Mainline Defect Controller - Secondment for up to 9 months
Job Introduction
Do you want to become a specialist responsible for monitoring, managing, and coordinating the resolution of defects on mainline systems or equipment? Join the Ramsgate team as a Mainline Defect Controller on a circa 9 month secondment.
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What you’ll do
This is a wide ranging role, providing both technical expertise and team leadership. The MDC role will be responsible for primary defect management, including, defect troubleshooting, defect diagnosis, work scope creation and defect rectification, as well as leading a team of between five to ten engineering staff. Report directing to the SPM, the MDC will manage a team, covering all depot engineering activities, including exams, defects rectification, modifications and repair.
Key tasks will include technical expertise and defect management, leading and motivating a team of staff to ensure that they work together safely and effectively to the required standards and specifications. Co-ordinating the effective deployment of staff to ensure production deadlines and targets are met.
The experience you’ll need
To be considered for the role you will need to demonstrate the below in your application.
- 5 years experience of Engineering
- NVQ level 3 in Rail Engineering,
- Core Management and Leadership training,
- Intermediate IT skills (Excel, word etc),
- Accredited with certificate in Engineering (BTEC/ONC) or equivalent.
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.
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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.