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Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail

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Senior Maintenance Technician (Air Conditioning)
Salary: £41,440 + 30% pensionable unsociable allowance rising to £47,967 + 30% upon full competency.
Band: 2A1
Contract type: Permanent
Reference: 3672
Location: Plumstead Depot and Elizabeth Line Central Operating Section
About The Role
Join Rail for London Infrastructure and help maintain the mechanical and air conditioning systems that support the Elizabeth Line. You will lead maintenance delivery, provide technical expertise, and ensure assets remain safe, reliable, and available for passengers.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead maintenance activities, fault response, inspections, planned preventative maintenance, asset monitoring, condition-based maintenance, and safe hand back of assets.
- Work collaboratively with engineering and operations teams while promoting safety and continuous improvement.
What We Are Looking For
- Leadership experience in a safety critical environment.
- Railway standards knowledge.
- Full UK driving license and the ability to drive company vehicles.
- Excellent IT skills.
- Specialist knowledge of Building Services and public health systems with a strong air conditioning and mechanical maintenance background.
- Substantial experience as a Mechanical Technician, Building Services Technician, or Senior Maintenance Technician within the plant room environment with working experience of planned preventive maintenance and fault finding and repair.
- NVQ Level 2 & 3 Diploma in Heating and Ventilation (City and Guilds or equivalent 6188-22) and Level 2 NVQ Diploma in Installing, Testing and Maintaining Air Conditioning and Heat Pump Systems (6187-01) or equivalent.
- Or NVQ Level 2 / 3 in Refrigeration & Air Conditioning City and Guilds 6187-02 and C&G 2079-14 Level 2 Awards in F-Gas & ODS Regulations (Category I or II).
Desirable:
- HND or equivalent.
- Professional membership.
- Network Rail standards knowledge.
- Rail infrastructure experience.
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Why Join Us?
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
- 26/29 days annual leave which includes the usual 8 recognized public and bank holidays
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work program
- Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
Application Process
This is a safety critical role so you will need to get clearance from our Occupational Health team before you start.
Submit a CV and a cover letter of no more than two pages. Think carefully about the skills, knowledge, and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images.
All certificates are required at the interview stage and maybe requested before.
Equality, Diversity and Inclusion
We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion and aim to reflect the diverse communities we serve. We believe that a diverse workforce enables us to deliver better services and outcomes. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. As a Disability Confident Leader, we actively encourage applications from disabled people. As part of the Disability Confident scheme, we aim to offer an assessment or interview to candidates who apply via the scheme where the minimum essential criteria for skills, knowledge, and experience has been met. In some circumstances, it may not be practical to offer an interview or assessment to every candidate who applies through the scheme and meet the minimum essential criteria; in these situations, we select candidates who best meet the minimum criteria for the job rather than interviewing all who meet them.


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Benefits
In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:
- Final salary pension scheme
- Free travel for you on the TfL network
- Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
- 29/30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays (Delete one)
- TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
- Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
- Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
- Retail, health, leisure, and travel offers
- Discounted Eurostar travel
We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however, some interviews/assessments could be organized at short notice.
Vetting Process
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