Rail Engineering Apprentice - Level 3 - Old Oak Common
ALSTOM TRANSPORT UK LIMITED
London, NW10 6DW
Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
Posted on 3 February 2025
Contents
Summary
Alstom Transport UK Limited are looking to take on a Rail Engineering Apprentice. The depot carry's out various maintenance and overhaul activities. Maintenance activities range from daily safety inspections, routine exams, corrective maintenance and reliability modifications.
- Wage
- £18,952 a year
- Training course
- Rail engineering technician (level 3)
- Hours
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Monday - Friday, 8.00am - 4.00pm.
40 hours a week
- Possible start date
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Monday 1 September
- Duration
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3 years
- Positions available
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4
Work
As an apprentice, you’ll work at a company and get hands-on experience. You’ll gain new skills and work alongside experienced staff.
What you’ll do at work
- This role will have placements across London with Old Oak Common being the main base
- You will undertake a planned rotation within appropriate departments in order to gain the skills, and competence to complete the Standard requirements. In addition you will attend education on block release to achieve the Knowledge, Behaviours and, Competencies as required by the apprenticeship. Attendance outside of standard work patterns should be expected
- Become trained and competent in carrying out daily and safety exams Carry out general depot duties e.g. Line of Routes
- Provide technical support to the depot teams in the provision of primary fault finding/reporting
- Be responsible for managing the 5 S standards across the depot
- Provide corrective maintenance (Electrical or Mechanical)
- Provide preventative maintenance (Electrical or Mechanical)
- Provide secondary fault finding
- Positioning of fault data into shared drive facility
- Carry out all duties in accordance with the Train Care Centre quality and safety procedures
- Ensure work is performed in an safe and effective manner and in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), Electricity at Work Regulations (1989), Railway Group Standards, and relevant Alstom Procedures
Where you’ll work
Old Oak Common
Old Oak Common Lane
London
NW10 6DW
Training
An apprenticeship includes regular training with a college or other training organisation. At least 20% of your working hours will be spent training or studying.
College or training organisation
THE WKCIC GROUP
Your training course
Rail engineering technician (level 3)
Equal to A level
Course contents
Your training plan
- Training will take place on block release at College
- Mandatory and role specific training will take place at the depot
- You will complete the Rail Engineering Technician Level 3 Apprenticeship standard which will includes and knowledge and a competency qualification
Requirements
Essential qualifications
GCSE or equivalent in:
- 5 Subjects including Maths, English & Science (grade 5 to 9)
Let the company know about other relevant qualifications and industry experience you have. They can adjust the apprenticeship to reflect what you already know.
Skills
- Communication skills
- Attention to detail
- Problem solving skills
- Logical
- Team working
About this company
At Alstom, we understand transport networks and what moves people. From high-speed trains, metros, monorails, and trams, to turnkey systems, services, infrastructure, signalling and digital mobility, we offer our diverse customers the broadest portfolio in the industry. Every day, 80,000 colleagues lead the way to greener and smarter mobility worldwide, connecting cities as we reduce carbon and replace cars. Alstom is the UK & Ireland’s leading supplier of new trains and train services, and a leading signalling and rail infrastructure provider. Alstom have built, or are building, just under 40% of the UK mainline train fleet; as well as the entire fleets in service with London Underground and Dublin Luas. We provide the widest range of smart solutions in the rail market, from innovative high-speed rolling stock, metros and trams to maintenance, modernisation, infrastructure and signalling.
http://www.alstom.com (opens in new tab)
Disability Confident
A fair proportion of interviews for this apprenticeship will be offered to applicants with a disability or long-term health condition. This includes non-visible disabilities and conditions.
You can choose to be considered for an interview under the Disability Confident scheme. You’ll need to meet the essential requirements to be considered for an interview.
After this apprenticeship
- On successful completion of the Apprenticeship subject to business need we would expect to put you into your first role
Ask a question
The contact for this apprenticeship is:
THE WKCIC GROUP
The reference code for this apprenticeship is VAC1000296073.
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Closes in 5 days (Friday 28 February)
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