Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail

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Key Information

Job title: Senior Maintenance Technician Crossrail

Salary:  Circa £37,000 + 30% Shift Allowance                                         

Grade: 2A1

Contract type:  Perm                            

Reference:  3418

Location: Plumstead / TFL network (site based)

Application closing date: Tuessday 3rd Feb 2026 @ 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
We’re looking for a dedicated and safetyfocused Senior Maintenance Technician to join our maintenance delivery team. In this hands on role, you’ll help keep the Elizabeth Line network safe, reliable, and running smoothly by carrying out inspections, repairs, and planned maintenance on track assets.

The Senior Technician is 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 centered maintenance tasks and approval of contracted works.

Initially, the Senior Maintenance Technician will assist the PMDT and DIME ensuring that the Elizabeth Line railway can be maintained safely, efficiently and effectively delivering defined performance requirements.
The Senior Maintenance Technician 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.

Key Accountabilities 

• Carry out routine inspections of track, sleepers, ballast, and associated components
• Perform maintenance and repair tasks using hand tools, power tools, and small plant
• Assist with track renewals, welding, grinding, and rail cutting (where trained)
• Monitor track geometry and alignment, reporting defects promptly
• Work safely within possession and line block arrangements
• Complete maintenance records and defect reports accurately
• Collaborate with supervisors and team members to deliver planned works efficiently
• 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  RFLI 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 RFLI 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 
• Deliver continuous improvement through a delivery of change initiatives; specifically using Reliability Based Maintenance as part of the "Predict and Prevent" asset stewardship strategy.

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 skills
• Established risk management skills.
• Ability to formulate and articulate clear visions for the planning and delivery of initiatives and programmes

Knowledge

• HND or equivalent qualification (Desirable)
• Member or Associate of a relevant professional institution (such as ICE, IstuctE, ImechE / IEE / IRSE/PWI)  (Desirable)
• Demonstrable understanding of the business structure of and agencies associated with the Rail Industry
• Demonstrable application of railway safety-related standards regime and processes
• Knowledge of Network Rail Safety standards

Experience 

• Experience in the rail or other infrastructure and asset critical industries
• Experience in the management of infrastructure stewardship and maintenance 
• Experience of successfully managing a range of maintainers
• Experience of producing and delivering maintenance engineering stewardship strategies.
• Experience of working alongside other engineering functions.
• Hold full UK Driving Licence and be willing to drive company vehicles (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 CV and a two page covering letter.

Think carefully about the skills, knowledge and experience in the advert and cover this in your CV and cover letter. PDF format preferred and do not include any photographs or images

The closing date for applications is Tuesday 3rd Feb 2026 @ 23:59

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 or 75% reimbursement on a 28-day flexi ticket
266 hours annual leave
TfL is committed to work-life balance, operating a hybrid working approach where business and role requirements allow 
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.