering drawings and diagrams.

The Candidate

  • You will have previous experience in a similar role and environment
  • You will ideally have experience carrying out maintenance and examination work in a heavy mechanical environment, ie ex forces REME, HGV, buses and coaches, aircraft, or big engineering machines or maybe even locomotives or rolling stock already
  • You will be a team player with the experience to work independently - a problem solver with an aptitude to think on your feet and carry out a wide range of maintenance
  • You must be able to work shifts earlies, lates and nights
  • You must be able to pass a medical and drug and alcohol test

Salary

£45,508 + overtime - £50,(Apply online only)+ OTE


You will have the opportunity to learn who to drive and shunt trains - an extra £1,(Apply online only) per annum.


Up to 6 training modules each worth an extra £1,500 per annum giving you the potential earnings of £50,(Apply online only)k plus


These training modules to increase your salary include Shunter training and engineering modules from axle and bearings, electrical fault finding & Mentoring.


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


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