Overview
Assistant Service Engineer Level 1 - Fixed Term Contract until November 2026
Are you looking for a career where you can make a real difference in people’s day? Southeastern are seeking dedicated and detail-oriented individuals to join our team at Grove Park as an Interior Standards Operatives on a fixed term contract until November 2026. As an Interior Standards Operative, you will play a crucial role in ensuring that our trains are maintained to the highest standards, meeting safety and compliance regulations and passenger expectations. 2025 is the 200th anniversary of the first-ever passenger rail journey, and we’re celebrating our history and future. Can you move people? Apply now.
Responsibilities
* Perform repairs and maintenance tasks, including replacing seat covers, window films, seat bases, armrests, table tops and toilet fixtures and fittings. Foster a customer-centric approach, creating a positive and welcoming environment for passengers by attentively maintaining the train interiors.
* Conduct comprehensive internal and external cleaning, including graffiti removal.
* Carry out first level fault finding of toilet faults.
* Prepare trains for seasonal conditions by performing winterisation procedures, sanding operations to enhance traction and safety, and ensuring optimal fluid levels (e.g., replenishing screen wash and anti-ice fluid).
* Assist with Depot/Sidings winterisation including application of anti-ice/de-icing products to walkways and roadways, conductor rails (under isolation) and snow clearance.
* Ensure proper use and preparation of tooling and equipment at the start and end of each shift; report faulty equipment and participate in maintenance procedures. Manage inventory levels of materials, machines, and tools and report shortages promptly.
The Ideal Candidate
* Demonstrates basic mechanical skills.
* Excellent teamwork skills.
* Strong attention to detail.
Requirements & Other Information
* All successful candidates will need to undertake and pass a full safety critical medical before a formal offer.
* All successful applicants will need to pass a Personal Track Safety or Depot Track Safety course (full training provided).
* This vacancy may close early if we receive a large number of applications. Apply early.
* All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory references, right to work verification, a basic criminal record check, and a pre-employment medical assessment. Work visa sponsorship isn’t available for this role.
* If you applied but weren’t successful in a similar role at Southeastern, please wait six months before applying again.
* Good to have your own transport to reach your place of work, given shift timings.
* As proud members of the Armed Forces Covenant and Disability Confident Scheme, we offer an interview if you apply under these schemes and meet minimum criteria. Find out more here.
What You’ll Get In Return
* Final salary pension
* 24 days annual leave allowance (including bank holidays)
* Free rail travel across our networks
* 4 on 4 off shift pattern
Meaning you can feel secure in your career as well as fulfilled by your work. Learn more about our full range of benefits.
About Southeastern
We’re one of Britain’s busiest train operators, serving London, Kent and parts of East Sussex. We run over 1,700 trains a day, carrying more than 500,000 passengers and serving 180 stations. We strive to make our railway a great place to work and to travel with us, and we are proud to be named a ‘Great Place to Work’ at the 2023 National Rail Awards and endorsed as a WORK180 Employer for Women. Our Safeguarding Team works to keep customers, colleagues, and the public safe by improving safeguarding measures and knowledge so that everyone gets home safe, every day.
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