Mechanical & Electrical Fitter

Job title:

Mechanical & Electrical Fitter

Company

Pentalver

Job description

Freightliner is the UK’s largest maritime intermodal logistics operator, transporting containers from all major deep-sea ports to our national network of inland terminals, as well as a leading operator in the UK Heavy Haul rail freight market. Freightliner has operations across Europe offering both Intermodal and Heavy Haul rail freight services seamlessly connecting European countries and the UK.In the UK the Freightliner Group operates under a number of legal entities including Freightliner Group Ltd, Freightliner Heavy Haul Ltd, Freightliner Ltd, Pentalver Transport Ltd, and Pentalver Cannock Ltd.Mechanical & Electrical FitterFreightliner Heavy Haul LtdIpswich VMFA vacancy has arisen for a multi skilled fitter to undertake the servicing, maintenance and repair of Locomotives at our Ipswich Vehicle Maintenance Facility.The successful applicant will be responsible for helping to achieve team goals and objectives.Responsibilities include:

• Adhere to health & safety and local safety policy requirements, and other safety and technical standards
• Ensure Freightliner company engineering standards and procedures are applied and followed.
• Maintain, service, fault find and repair locomotives in accordance with approved maintenance plans
• Ensure all relevant paperwork for examinations and repairs is correctly completed to company standards
• Maintaining high standards of housekeeping to ensure a clean and safe environment

Requirements:

• Commitment to safe working practices
• Apprentice trained or time served
• Experience in electrical and/or mechanical maintenance activities
• Knowledge of rolling stock would be advantageous

The successful applicant should be a safety conscious and motivated self-starter, a fully versatile team member who has well established experience within a railway maintenance depot environment or a similar engineering background.This post is subject to standard pre-employment checks including employment references, medical & D&A screening and successful DBS background checks.Our commitment to you, once you join our team, is to foster growth and provide developmental opportunities to ensure you reach your utmost potential.We are looking for the most committed and reliable individuals who possess the knowledge, skills and experience needed for their roles.In return we can offer competitive pay, excellent benefits, a competitive pension scheme and a rewarding career in an award-winning team.

Expected salary

Location

Ipswich, Suffolk

Job date

Sat, 15 Feb 2025 23:17:16 GMT

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