Service Engineer Level 3

South Eastern Railway Limited; Ramsgate; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading train operator in the UK is seeking a Service Engineer Level 3 to join their engineering team at the Ramsgate Depot. This role involves providing technical expertise, defect troubleshooting, and various repairs. Ideal candidates will have NVQ 3 in engineering maintenance, a Technical Certificate in Engineering BTEC, and experience in electrical disciplines. The position offers a final salary pension, annual leave, and free rail travel across networks, ensuring a secure and fulfilling career.

Benefits

Final salary pension

24 days annual leave allowance including bank holidays

Free rail travel across networks

Qualifications

• Experienced in an engineering discipline (Electrical Based).
• Able to carry out first level fault finding and follow schematics and diagrams.
• Physically fit and able to pass a medical to engineering standard.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for primary defect repair including in-service units.
• Conduct defect troubleshooting and diagnosis.
• Ensure effectiveness to meet production and operational deadlines.

Skills

Electrical Engineering

Problem Solving

Fault Finding

Repairs

Education

NVQ 3 in engineering maintenance or equivalent

Technical Certificate in Engineering BTEC

Job description

Job Introduction

• Imagine knowing hundreds of thousands of people are getting to work on time because of your attention to detail.
• Imagine seeing families set off safely on a fun day out because of the repair you made to the train they’re boarding.
• Imagine the pride you’ll feel every day as a southeastern engineer.

Passion?

Have you got a passion for Problem Solving? Technical work? Fault Finding? Repairs? Join our southeastern engineering team as a Service Engineer Level 3 at our Ramsgate Depot.

Role Responsibility

This is a wide ranging role, providing technical expertise. The SE3 role will be responsible for primary defect repair including in-service units, defect troubleshooting, defect diagnosis, work scope adherence and defect rectification.

Report directing to the SE5, the SE3 will carry out all engineering activities, including exams, defects rectification, modifications, time-based maintenance packages and repair. SE3s will report to the SE5 in a fixed team structure.

The SE3 is also responsible for in-service defect repair, including liaising with external stakeholders and re-rail activities.

Key tasks will include technical expertise and defect repair, working with colleagues effectively to the required standards and specifications. Ensure effectiveness to meet production and operational deadline targets.

The Ideal Candidate

• Experienced in an engineering discipline (Electrical Based)
• NVQ 3 in engineering maintenance, electrical, mechanical or equivalent
• Hold a Technical Certificate in Engineering BTEC
• Have intermediate IT skills and able to interpret data
• Able to carry out first level fault finding and follow schematics and diagrams
• Physically fit and able to pass a medical to engineering standard.
• Previous rolling stock maintenance experience desirable.

All successful candidates will need to undertake and pass a full safety critical medical before formal offer. If you have any questions regarding this please do email [e-mail].

Given the start and end times of shifts, it’s also best to have your own transport to get to and from your place of work.

As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we will offer you an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet the minimum criteria for the role. Find out more here.

Other Things to Know

• All successful applicants will need to pass a Personal Track Safety course or a Depot Track Safety course (full training provided).
• This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. So, make sure you get yours in early.
• All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, a right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
• If you applied but weren’t successful in getting a similar role at southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.

Find out more about our recruitment process and get tips to help you apply.

What You’ll Get In Return

Along with your salary, the rewards you’ll get include:

• a final salary pension
• 24 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)
• free rail travel across our networks.

Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Click here to see our full range of amazing benefits.

A Bit About southeastern

We’re one of Britain's busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations.

However, working on our railway is more than getting passengers from A to B. It’s about all the little moments that make a difference to their journey.

It’s also about making our railway a great place to work and our team one that represents the communities we serve. This is a journey we’re fully committed to and we’re proud to have been named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women.

Our ways of working are what we expect of everyone at southeastern. They are powerful. Tiny moments, every day, from every one of us, add up to massive, positive change. Improving how it feels to work here and how it feels to travel with us.

At the heart of everything we do, our Safeguarding Team works to keep our customers, colleagues, and the public safe by improving safeguarding measures and knowledge making sure everyone gets home safe, every day.

SE Trains Limited