WM Trains
Assistant Technician
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Assistant Technician
Application Deadline: 25 August 2026
Department: Fleet
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Tyseley
Reporting To: Anthony Matthews
Compensation: £39,005 / year
Description
London Northwestern Railway & West Midlands Railway delivers around 1,300 train journeys a day, for more than 60 million passengers a year.
We are looking to recruit two Assistant Technicians on a full-time, permanent basis based at our Tyseley depot. One position requires working permanent nights.
You will work to instructions and carrying out the servicing, maintenance, repair, and modification of traction units within competence to laid down standards by WM Trains. Keep the workshop areas clean and tidy, carry out stores procedures, and manage materials and tools around the depot.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out designated aspects of servicing, maintenance, and repair work as directed to VMI MP and other written specifications, to include enhanced daily checks, lights, and other duties as required.
- Holders of necessary documentation for operation of power plant machinery to include forklift trucks, cherry pickers, and reach trucks, etc.
- Assist Technicians as required in all aspects of servicing, maintenance, exam, modification, and repair work as required.
- Cab front cleaning and under frame cleaning as required.
- Accompany Technicians as required to Call Outs.
- Ensure the accurate completion of work records to include the generation of, completion of, and sign-off of work as complete and compile records of all work done in accordance with local instructions, to include the use of any electronic Maintenance Management System. If required, compile technical reports relating to work carried out.
- Adhering to Stores Procedures when using material and to ensure the cost-effective use of said materials, to include the use of any electronic Maintenance Management System.
- Comply to ensure good housekeeping is carried out while working, ensuring work areas are tidy and clean during and on completion of work. To assist in maintaining the work areas in a clean and safe condition.
- Ensure compliance with processes and procedures in respect of the Health and Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management Systems.
- Maintain stock holdings and materials provision on site as required, to include materials management activities such as stock takes, PI counts, receipt of materials, return of dirty and repairable components, carry out browser filling, etc.
- Ensure compliance with processes and procedures in respect of the Safety, Quality, and Environmental Management.
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Skills, Knowledge, and Expertise
- Previous engineering experience in a similar activity.
- Certification in powered plant, for example, forklift trucks and Reach Trucks.
- Road Vehicle driving license required and authority to drive Railway Service vehicles.
- PTS trained where appropriate.
- Emergency First Aid trained.
- Knowledge of materials management and handling.
- Lifting and slinging trained.
- Manual Handling.
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To ensure continuity and an effective delivery of service, successful candidates will be required to commit to a minimum 14-month period in role after achieving competence. This also includes existing colleagues who move by internal promotions and transfers. This time allows our future colleagues to support personal career development by allowing time to build strong knowledge and expertise.
Benefits
- A defined benefit pension from day 1 – one of the best in the UK.
- Free travel on all London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway services for you, your spouse/partner, and dependents.
- 75% off all other train operating companies for you, your spouse/partner, and dependents.
- 8 Friends and Family Day passes to gift per annum on our network.
- A 24/7 Virtual GP service for you and your household.
- Our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) – A confidential employee benefit that supports you with personal or work-related issues affecting your home life, work life, health, or wellbeing.
- Our cycle to work scheme with Evans Cycles.
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