Wagon Fitter

Responsibilities whilst working in the role will include:

• Adhering to health & safety and local safety policy requirements, and other safety and technical standards
• Ensuring Freightliner company engineering standards and procedures are understood, applied and followed.
• Maintaining, servicing, and repairing wagons in accordance with approved maintenance plans
• Ensuring all relevant records for examinations and repairs is correctly completed to company standards through our electronic Asset Management System
• Maintaining high standards of housekeeping whilst having an ability to identify and reduce hazards to ensure a clean and safe environment is maintained whilst carrying out your duties.
• Being a good communicator.

Requirements:

• Commitment to adopting safe working practices
• A willingness to be flexible as this role may require some working away from your home location
• An underpinning knowledge and an ability to understand mechanical and pneumatic systems.
• An appreciation of mechanical maintenance activities and a willingness to learn.
• A background knowledge and experience of rolling stock maintenance would be advantageous
• Preferably apprentice trained or equivalent and have experience in mechanical maintenance practices
• A UK driving licence.

The successful applicant should be safety conscious and motivated to work safely to tight deadlines, a fully versatile team member who has a flexible approach to working hours.

Please note it is planned that this post works a shift pattern of Monday to Friday alternate earlies and lates. It is also subject to standard pre-employment checks including employment references, medical & D&A screening and successful DBS background checks.