Maintenance Fitter

1 x permanent fitter required in Doncaster, South Yorkshire

Job Title:       Maintenance Fitter (Rolling stock)

Hourly Rate:          Competitive 

Shifts:           Rotating shift pattern of days & nights rostered between Monday – Sunday.  5 nights on, 4 off, 4 days, 5 off.

Shift times:   Days 6am - 5.30pm, (11 hours), Nights 7pm to 6am (10.5 hours).

Location:       Doncaster

JOB PURPOSE:

To deliver high quality production services (repair, overhaul, and modifications to trains) in a safe and efficient manner.

To be proactive and an integral part of a 24/7/365 service organization.

Responsible for the quality of own work, cleaning and tidying of work area.

JOB DUTIES:

To ensure that our customer’s products are maintained/repaired/overhauled/modified to current legal, national, industry and company standards within contractual responsibilities.

• To ensure that our customers products are delivered on time and to budget following maintenance/repair/overhaul/modification.

• To adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems.

• Responsible for carrying out all technical and non-technical duties and responsibilities within company work instructions guidelines, procedures, and policies.

• Carry out maintenance, repair, overhaul activities as necessary, including reasonable travel (UK and International) including staying away overnight as required

• Responsible for delivering high standards of engineering, maintenance, and workmanship.

• Ensure that the quality procedures are adhered to, working closely with the Production Foreman, Engineering Department and QHSE representatives.

• Assist in the processing specific technical engineering issues as directed

BACKGROUND/EXPERIENCE:

Essential competencies/technical requirements:

• Ability to operate required equipment in a safe and responsible manner

• Knowledge of workplace safety and safe lifting and handling procedures

• Effective communication skills

• Consider problems as a challenge, collect information relevant to the problem, be disciplined in ascertaining the root cause, identify and develop a practical solution, communicate the findings, and implement action to resolve the problem.

• Search out errors, rectify omissions, perfect systems and procedures which will ultimately raise the quality and standards of all tasks undertaken.

• Develop and comply with the systems, procedures, rules, objectives, and timescales set by the organization and take a disciplined approach when undertaking tasks.

• Communicate effectively and through example and expertise create a participative and involved atmosphere.

• Encourage a high level of performance in self and others.

• Be alert to changing situations, show flexibility in approach, adaptability in difficult circumstances and continuously strive to achieve a result.

QUALIFICATIONS:

• English and Math’s at GCSE, or equivalent.

• Hold relevant City and Guilds, Awarding Body Consortium (ABC), EMTA

If you would like to apply for this role, please email your CV and qualifications to Rob Wilamowski