Technician

Ready to elevate your career? We're offering a spectacular salary, extensive training, fantastic work hours working half of the year, exceptional benefits, an incredible pension scheme and free rail travel! Join a company that truly values you—apply today!

The Opportunity

Are you a skilled Mechanical or Electrical Engineer looking for a hands-on role with real impact? Our customer is offering an exciting opportunity to help maintain and optimize state of the art fleet of trains, ensuring safe and reliable service for millions of passengers.

Why Apply?

• Impact: Play a key role in keeping trains running smoothly and safely, directly contributing to the company’s success.

• Career Growth: Benefit from continuous training, career development opportunities, and the chance to work with cutting-edge technology.

• Competitive Benefits: Enjoy a strong benefits package, including a generous pension plan and free rail travel.

If you're ready to embark on an exciting career journey within the Rail Industry, we’d love to hear from you!

Location: Reading
Shifts: 8 days on. 8 days off. 7 nights on. 7 nights off
Salary: £40,000 - £50,000

Role and Responsibilities

• Carry out mechanical or electrical maintenance on rolling stock vehicles
• Adhere to strict health and safety guidelines in a safety critical industry
• Carry out component overhaul and changeout
• Fault finding and fault rectification on various rolling stock systems
Candidate
• Experience working in transportation maintenance (HGV / PSV / Ex Military / Car) or Plant or Construction Equipment.
• NVQ level 3 minimum in engineering discipline
• Experience of understanding schematics / engineering diagrams would be advantageous

Likely Job Titles:

Mechanic, Mechanical Fitter, HGV Technician, Rolling Stock Technician, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer, Maintenance Technician, Electrical Engineer, Electrical Technician

About Ford & Stanley Group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services 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. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.
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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that 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 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.
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