Electro-Motive Diesel have a new opportunity for a Locomotive Technician at our Antwerpen depot (2030). As a locomotive technician, you will be key to help us deliver the best locomotive service to our customers by maintaining the locomotive fleet to ensure safe and reliable operation.
Do you enjoy trouble shooting? Do you pride yourself on your high standards of work and care for customer satisfaction? This role would be ideal for a candidate with an Electrical or mechanical background, looking to enhance their skill sets and career opportunities whilst we continue to grow.
Who are we:
Progress Rail, a Caterpillar company, is one of the largest integrated and diverse providers of rolling stock and infrastructure solutions and technologies for the global rail industry. The company provides advanced EMD® locomotives, engines, and technologies, railcars, trackwork, fasteners, signalling, rail welding and Kershaw Maintenance-of-Way equipment, along with dedicated locomotive and freight car repair services, aftermarket parts support and recycling operations.
Electro-Motive Diesel Limited (EMDL) is a branch of Progress Rail operating in the UK and Mainland Europe responsible for maintenance on JT42CWRM (Class 66) EMD® locomotives. EMDL focuses on providing running and heavy maintenance services to leading rolling stock leasing businesses and rail operators. With main office in Longport, Stoke-on-Trent, UK, European Team operates in Belgium, Netherlands, Germany, and France to support our full-service locomotive fleet with Antwerp as a main running maintenance location and Weferlingen (Sachsen-Anhalt), Germany as main heavy maintenance location.
What your day will look like:
· Maintenance, repair, modification of locomotives within schedules, to a high standard of quality and safety
· Mechanical & electrical Fault-finding, testing, auditing, quality checking activities
· Respond to the customer’s unscheduled events in a rapid & efficient manner.
· Take a lead role in progressing specific technical issues.
· Complete and maintain all relative documentation in an accurate and timely manner.
· Contribute to enhance the health and safety and continuous improvement culture on site.
· Travel between Netherlands, Belgium and France as required with occasional travel to Germany.
No 2 days will be the same. You may work on our diesel engine (12 cylinder, 3000Hp) one day and the next day on the main generator/ air compressor, and attend a workshop in France or the Netherlands on day 3.
What we would love you to bring to the role:
Strong work ethics, the ability to work to a high specification and a logical / analytical approach to problem solving and fault diagnosis are key to be successful in the role. You will also need to demonstrate excellent inter-personal skills and an appetite to learn new skills and progress the company forward. A good command of written and spoken English is necessary to communicate with our multinational workforce and the management team based in the UK and US.
We can offer you:
- An hourly salary ranging from depending on experience.
- ECO cheques & Food Vouchers
- A 38-hour working week, on day shifts, with overtime paid at 1.5 rate on week days.
- a friendly and supportive team of dedicated individuals and approachable managers who care about every team member and provide Individual self-development through continuous training.
- A 12-month contract to start with, followed by a permanent contract subject to satisfactory performance.
We are helping our customers by creating smart, connected fleets to meet and exceed the needs of the railroads of tomorrow. Our wide range of innovation products can help you take your railroad to the next level. Let us know how Progress Rail can help you today.
Learn MoreProgress Rail covers the complete value chain for railroad infrastructure, including trackwork & fasteners, rail welding, rail services, signaling & Kershaw® maintenance-of-way equipment. Our highly specialized focus on track structure and maintenance has enabled us to become the largest supplier of infrastructure products and services in the United States, with growing international exposure.
Learn MoreProgress Rail has a diversified line of EMD ® freight and passenger locomotives and new, used and leased freight cars enable us to focus on serving a single industry — the transportation of people, goods and commodities. These combine to make up our Rolling Stock division.
Learn MoreMeet the Executive Leadership Team for Progress Rail.
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