Maintenance Technician London - #1698487

TXM Recruit are looking for a team of Mechanical and Electrical Technicians working for one of the leading train manufacturers/maintenance train companies in the UK. We are looking for individuals from a rolling stock, REME, Vehicle and Aircraft (Avionics) background who hold advanced experience within the field of mechanical engineering.Mechanical Technicians. Location: West London Qualification: Minimum NVQ Level 3 in mechanical or electrical engineering Shifts: Monday to Friday working Days or Nights. Weekend work also available with uplift. Contract length: 6 months + Training: 2 weeks training provided. HOURLY PAY RATE: Hourly Pay: DAYS £33.12 Umbrella rate per hour and NIGHTS £35.83 Umbrella rate per hour. (inside IR35 so would need to be paid through an umbrella company or PAYE) Overtime rates £37 hourly paid on anything over 40 hours. Technician Job Description.

• Disconnecting underframe equipment, such as water tanks, exhausts, couplers
• Removing Bogies
• Dismantle and reassembling front end of trains, body panelling and support frames etc.
• Understand engineering drawings and procedures.
• Perform scheduled maintenance activities on the rolling stock in accordance with the vehicle maintenance instructions
• Undertake servicing and preparation of the rolling stock.
• Actively participate in the ongoing continuous improvement activities for maintenance processes and maintenance procedures that support all depot and fleet activities
• Support the delivery of new trains and undertake the maintenance acceptance processes.
• Ensure exam tasks are being completed in a timely manner, undertake basic fault rectification or repair when required.
• Adherence to all health and safety processes and procedures.
• Attendance at testing locations, main line station and outstations to undertake preventative and corrective maintenance as required.
• Outstanding Safety Awareness gained in an operational railway engineering environments.
• Experience of working at stabling outstations or main line station technical support.
• Modern fault finding and repair techniques using pc based laptops and remote train diagnostics.
• Reading electrical, pneumatic, mechanical schematics and drawings reading
• Extensive experience of modern maintenance management systems (MMS) and associated reliability and available trend analysis.
• Experience of performing modifications and campaigns on modern rolling stock.

Job Skills and Experience: Experience ideally working within a rail service and maintenance environment, but other industries will be considered:

• Rolling Stock
• RAF
• British Army
• Royal Navy

Qualifications: NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical or electrical discipline. Intermediate IT skills – typically Word, Excel, Outlook Good written and verbal communication skills If you are interested please click to apply or contact Kenny McEvoy at TXM Recruit.