Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail – Telecoms

Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail – Telecoms
040208

Organisation
– Crossrail Operations

Job
– Signal

Position Type
– Full Time

Salary: £34,000 to £37,500 basic (dependant on experience) + unsociable uplift of 30% plus excellent benefits

Location: Plumstead Depot is the base location however, work along the whole Elizabeth Line is required

Contract: Rail for London Infrastructure

The Elizabeth Line (Crossrail) – will transform travel across the city, boosting the economy by billions of pounds and supporting thousands of new jobs and homes. The line, currently being constructed by Crossrail, will be named after the UK’s longest serving monarch when it becomes operational. Rail for London Infrastructure (RfLI) part of Transport for London (TfL) will be responsible as Landlord / Infrastructure Manager for central section stations, the tunnel environment, shafts, portals and a number of surface stations. In readiness for the phased opening of this prestigious railway, we are seeking to recruit in a highly skilled dynamic maintenance team to take us into operation, and beyond.

This is your chance to help run the remarkable… #runtheremarkable

Overview of role

An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Senior Maintenance Technician to join the Elizabeth line prior to commencement ensuring the successful delivery and running of London’s newest railway.

The Senior Maintenance Delivery Technician (SMDT) is responsible for the delivery of safety of line inspections, asset monitoring, maintenance, like for like renewal and enhancements works. This will include asset fault response, infrastructure inspection, asset data management and the safe delivery of reliability centred maintenance tasks.

Initially, the Senior Maintenance Delivery Technician will assist the Principal Maintenance Delivery Technician (PMDT) and the Discipline Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer (DIME) ensuring that the new Elizabeth Line railway can be brought into service and be maintained safely, efficiently and effectively delivering defined by the Elizabeth Line performance requirements.

Upon introduction of the Elizabeth Line into operation, the Senior Tech will assist the Principal Maintenance Delivery Technician and Discipline Infrastructure Maintenance Engineer in their responsibilities for the safety critical deployment and tactical direction of the maintenance teams with technical decision authority and execution of maintenance engineering stewardship plans as part of cross functional teams.

Working a full roster (this includes Night Shifts)

Key Accountabilities

• Delivery and execution of Infrastructure maintenance works, renewals works and supervision of contracted labour services. This includes completion of infrastructure inspections, self assurance checks and quality checks.

• Supporting fault response teams and the delivery of maintenance tasks as defined by the DIME’s, complying with defined Rail for London Infrastructure (RFLi) standards, processes, procedures and performance to be delivered. The level of intervention includes supporting the defect rectification teams and opening the railway to safe operation following maintenance and renewals works completion.

• ensuring that the operational requirements align with the maintenance engineering asset management requirements and deliver a compliant, safe, operable and maintainable railway.

• Ensure Infrastructure and Asset maintenance standards are met by applying established policies and procedures to ensure safety and functional limits are included in the design and construction phase.

• Deliver continuous improvement through a delivery of change initiatives; specifically using Reliability Based Maintenance as part of the “Predict and Prevent” asset stewardship strategy

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

Essential Experience and Knowledge to Role:

The Senior Maintenance Delivery Technician – Telecoms shall be integral in supporting the Principal Technician and experience will be essential in the following (but not limited to):

• Working within an operational control centre environment & communications equipment rooms.

• Specialist knowledge of Railway telecommunication systems, including knowledge of IP

• Substantial experience with Data Networks, Telephony (VoIP / Help Points), PAVA, CCTV & Radio in a railway environment.

• Working with Servers and workstations.

• Working with remote condition monitoring and network management systems.

• Experience in maintaining and faulting Railway telecommunication systems.

• Based systems and how they are implemented.

Application Process:

Short listing is carried out, based on the information that you provide in this section. Please include ALL relevant information against the criteria, even if it is stated elsewhere in your application.

Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience outlined in the job description and ensure your CV reflects the requirements of the role.

If your application is successful, you’ll have to pass pre-employment checks. For example, we will check your references and qualifications, your right to work in the UK and in some cases, require a medical or Criminal Records Bureau check

We will endeavour to give candidates as much notice as possible, but, some interviews/assessments will be organised at short notice and require a degree of flexibility.

Closing date: 25th at 23:59hrs

We reserve the right to close the application window early if we receive a high volume of suitable applications.

Equality, diversity and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the business area but mostly include:

• Final salary pension scheme

• Free travel for you on the TfL network

• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home

• 266 hours of annual leave which includes the usual 8 recognised public and bank holidays

• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)

• Tax-efficient childcare payments

• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme

• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers

• Discounted Eurostar travel