team member Preston, North West England, England
Job description
BUSINESS FUNCTION: Engineering
GRADE: B Shifts
SALARY: £33,035 per annum
ROLE TYPE: On Site
HOURS: 35 per week
Is problem solving ‘Your Thing’?
We are looking for an excellent problem solver to work within our maintenance team, in order to help achieve set production targets and have your opportunity to play your part in our brand-new future.
At Northern, we play a vital role connecting millions of people to work, leisure and education opportunities.
We operate 2,500 services a day to more than 500 stations across the North of England. But our vision is about more than just train travel. It’s about setting a new standard for customer experiences. And that means building a different kind of workplace. One that values individuality and celebrates differences. Somewhere we can work together, have fun, and get stuck in to making our customers’ lives easier. A place that goes out of its way to create incredible opportunities for everyone to grow and be the best we can be every single day.
So, if you’re smart, forward thinking, passionate and full of fresh ideas like we are, you could play your part in making it happen.
About the Role:
You will report to our Maintenance Team Leader, to ensure all maintenance work is completed in a timely manner. You’ll be responsible for carrying out servicing and organising of diesel train units to recognised standards and procedures, whilst playing an active role in the Northern Team at our Preston depot.
It’s an exciting time to join our engineering team as we are transforming and developing skillsets, to help us get the right people, on the right units, at the right time. You’ll need to work a range of shifts, from the early hours of the morning until late at night, plus weekends and Bank Holidays, it’s vital that you’re flexible and that you live within 60 minutes’ drive of our Preston depot.
If this sounds like your thing, we’d love to hear from you.
Key responsibilities:
This is a varied and challenging role, but here is a taste of what your day-to-day activities could include:
- Maintaining and servicing our trains to ensure they are safe to go into service for our colleagues and passengers and checking that the train environment is up to our market leading standards
- You’ll be responsible for the tanking of our trains to ensure they can go out in a timely manner
- In Preston, this role involves being the PIC (Person in charge) This means accepting train arrival and organising train departures, by communicating with main line drivers, unit control and signal box
- You’ll keep our trains in a safe condition to allow colleagues to carry out their duties
- Ensuring you keep people safe; you will be trained in and follow all the relevant health and safety requirements.
About You:
You do not need to have a qualification in Engineering, as we will teach you what you need to know, but having some basic technical skills covering mechanical, electrical, plumbing & vehicle building skills would be beneficial. You also must have held a full driving licence for a minimum of 2 years.
You’ll also need to have excellent team working abilities and communication skills, as this is crucial in this role to ensure all work is completed and nothing is missed.
We’re also looking for the following:
- Experience in following instructions/rules and regulations, to ensure all maintenance is carried out in a safe manner
- The ability to stay calm and to think on your feet, in sometimes challenging situations
- Someone who is dedicated and confident about talking to and building relationships with all sorts of people to ensure smooth running.
And don’t forget that our selection process includes a safety critical medical assessment, that covers general health, vision, hearing, colour vision and drugs and alcohol testing.
Our Benefits:
Because we value our people and reward hard work, we’ve created a benefits package that we think you’ll love. So, you’ll be able to make the most of:
- Opportunities to progress and grow - including comprehensive training schemes and a range of online learning courses.
- Free Travel on Northern services - everyone who works at Northern, plus their partners/spouses and dependents, can travel for free right across our full network of services. *Certain eligibility criteria will apply.
- 75% discount with other Train Operating Companies - after 2 years with us, you’ll also get discounted travel on many other rail services in the UK and Europe.
- Defined Benefit Pension Scheme - you’ll rarely find a pension as good as a Northern pension, and we top up your pension with a generous 1.5 times your contribution.
- A generous holiday entitlement - our holiday entitlements can help you feel like you can get away too.
You can find out more here
Please note that Northern reserves the right to close recruitment for this role before the published closing date, if high volumes of applications are received.
However, if you miss the application window for this particular role, please keep checking back for other opportunities. We are always on the lookout for great people to join the Northern Team!
We’re an equal opportunities employer and a promoter of diversity and inclusion in the workplace. We encourage and welcome applications from candidates from all backgrounds, regardless of gender, sex, ethnicity, race, religion, education, socioeconomic background, disability, or sexual orientation.
We also have Disability Confident status, which means we’re committed to making the most of the talents that disabled people can bring to the workplace.
