Electrical Technician

Electrical Technician (mechanical appreciation) – Wednesbury – Perm £45,448 a year + Overtime

An opportunity to shine in a demanding customer focused environment working on a fleet of new state of the art and existing trams. Rail engineers or ex-forces are of particular interest.

The Situation
Working for an large global organisation provide state of the art rolling stock solutions from countries around world. You will have the opportunity to become an integral part helping to maintain and repair some of these state of the art trains and trams .

You will provide Fault Finding and Route Cause Analysis on Electrical and Electronic Systems on a Brand New State of the Art fleet of Trams, and older generations of trams for the Birmingham and surrounding areas, ensuring the trams are safe to go out into service and ultimately helping to ensure trams are running and providing a 1st class service for passengers with minimal disruptions to timetables.

Working within a busy depot, using a variety of fault finding equipment to rectify faults and identify issues and carry out repairs.

Location(s):
Birmingham, Wednesbury

Shifts: 07:30AM- 15:30PM (for 2 weeks))
            22:00PM - 06:30AM (for 2 weeks)

Role and Responsibilities
Technicians are expected to be capable of working on the following types of systems, diagnosing faults, repairing and replacing major components:

Troubleshoot using electrical schematics, test equipment, and diagnostic software, and carry out corrective repairs necessary to ensure the warranty of the new tram’s equipment, including:

• Traction Control and Brakes
• PIS, PA, and CCTV
• Passenger Access Doors
• HVAC
• Auxiliary Electrical Equipment
• Diesel Engines and generator sets
• High pressure hydraulics up to 300 bar
• High pressure pneumatics up to 12 bar
• Highly complex cab control systems including GPS positioning and On-track Safety Systems
• Wiring and integration of circuit breakers, relays, transformers, insulators, cabinets, motors, and other associated electrical parts
• Use of a variety of electrical testing equipment including laptop computers with diagnostic software

The Candidate

The ideal candidate will be electrically biased with experience of fault finding on vehicles in a fast paced environment, e.g. rail, aerospace, automotive, military, HGV or marine.

Essential

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) minimum qualification 
• Fault finding and root cause analysis experience
• Able to interpret electrical, hydraulic, and pneumatic schematic diagrams
• Use of diagnostic software
• Use of test and measuring equipment

Likely Job Titles: 
Electrical Maintenance Technician, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Warranty Technician, Warranty Engineer, Electrical Technician, Rolling Stock Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Systems Technician, Systems Engineer, Diagnostic Engineer, Diagnostic Technician 

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness.

Ford & Stanley Group Ltd is a Disability Confident Committed employer and is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective of sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.