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Job Title: Level 2 Maintenance Technician
Our Reference: J33790
Employment Term: Permanent
Location: Ilford,Essex
Salary: Negotiable
Job Category: Rail jobs
We are recruiting for a major player in the rail industry keen to appoint pedigree Rolling Stock Technicians for a number of depots in and around London. This multi-national established client has years an influential market presence. In advance of the London 2012 Olympics our client is looking to re-structure their team of permanent Technicians to complete a number of maintenance and modification projects through out 2012 and beyond.

THE ROLE: - As a Rolling Stock Technician you will be required to undertake various types of service and repair to rolling stock and potentially attend to break downs as necessary. Dependent on the route you are selected for, there may be a strong focus on fault finding using specialized rail software on lap top systems to analyse and diagnose faults or multimeters, meggaing equipment and scopes to diagnose electrical faults using schematics drawings. You could also be selected for more of a general maintenance route where you would be a required to complete exams and preparation work on the trains and general maintenance and repair.

*You must have a strong electrical biased displayed as part of your CV to qualify for the top salary however any CV with a strong rail or avionics background will be considered.
*As this a permanent role/temporary to permanent role you must be focused on this route of employment but we will consider contractors looking to switch over to employment.
*If you are looking to apply your CV must show that you are capable of fault finding/exam work on rolling stock in some capacity in order to receive a call. You will be tested on the phone on your technical knowledge.
*We are looking for a candidate that has ideally been time served in an electrical role or has a recognized qualification such as city & guilds, HNC etc or an electrical qualification such as 17th/18th Edition etc to qualify for the top salary however we will consider all relevant qualifications and experience.
*We consider most of the tasks involved in the work completed on rolling stock to have the same restrictions and tolerances as aviation and aircraft Technicians are faced with and for this reason we strongly consider all candidates from this background also.

Requirements: - This role is a permanent/temporary to permanent role, if employed temporary to permanent you will be employed on a contractual basis of £17.54 minimum per hour ltd pay for the first three months rising to £36,500 minimum after the initial three month period with the full contract offering pension and paid holiday. As a "straight to permanent" you will be paid £37,000 with the same rules applying as above with regards to pension etc.

If interested in this role or you have any questions at all then please call Bruce on 01332 224 543 or contact via email on bruce.dobson@shorterm.co.uk


     
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