Senior Maintenance Technician - Telecommunications

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Job Title:  Senior Maintenance Technician – Telecommunications

Grade: Band 2A1

Salary:   Circa £53,560  (£41,200 + 30% uplift for working unsociable hours)                                       

Contract Type:   Permanent / Full Time / 24/7 Shift Cover / Rail for London - Infrastructure Ltd                           

Location:  Elizabeth Line Maintenance Depot, Plumstead, London

Reference: SF3929

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 16 June @ 23:59

All offers of employment are subject to satisfactory right‑to‑work checks. Candidates must be able to demonstrate their right to work in the UK. At the present time TfL is unable to offer visa sponsorship for this role.

The Elizabeth Line has transformed travel across the city, boosting the economy by billions of pounds and supporting thousands of new jobs and homes. Rail for London Infrastructure (RfLI) part of Transport for London (TfL) will be responsible in maintaining the central section stations, the tunnel environment, shafts, portals, and several surface stations. We are seeking to recruit a senior telecoms maintenance technician to work in highly skilled and dynamic telecommunications maintenance teams that will take us into the future, and beyond. 

Overview of Role

As we grow our successful maintenance delivery team within London's newest railway organisation, there are currently two vacancies for Senior Maintenance Telecoms Technicians to join the Elizabeth line.

The Senior Maintenance Delivery Technician reports to the Principal Maintenance Delivery Technician and Infrastructure Maintenance Delivery Supervisor (IMDS) ensuring that the new Elizabeth Line railway is maintained safely, efficiently, and effectively to deliver defined performance requirements.

The Senior Maintenance Delivery Technician role is a safety critical role that involves working trackside, tunnel environment, station platforms and within stations throughout the Elizabeth Line.

Responsibilities

• Delivery of Preventative Planned Maintenance (PPM) of railway telecoms systems within the central section stations, the tunnel environment, shafts, portals, and several surface stations
• Responding to telecoms systems failures i.e., corrective maintenance
• Like-for-Like renewals and improvements
• Remote telecoms asset monitoring
• Safety critical inspections
• Leading a telecoms team when the Principal technician is not available

Skills, Knowledge & Experience

• Experience in maintaining and fault finding on railway telecommunication systems. (Essential
• Experience working in highly performing telecoms maintenance and fault response team (Essential)
• Working within an operational control centre environment & communications equipment room.   (Essential)
• Specialist knowledge of railway telecommunication systems, including IP based systems and how they are implemented. This includes detailed knowledge of routing and switching protocols within an IP network e.g., OSPF, BGP (Essential)
• Substantial experience with Data Networks, Telephony (VoIP / Help Points), PAVA, CCTV & Radio Systems in a railway environment. (Essential)
• Strong computer skills both hardware and software. (Essential)
• Working with Servers and workstations (Preferred / Not Essential)
• Working with remote condition monitoring and network management systems. (Preferred / Not Essential)

Qualifications and Competences

• UK driving licence (Essential)
• Personal Track Safety (PTS) and Safe Task Leader (STL) (Preferred / not essential)
• IT literacy (Essential)
• IP networking qualification e.g., CISCO, Microsoft (Preferred / not essential)
• Telecommunications certificate/competences (Essential)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

We are committed to equality, diversity, and inclusion. We want to represent the city we serve, which will help us become a more innovative and efficient organisation. Our goal is to make our recruitment as inclusive as possible. We are a disability confident employer who guarantee an interview to any disabled candidate who meets all of the essential criteria. We also use anonymising software that removes identifying information from CVs and cover letters to make the process fair.

Application Process 

Please apply using your most recent CV and optional 1 page Cover Letter (Word format only) explaining how you meet the criteria listed under the section ‘Role Requirements’, with reference to the skills, knowledge and experience you have gained at expert level.

You are encouraged to apply for the position that is most relevant to your existing skills, knowledge and experience as shortlisting is carried out on the basis of how well you meet the criteria for the role. 

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 16 June @ 23:59

Vetting Process

At Transport for London, safety, trust and fairness sit at the heart of how we recruit. Our Vetting Charter (https://tfl.gov.uk/corporate/careers/our-vetting-process) explains the checks we carry out before you join us, helping ensure we create a safe, inclusive and reliable network for everyone who depends on our services. We simply ask that the information you provide is honest and accurate so we can progress your application smoothly. If something doesn’t match or can’t be verified, we may not be able to move forward with your application, but we’ll always treat you with transparency, respect, and clear communication throughout.

Benefits

In return for your commitment and expertise, you will enjoy excellent benefits and scope to grow. Rewards vary according to the level of role but mostly include the below:

• Final salary pension scheme 
• Free travel for you on the TfL network 
• Reimbursement of 75% of the cost of a standard class Ticket for National Rail travel from home
• 30 days annual leave plus public and bank holidays
• TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow
• Private healthcare discounted scheme (optional)
• Tax-efficient cycle-to-work programme
• Retail, health, leisure and travel offers 
• Discounted Eurostar travel

We will make every effort to give you as much notice as possible, however some interviews/assessments could be organised at short notice.