Rail Engineer Apprentice York, England
Job description
Why LNER?
We go beyond. For everyone. Our vision is to be the most loved, progressive and responsible way to travel for generations to come. Now we're looking for the people who can deliver this, every day.
Since we took over on the East Coast mainline, we've been changing the face of rail travel. Our new Azuma train has brought faster journey times, more space and greater reliability. Our exciting plans to embrace new ideas, experiences, backgrounds and ambitions make this the ideal time to join.
Bringing passion. Being bold. Always caring. Owning it. They're the values that make us LNER.
Are you on board?
This role will see you support the Engineering team to ensure train service providers achieve the target reliability of the fleet such that Engineering can meet their requirements of delivering a safe, reliable, clean train service for our customers.
This role would suit those who have strong attention to detail and have the ability to be agile in their working practices, moving projects swiftly to meet the current demands and improvement of fleet performance.
Working closely with you line manager you will produce a development plan and identify projects or placements in various locations to expand technical skills across the Engineering fleet team.
This role offers unrivalled opportunity to learn from those in your team. You will support the Reliability Manager in managing the performance growth of the Azuma fleet through data trend analysis, identification of improvements to processes, tasks, materials and modifications. You will become familiar with process such as operation and defect analysis as well as implementation and monitoring of solutions.
For more information regarding the details of this apprenticeship please refer to our apprenticeship providers website: https://www.lsbu.ac.uk/study/course-finder/rail-and-rail-systems-apprenticeship-l6-beng
What you'll need:
To be our Rail Engineer Apprentice you should have the following competencies and skills:
- Apprentice engineer with a passion to learn and develop within the railway environment.
- An advocate of change and desire to improve processes and instructions for the benefit of colleagues, customers and other stakeholders.
- Sound knowledge of IT packages and ability to learn new systems, including Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Visio.
- Excellent communication and influencing skills.
- Enthusiastic self-starter with an attention to detail and a desire to manage and develop processes to improve fleet performance.
What you'll get:
- Free travel on LNER + 75% off other companies' tickets (for you & dependents)
- Discounted international train tickets (after one year's service)
- 50% discount on LNER tickets for friends & family
- Generous pension scheme
- Annual cycle to work schemes
- Discount, savings and cashback scheme from top retailers
- Health & wellbeing schemes and discounts
- Host of training opportunities to help further your career
- Rewards & awards to recognise when you shine
What we believe:
To be the most loved, progressive and responsible train operating company, we must make a meaningful difference – always doing what's right for our customers, our people, the communities and destinations we serve, the future of the industry we lead and the environment we cherish.
We know that our people are the beating heart of everything we do. We are committed to creating an inclusive, engaged culture that supports everyone at every stage of their journey – and ensures that when you're at LNER, you can always be you. No wonder most people never want to leave!
Diversity and inclusion
We are passionate about creating a diverse and inclusive workforce, representative of the communities we serve, and are creating ways to inspire diverse talent to join LNER.
Developing our people
We are focused on creating a learning culture, to support our people to be the best they can be at work by providing them with the tools and resources to navigate their development and career journey.
Health & wellbeing
To create a culture where our people can perform at their best, the physical health and mental wellbeing of our people is of paramount importance to us.
What next?
As we say, we have fantastic opportunities for ambitious people from all sorts of different backgrounds, so now is the time to join the team at LNER – without delay!
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