AddressReq ID:448198
Appointment Basis: Fixed Term. This role will include some shifts on a scheduled basis.
Location: Glasgow, G5 0BA
Application Deadline: 29th March 2024
Salary: £16,480 per annum
Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground, and Dublin Luas.
We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
Employing 6000 people, we design and build trains at Derby, the UK’s largest train factory; and operate major sites at Widnes, Crewe, Ilford and Plymouth, and 30 train services depots across the UK and Ireland.
Furthermore, having been selected as part of a joint venture to design, build and maintain the HS2 rolling stock, we have also been shortlisted for the corresponding signalling contract.
This is an exciting opportunity to join a world leading engineering company where you will be working alongside qualified and experienced staff. We have a well-established and long-term apprenticeship programme through which we offer strong continuous development opportunities, together with significant levels of support, mentoring and coaching.
Alstom deliver major railway projects across the globe and have recently been vital in the delivery of Crossrail, and HS2 (enabling projects) in the UK. In addition, we have been awarded by Network Rail, two significant major signalling frameworks and you will be part of the team that will be delivering Contracts awarded under those Frameworks.
Joining us means becoming a vital part of a caring, responsible, and innovative company where more than 70,000 people lead the way to greener and smarter mobility, worldwide.
The Opportunity
This role can be based at our Glasgow Traincare Centre.
An excellent opportunity to join a world leading Engineering Company where you will work alongside qualified Technicians at our traincare centres.
The depot carries out various maintenance and overhaul activities. Maintenance activities range from daily safety inspections, routine exams, corrective maintenance and reliability modifications. We are primary location for the maintenance of the Caledonian Sleeper fleet of trains.
Your day-to-day activities will involve learning about and supporting operational activities around maintaining trains, including loco hauled coaching stock, CL334 mileage-based overhauls and CL390 tilting fleet.
You will be working as part of a multifunctional team responsible for diagnosing and repairing faults along with undertaking daily service exams.
Every day, around a third of all rail journeys in the UK are made on Alstom trains. We keep West Coast Main Line service running for around 34 million passengers every year and we service over 100 tube trains a day on London’s Northern Line, carrying nearly 1 million passengers daily. Today, we’re helping to turn Crossrail’s tunnels into a fully operational railway, electrifying the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line and are helping the UK’s Rail Supply Chain to get ready for HS2.
Over a 3-year program, you will combine academic college studies with real life work-based experience across our organisation. Your qualification will be completed at Glasgow Clyde College – Training will be delivered by day release. The remainder of the time is spent at work in the depot. Accommodation and travel costs are met by the company.
You will have the opportunity to build and gather evidence of your competence whilst working towards a formal qualification.
Key Duties:
- Operate at an appropriate level carrying out designated tasks within the team assigned.
- Become trained and competent in carrying out daily and safety exams on all stable traction Bi mode EMU’s
- Carry out general depot duties e.g.: Line of Routes
- Provide technical support to the depot teams in the provision of primary fault finding/reporting
- Provide basic maintenance competency e.g.: side skirt cleans, brake pads, block changes etc.
- Carry out depot cleaning/general housekeeping
- Driving company vehicles if certified
- Crane driving and lifting equipment and training as required
- Provide corrective maintenance (Electrical or Mechanical)
- Provide preventative maintenance (Electrical or Mechanical)
- Provide secondary fault finding
- Positioning of fault data into shared drive facility
- Carry out Testing & Re-commissioning activities on vehicles and trains in accordance with pre-written test and commissioning procedures
- Investigate technical problems as instructed by central systems support team
- Functionally test train borne systems with minimal supervision using a variety of techniques and methods, including the use of computer-based diagnostics systems
Requirements of the role:
- To apply, you must have (or be predicted to have): - Minimum of 5 x National 5 certificates grade A to C - This should include Math’s, English and a Science - for Glasgow
- Good mechanical/electrical ability combined with understanding the importance of precision and accuracy.
- Self-motivated and able to demonstrate their commitment to achieivng the apprenticeship award
- Be able to act as a member of a multi-disciplined team (with felxibility around team roles), and also able to work on your own intiative where required.
Alstom is the leading company in the mobility sector, solving the most interesting challenges for tomorrow’s mobility. That’s why we value inquisitive and innovative people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable. Day after day, we are building an agile, inclusive, and responsible culture, where a diverse group of people are offered opportunities to learn, grow and advance in their careers, with options across functions and geographic locations. Are you ready to join a truly international community of great people on a challenging journey with a tangible impact and purpose?
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 leader accredited 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.
The apprentice programmes are not eligible for visa sponsorship as they do not meet the minimum requirements of the Home Office.
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