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System Technician 100%

Merseyside, Great Britain
100%
Open-end

Stadler has been building trains for over 80 years. Thanks to our innovation, strength, flexibility and reliability, we are a leading manufacturer of rail vehicles today. Around 13,000 employees work at several production and engineering sites and over 70 service locations in Europe, North America and North Africa.
Stadler Rail Service UK Limited (SRS UK) is a subsidiary of Stadler. SRS UK provides a train maintenance service for a growing number of clients in the UK. In the next few years over 150 new Stadler trains will be joining the UK Rail Network which signifies the start of an exciting future for Stadler in the UK. Our current depot locations are in Cardiff, Glasgow, Liverpool, Newcastle and Norwich offering a wide scope of opportunity for someone looking to develop a career in the UK Rail Industry.
We are looking to recruit a System Technician to join the Production team at our Kirkdale Depot. Reporting to the Duty Production Manager, the role will be responsible for leading and managing the Technical team, providing the business with the contractual levels of performance including but not limited to; Safety, Reliability, and Availability on a 24-7 basis Supporting the business in ensuring trains are provided as and when necessary, at all times meeting all criteria in the areas of product and people safety, reliability, and environment. Ensuring industry best practices and standards, and at least as a minimum the contract requirements, Provide robust leadership and management through a base professional production delivery know-how and competency, people and product safety culture, coupled with a continual improvement mindset with client and end-user-focused attitude. Must be able to act independently and set their priorities while contributing to the Company's KPI's and values

Your Tasks and Responsibilities

Personnel
• Support the Deputy Head of Performance by leading and coordinating teams of technical staff (e.g. System Technicians, Technicians and Performance Engineers) to deliver work on rolling stock
• Ensure all such activities are carried out with due regard to safety standards and performance targets
• Deliver on-the-job, quality inspections, reporting procedures and liaison with necessary stakeholders
• Ensure that trains which go into service are safe, reliable and compliant with company procedures and work instructions (e.g. VMI, VOI).
• Allocation of work to staff in accordance with maintenance plans (including work arising, additional services and enhanced work as required)
• Carry out routine maintenance, overhaul, repair, fault-finding and technical investigations into recurring defects as required and directed.
• Carry out appropriate inspections/checks as required or directed, including completion of 'in process evaluations', 'end product checks' and general condition assessments, to ensure that work is done safely and to specification, to ensure a reliable and safe product.
• Ensure that all documentation (e.g. job cards, defects logs, work orders and failure reports, component labels) associated with fleet maintenance and overhaul activities are completed
• Support the Deputy Head of Performance as required in the application of people management arrangements, including first-level requirements of discipline, sickness and attendance monitoring procedures, Provide on-call support.
• Ensure that staff undertaking work are competent to do so, in accordance with the competence management regime. Also, support of staff to develop and maintain competence.
• Management of key safety accountabilities

Organisational
• Management of performance regime to ensure targets are achieved
• Support the development and implementation of standards and procedures in accordance with legal, legislative and moral obligations of Stadler
• Oversee reporting for example on safety failures and incidents and various management reports. Provide weekly, monthly & quarterly reports regarding contract-specific agreements
• Responsible for adhering to safety/quality systems and support the implementation thereof
• Generating and interpreting management information and steering on KPIs, both internally and to the customer / contractual
• Monitor the agreements made with the customer and suppliers
• Embed a zero-harm culture within the production function with people and product safety considerations at front of mind for everyone
• Initiate, and where authorised implement action to prevent the occurrence of product non-conformances (non-compliance), rail safety, HSQE incidents, process deficiencies or system deficiencies.
• Assist in the Annual identification and quantification of risks in order to complete the risk register.
• Ensure Investigations are carried out in accordance with procedures, and corrective actions are completed within the specified timeframe
• Identify and enable effective cross-team organisation working relationships
• Demonstrate values-based behaviour
• Promote the SRS UK journey towards the global service lead in production delivery systems, processes and techniques.
The above description only serves as a characterization of activities and is not an exhaustive list. The job holder is therefore expected to also perform all other relevant work they are asked to do, within reason.

What are we looking for?

Essential:
• HNC qualification in an Engineering discipline
• Electrical & Mechanical time served (or equivalent) with a suitable level of shop floor experience
• Good interpersonal and communication skills
• Must have or be willing to become a statutory first aid at work person.

Experience in:
• Line/people management
• Fire safety
• H&S
• Legacy fleet maintenance and fault-finding
• Accident Reporting and Investigation
• Competency may be required in:
• Rules and Regulations, including local depot instructions
• PTS
• Designated person
• Nominated person
• Traction and Rolling Stock Maintenance Standards
• Good level of IT skill including Microsoft packages

Desirable:
• Knowledge of units
• Management experience/supervisor experience
• Understand diagrams
• Working as part of a management team
• Experience of continuous improvement
• Able to justify decisions made through technical and people processes.
• Project management
• Proven experience in the introduction of new trains and warranty management
• Proven extensive experience in a large engineering environment with a focus on production, through-life support
• Knowledge of maintenance activities with a large multi-disciplined transport fleet.
• Experience in an operational transport and production environment
• Knowledge and experience in advanced Lean, Kaizen 5S and other modern production techniques.
• Knowledge and experience in conducting and leading complex root-cause investigations
• Strong knowledge, experience and understanding of risk and safety in the workplace, within a transport environment and from a production perspective
• Experience in managing a department, team and facility in a production/project setting
• Clear understanding of the principles of production techniques and processes and the interaction between the functions across the business
• Proven experience of identifying, assessing and mitigating all manner of risks and documenting risk registers to demonstrate compliance and become the basis of safe systems of work.
• Formal education at least to degree level or equivalent standard in an appropriate subject matter

What we can offer you

In return, Stadler can offer:
• 35 hour contract
• 30 minute paid meal break
• Salary - £44,957.12 increasing to £47,766.96 upon successful achievement of competency assessments
• 36 annual leave days pro-rata based on shift length and when you join us
• 6 month probation
• Scottish Widows pension
• Sunday – Saturday working week, including night shift
• 20% shift allowance
• Predominantly based in Kirkdale Depot, however, there may become a requirement to work in Birkenhead North Depot to meet business needs.
• Enhanced Maternity Policy
• Enhanced Paternity Policy
• Defined contribution pension scheme with Scottish Widows. Auto-enrolment at 4% matched contribution rate with the option to increase up to 10% which remains.
• Cycle to Work Scheme.
• Company paid membership of cashback health plan with Healthshield