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Technician
WM Trains
Birmingham
£51,015 a year
Permanent, Full-time
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£51,015 a year
Free or subsidised travel, Employee assistance programme, Company pension, Cycle to work scheme
Permanent, Full-time
Birmingham

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Description


We are recruiting for an experienced Technician to join our team at Tyseley.

In this role, you'll be involved in a wide range of duties, including maintenance examinations, fault finding and repairs, engine changes, interior and exterior refurbishment work, heavy maintenance programmes, overhauls, modifications, and fleet-wide improvement campaigns.

You'll work on a diverse fleet of diesel multiple units, including WM Trains Class 172 and Class 196 fleets, as well as CrossCountry's Class 170 fleet, helping to ensure our trains are safe, reliable, and ready for service.

If you're a motivated and hands-on person with a passion for engineering and maintenance, and you're looking to build a long-term, rewarding career within the rail industry, we'd love to hear from you.


Key Responsibilities


  • Attend to the servicing, maintenance, repair, overhaul and modification of traction and rolling stock
  • Carry out planned preventative maintenance on rolling stock to laid down specifications.
  • Where skilled, attend to In Service Failures and undertake the duties of Designated Person as required
  • 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 use of any electronic Maintenance Management System. If required compile technical reports relating to work carried out
  • Ensure compliance with processes and procedures in respect of the Health and Safety, Quality and Environmental Management Systems
  • Where applicable instruct new entrants, apprentices, contractors, and visitors, on maintenance procedures, act as mentors as required
  • Make recommendations to management and technical staff that support the improvement of technical documentation, tooling or other work practices that would result in improved productivity/efficiency, greater safety, or higher fleet reliability. (an example would be making recommendation on improvement to VMIs or on updating level checks)
  • Where required due to workload carry out other tasks as directed where skilled to do so


Skills, Knowledge and Expertise


  • Completed appropriate apprenticeship or hold relevant qualifications in electrical / mechanical engineering
  • Road Vehicle driving licence and authority to drive Railway Service vehicles.
  • PTS / Designated Person / AP (Appointed person) Trained (if required)
  • Power Plant equipment trained
  • PC / IT literate (Job specific training provided)
  • Experience of Maintenance Management Systems (MMS) desired
  • Some specific additional skills in this grade group ie Lathe Operator, Carriage repairer/painter

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.
  • A retail discount portal- offering savings, discounts and cashback at over 800 retailers and restaurants.


About WM Trains

London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway operate rail services across the Midlands, the Northwest and London, with Birmingham at the heart of our network.
West Midlands Railway provides most of the local services across the region, offering direct connections to towns and cities including Redditch, Stratford‑upon‑Avon, Worcester, Hereford, Shrewsbury, Telford and Northampton. Our London Northwestern Railway brand serves the route between London and Liverpool via key locations such as Crewe, Birmingham, Milton Keynes and Northampton.
On 1st February 2026, London Northwestern Railway and West Midlands Railway entered public ownership and both services are now part of WM Trains Limited operated by DFTO. Our mission remains unchanged: to provide a safe, comfortable and reliable service for passengers across 235 miles of track and 150 stations, from London to Liverpool and Hereford to Lichfield.
We expect over 80 million journeys to be made this year, that’s more than 1,252 services every day, and we remain committed to delivering the rail experience our passengers expect.
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