Technician / Higher Technician
Location: London, LND, GB
Company: Alstom
Appointment Basis: Permanent
Shift Pattern: 4 on 4 off rotating pattern
Salary: c. £53K + Shift Allowance 25% (Totalling c.£67K) + Benefits
Closing Date: 6th January 2024
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. We offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Could you be the full-time Technician to join our team in Golders Green and provide technical expertise and support to the depot teams in delivery of Alstom’s contractual obligations for maintenance and service of Metro rolling stock?
Your future role
Take on a new challenge and apply your technical expertise in a new cutting-edge field. You’ll report to the Senior Production Manager and work alongside a dedicated and passionate Services team in Alstom UK&I. The role will be to diagnose and carry out fault repairs to the 95TS fleet in order to provide optimal performance and improve fleet reliability.
We'll look to you to:
- Provide technical support to the depot teams in the provision of fault finding expertise and assistance with train repair activities.
- Work with AC and DC motors, inverters, converters, compressors, and air systems.
- Provide diagnostics and repairs on electronics such as power supplies, rectifying circuits, and battery charging circuits to board level.
- Have extensive knowledge of 3 phase, single phase, and DC power systems and control systems.
- Position fault data into a shared drive facility.
- 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.
- Assist in component change outs and failure reporting for central systems support and reliability growth teams.
- Assist with skills development within depots and train care points.
- Provide on-train fault diagnosis/rectification for units in service.
- Investigate technical problems as instructed by the central systems support team.
- Partake in gathering required data downloads on critical performance systems at all TCC’s.
- Arrange and undertake test runs to assist in fault finding and resolution of faults, particularly 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.
- 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.
- 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 resolve technical problems with trains, procedures, materials, or component problems.
- 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.
- Ensure 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.
- Where necessary, drive the company's vehicle to attend the Northern Lines outstations.
Measurement
Number of defects cleared against number of defects still open.
All about you
We value passion and attitude over experience. That’s why we don’t expect you to have every single skill. Instead, we’ve listed some that we think will help you succeed and grow in this role:
Educational Requirements
- Educated to HNC/HND in Electrical or Electronics or equivalent.
Technical Knowledge / Experience
- Practical experience and a sound knowledge of mechanical, electrical, and electronic engineering aspects of modern Electric Multiple Units.
- IT skills – competent user of Personal Computer, including office packages, e-mail, and intranet.
Things you’ll enjoy
- Enjoy stability, challenges, and a long-term career free from boring daily routines.
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues.
- Contribute to innovative projects.
- Utilise our agile working environment.
- Steer your career in whatever direction you choose across functions and countries.
- Benefit from our investment in your development, through award-winning learning.
- Benefit from a fair and dynamic reward package that recognises your performance and potential, plus a comprehensive benefits package.
Equal opportunity statement:
Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. All qualified applicants are considered for employment without regard to race, colour, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, national origin, disability status, or any other characteristic protected by local law.
As a “disability confident leader accredited employer”, we will interview all disabled job applicants who match the essential criteria of the job description or specification. We will consider flexible working requests for all roles unless operational requirements prevent otherwise.