Electrical Technician

Electrical Technician

Job Location:       Birmingham
Shifts:                    Must be flexible (Days and Nights)
Hours per week: Average 44 hours
Rates:                 27.32 PAYE / 35.00 Umbrella
Start date:         ASAP

The Orion Rail team are looking for an Electrical Technician to join a technical team within a fast-paced Rail depot.

Position Summary for the Electrical Technician

As the Electrical Technician you will be responsible for carrying out routine maintenance, repair and fault finding on large state of the art, electrical based vehicles.

Take overall responsibility of vehicle examinations in line with vehicle maintenance instructions (VMI's).

Undertake all types of maintenance examination work to ensure that we provide a safe, reliable, and defect free unit.

Take responsibility for the safe, efficient and professional workmanship of oneself and others under your control.

Undertake 'Designate Person' safety responsibility for applying Depot Protection System and ensure safe systems of work methods are applied.

As the Electrical Technician your key responsibilities will include:

Undertake technical maintenance to the required standards, and in accordance with all maintenance instructions.

Responsible for the accuracy and completeness of all maintenance documentation prior to Shift Production Manager (SPM) validation and authorisation.

Responsible to the Shift Production Manager for the accurate identification of outstanding work at the end of the shift.

Operation of powered plant, lifting and mechanical handling equipment.

Ensuring all problems with processes, tooling and documentation are identified within the team is reported to the Shift Production Manager / Facility Management Team

Highlighting potential Health and Safety concerns

Compliance with all laid down H&S legislation and depot procedures to ensure a safe accident-free environment.

Responsible for always keeping the work area clean and tidy and to the highest standards.

Supporting the SPM regarding delivery of Quality, Waste Reduction, Delivery and H&S targets

Produce comprehensive reports on specific fault finding investigations

Identify potential improvements and feedback to Engineering

Constantly searching for ways to improve processes

Responsible for the coaching of staff in good working practices and quality standards. Supporting the Shift Production Manager in the identification of training needs

Orion Rail are looking for a Electrical Technician with the following experience:

A diligent professional able to work well as an individual or in a team.

History of completing safety critical work

Ability to undertake detailed fault finding and analysis by reading and following electrical and pneumatic schematic drawings.

Comprehensive knowledge of Electrical & Mechanical Principles

Computer literate and experience of using a maintenance management system for work recording.

Qualifications required for the Electrical Technician position

Minimum requirements NVQ Level 3 award in an Electrical discipline.

We would love to hear from you if you have worked within any of the following disciplines: Aviation, Plant, Automotive, Rolling Stock, HGV, PCV, Marine and Armed Forces EX Electrical and Mechanical Engineers

PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO PASS AN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TEST BEFORE BEING OFFERED A POSITION (this is standard procedure on Rail depots)

Due to the volume of applications we receive, unfortunately we are not able to respond to every application personally, therefore, if you have not heard back from us within 5 working days please assume your application has been unsuccessful. To see our other available vacancies please visit our website.

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