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Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail

Transport for London
Plumstead Depot, RfL (Infrastructure) Ltd, United Kingdomfull_timeVerifiedPosted 14 Aug 2025
💰 £45,620/yr

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Key Information

Job title: Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail

Salary: £45,620 (plus 30% UHA)                                        

Grade: 2A2

Contract type: Perm, RFLi                             

Reference: 1905                       

Location: Plumstead 

Application closing date: Friday 29th August  @ 23:59

 

This is a safety critical role so you will need to get clearance from our Occupational Health team before you start.

 

Overview of project/role
As the Senior Technician, you will be responsible for the delivery of safety of line inspections, asset monitoring, maintenance, like for like renewal and enhancements works. This will include asset fault response, infrastructure inspection, asset data management and the safe delivery of reliability cantered maintenance tasks and approval of contracted works.

The Senior Tech will assist the DIME and PMDT in their responsibilities for the safety critical deployment and tactical direction of the maintenance teams with technical decision authority and execution of maintenance engineering stewardship plans as part of cross functional teams.

The High Voltage Senior Maintenance Technician will be the technical support specialist to the Principal Maintenance Technician ensuring safety and reliability for HV systems on RFLI. Completing auditing and assurance that ensures delivery of the Asset Maintenance Management Plan. Providing systems stewardship and asset life improvements. 

 

Key Accountabilities 

  • Accountable for approving Maintenance Technicians works, responsible decision making in accordance with relevant Senior Maintenance Technician and leadership competence.
  • Responsibility for the delivery and execution of Infrastructure maintenance works, renewals works and supervision of contracted labour services. This includes completion of infrastructure inspections, self assurance checks and quality checks.
  • Being part of fault response teams and the delivery of maintenance tasks as defined by the IME's, complying with defined Crossrail standards, processes, procedures and performance to be delivered. The level of intervention includes leading the defect rectification teams and opening the railway to safe operation following maintenance and renewals works completion. 
  • Deliver maintenance deployment planning with operations colleagues, ensuring that the operational requirements align with the maintenance engineering asset management requirements and deliver a compliant, safe, operable and maintainable railway including the undertaking of on-call duties.
  • To ensure that Crossrail Ltd fully address the specification, planning, execution and quality of the maintenance engineering and safety management requirements. This is part of the asset management strategy and plan to deliver the required asset whole life, Reliability Availability Maintainability (RAM) and Remote Condition monitoring
  • Ensure Infrastructure and Asset maintenance standards are met by applying established policies and procedures to ensure safety and functional limits are included in the design and construction phase.
  • Deliver continuous improvement through a delivery of change initiatives; specifically using Reliability Based Maintenance as part of the "Predict and Prevent" asset stewardship strategy.
  • Reliability Based Maintenance as part of the "Predict and Prevent" asset stewardship strategy.
  • Assisting the Principal Maintenance Technician. Working in a multidisciplinary team to deliver personal and team objectives.
  • Ensure compliance to applicable HV standards and operational requirements.
  • Assures the right level of compliance and quality is achieved in the HV works.
  • Evaluate asset performance through asset review and data analysis & system evaluation.
    Review and undertake preventative Maintenance and HV equipment replacement.

 

Skills, Knowledge & Experience 
Skills

  • Team leader experience with leadership skills to motivate professionals from multiple disciplines. 
  • Excellent communication skills with proven negotiation and influencing skills explicitly with external contractors
  • Excellent decision-making and analytical

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