£33K/yr to £50K/yr
England, United Kingdom
Permanent, Variable

HVAC Test Technician - Rolling Stock - Permanent Role

Posted by Shorterm Group.

I am currently looking for a HVAC Systems Support Engineer to work on HVAC units on trains in the area of Crewe. Successful candidate must have F-Gas certification. Rolling stock experience is not essential but due to the nature of the role candidates would preferably have industrial HVAC experience.

Job title: HVAC Systems Support Engineer

Job location: Crewe

Rates: £45,000 - £50,000 per annum

Shifts: Mon - Fri days

Duration: Permanent role

Start date: ASAP

Company Summary:

A global leader in Rolling Stock vehicle manufacturing, service and maintenance.

Purpose of the role :

To work within the existing Crewe engineering team to facilitate the proposed HVAC internalisation plan for Crewe.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

  • To be the subject matter expert for HVAC Overhauls and repairs.
  • To support the bid process for NPI (New Product Introduction) of rail vehicle HVAC equipment milage based overhauls.
  • To be responsible for the generation of new or amendment of existing COI(Component

Overhaul Instructions) for Milage based overhauls of rail vehicle (cab/saloon/galley) HVAC units. These will be based on technical requirements documents either received from customers (internal and external) to include where applicable:

o Current EHS Legislative instructions

o Environmental laws

o HVAC type test and routine testing.

  • To support the creation of Bills of Materials (BOMs) for the overhaul process.
  • To be part of a team managing the obsolescence for all HVAC systems overhauled at the

Crewe facility , including where applicable;

o Refrigerant changes and subsequent system redesign

o This management will facilitate life of time buys

o Partial and full system redesign including creation of necessary technical justification documentation (Engineering Change documentation).

  • To work with the manufacturing team ensuring the on-time output of products, supporting with general fault finding and resolution to issues
  • To provide Project support at Depot for:

o Arising issues

o Planned customer meetings

o FAI/FAR (First article Inspections/First Article Reviews) following launch.

  • To support the ongoing industrialisation activities across various HVAC products;

o Including process set up

o Installing tooling best practices

o Responding to safety issues raised with corrective actions

o Continually working to improve and develop the manufacturing footprint

  • To be the lead on overhaul modernisation programs, working with UK and Global teams to facilitate the introduction into the Crewe facility.
  • To have an awareness and appreciation of global HVAC trends, e.g. refrigerant availability, implication's regarding energy efficiencies
  • To possess an ability to be able to understand, read and effectively use electrical schematics to support fault finding.
  • To have worked with and understand BUS network systems along with vehicle diagnostic tools which are used in on train control and communication of HVAC equipment.

QUALIFICATIONS:

Degree or Higher Certificate in engineering/technical discipline - preferred

Strong experience in a similar role involving the maintenance and overhaul of safety critical systems/equipment.

Knowledge of HVAC processes such as Brazing, Use of gasses, System vaccuming

Knowledge of a maintenance management system BOM management, SAP

Advanced/business fluent level of English

IF YOU WISH TO APPLY FOR THIS ROLE PLEASE CAN YOU SEND A COPY OF YOUR CV TOGETHER WITH YOUR PASSPORT or ID.

PLEASE NOTE ALL APPLICANTS MUST BE ABLE TO PASS AN DRUGS AND ALCOHOL TEST BEFORE BEING OFFERED A POSITION (this is standard procedure on Rail depots)

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Please note due to the volume of applications, we can only commit to contact those candidates we deem suitable for the position. However, we may retain your details and contact you in the future should suitable positions arise.

Please note the above job specification could be subject to change as agreed with our client

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