Req ID: 523088
Location: New Cross Gate Depot, SE14
Appointment Basis: Permanent. 24/7 Operation therefore must be flexible (Days, Nights, Weekends)
Apply by: 9th July
Salary + Benefits: CIRCA £62,000 including shift allowances
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, 86,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars.
Your future role
Responsible for ensuring all train maintenance and servicing activities run to their maximum efficiency and output. People management for the production department, and responsible for providing the production staff direction, instruction, and guidance to either individuals or a group of staff, including Maintenance Technicians and Maintenance Assistants.
We’ll look to you for:
- Assist in running an efficient train maintenance operation which is able to fulfil operational and contractual targets.
- Manage maintenance projects in accordance with engineering instructions.
- Responsible for the safety of individuals on the team and that of those impacted by any maintenance activity.
- Understand and work in accordance with the company’s safety and quality requirements, and procedures within the Deport Safety Management System and Depot Operations Plan.
- Perform effective diagnosis of train faults and timely repair of components to maximise train availability. Perform scheduled planned preventative maintenance in order to minimise train unavailability / downtime.
- Record and document all work carried out within Alstom Asset Management System (SAP GSI).
- Analyse faults to identify root cause and development of countermeasures, improvement actions and containments.
- Control and source maintenance tools, equipment and spares
- Support Reliability Shift manager and high tech team in documenting breakdowns, identifying root cause and remedial action to help identify and resolve recurring issues
- Understand and maintain high standards of tidiness and organisation in line with good 5S (Sort, Set In Order, Shine, Standardize, Sustain) practice
- Understand and work in accordance with mandatory requirements of Health, Safety and Environmental requirements.
- Conduct risk assessments of processes and tasks in the department
- Work with the team and other department members to produce effective maintenance strategies, procedures and methods to meet the Train Plan and efficiency of the Exam Plan
- Reporting to the Shift Production Manager, effectively lead a team of maintenance technicians and maintenance assistants to ensure smooth workflow with maximum output
- Motivate, coach and oversee the team’s performance, attendance and disciplinary issues
- Responsible for the coaching of staff in good working practices and quality standards
- Supporting the Shift Production Manager in the identification of training needs
- Coaching staff in good working practices and quality standards
- Deputise for Shift production manager as required during leave/ absence
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:
- Demonstrate excellence in approach to work and people activities
- Practical hands on approach to problem solving
- Responsible for accurate completion of all paperwork prior to supervisor validation.
- Highly self-motivated individual, able to work under your own initiative
- You will possess excellent communication and interpersonal skills
- Embraces personal challenge, Confident, rounded thinking
- Engages interest and participation of others and has a collaborative approach to working together
- Actively Committed to team development
- High levels of motivation and action orientated
Things you’ll enjoy
Join us on a life-long transformative journey – the rail industry is here to stay, so you can grow and develop new skills and experiences throughout your career.
You’ll also:
- Enjoy stability, challenges and a long-term career free from boring daily routines
- Collaborate with transverse teams and helpful colleagues
- Contribute to innovative projects
- 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 comprehensive and competitive social coverage (life, medical, pension)
- Up to 52 weeks full maternity and adoption pay
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays, with the opportunity to buy or sell holiday
- A wide range of flexible benefits that you can tailor to suit your lifestyle
You don’t need to be a train enthusiast to thrive with us. We guarantee that when you step onto one of our trains with your friends or family, you’ll be proud. If you’re up for the challenge, we’d love to hear from you!
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' 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.
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