Depot Fitter

Make your mark with Colas Rail UK

At Colas Rail, differences matter. Join a team where being your authentic self is respected, encouraged, and vital to our success. At Colas Rail you'll be 'll be welcomed into an inclusive team where there's a role for every talent and a close-knit, familial culture. You will also get the opportunity to help us transform transportation, set new standards, and dare to be different.

Our values,
Respect, Commitment, Pioneering and Sharing are at the heart of everything we do. These values feed into our main strategies and accompany us daily in realising our ambitions.

We Respect our employees, celebrate diversity and foster a culture of safety, care and respect for everyone we interact with. We care about our employee’s wellbeing and create an environment of inclusivity and support.

We Commit by showing up wholeheartedly. When we commit together, we invest in everyone’s success. We invest in our customers, our teams and our colleagues, and we lead with safety, integrity, passion, purpose, ethics and transparency.

We Share as we all hold knowledge that could and should be shared, enabling us to grow and making us a strong collective. We have a passion for excellence, celebrating achievements and nurturing talent.

We Pioneer to push boundaries, imagine what does not yet exist and dare to do what others do not. We innovate with ambition, and we find solutions.

Step into the world of Colas Rail, where a century of expertise merges with a daring spirit to shape the future of rail infrastructure.

At Colas Rail, we deliver transport solutions for sustainable mobility. We are a leading rail infrastructure business with on-track plant and freight capabilities. As a subsidiary of the Colas Group, we are part of over a hundred years' experience in delivering major innovations across our sector. Every day, thousands of trains run on tracks built, designed, or maintained by Colas Rail.

Even if you don't meet every requirement, please don't rule yourself out, we still encourage you to apply if your skills, values, and experience align to the role.

To carry out repairs and maintenance to a high standard on a variety of On Track Machines operated by Colas Rail to ensure that the on-site reliability and safety is maintained in line with Colas Rail ROGS regulations. To provide additional technical and practical support to fitter/operators during in-Depot machine maintenance. When required to assist in any maintenance activities on On Track Plant away from the Home depot.

• To be able to work a shift pattern that will include nights and weekends.
• Ensure compliance with all company standards and procedures when carrying out maintenance works.
• Good written and verbal communication skills.
• Ability to work safely and under own initiative without supervision.
• Ability to understand technical drawings and maintenance schedules.
• Physically fit and have passed the required company medical.
• Flexible, honest and reliable.
• Have an extensive knowledge and in date competencies on a wide range of On Track Machines.
• Possess a structured methodical approach to problem solving.
• Demonstrate the ability to work equally as well as an individual or as part of a team.
• Have served any approved and appropriate apprenticeship either internal or external may be advantageous.
• Willingness to continue personal development through training.
• Having a positive outlook on the requirement for continuous change to accommodate the current business needs.
• Having an enquiring and inquisitive mind and being prepared to challenge and think outside of the recognised cultural norm on procedures and practices.

• To carry out maintenance and repairs to a high standard in the Home depot on all On Track Machines operated by Colas Rail.
• To work safely with due regard to their own and other people's well-being.
• During depot activities to keep the workplace clean and tidy at all times in compliance with all Health and Safety and Environmental practices and policies.
• At all times wear personal protective equipment appropriate to the tasks being carried out.
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