Test Technician

Job description

Alstom

The Railway industry today is characterized by both a strong and sustained growth across the world. The trends that drive this are well known: environmental challenges, population growth, urbanization and increasing demands for mobility.
With 6B€ of Sales and around 30,000 employees based in over 60 countries, Alstom develop & market the most complete range of systems, equipment and services offered today in the railway sector. Today we offer our customers solutions that feature a seamless blend of diverse technologies, ensuring optimal interfaces, along with flexible implementation and real synergy in innovation.

Purpose of the Job:

Carry out the test of trains in accordance with the testing procedure and as per the delivery schedule and/or contribute to test procedures and troubleshooting. Possibly manage test technicians. Ensure timely execution and respect of EHS requirements.

Organizational Reporting:

Serial Test Manager / Test Engineering Manager / Serial Test EPU Manager

Tasks & Responsibilities:

• General responsibilities

·  Respect and Promote strict compliance with EHS rules, local regulation and AZDP
·  Deploy standard T&C processes
·  Contribute to T&C management team
·  Ensure management and coordination of a work team
·  Ensure a good working relationship with the other departments (Eng, Industr, Q, Supply Chain)
·  Provide technical support and expertise to serial testing team
·  Engage actively in own abroad training (EU and Brazil)
·  Contribute strongly to local recruitment and training of T&C team as well as to subsequent ramp-up

Serial Testing

·  Manage serial testing team
·  Ensure timely execution of serial testing and associated troubleshooting
·  Lead troubleshooting
·  Ensure delivery of proper documentation after test execution

EHS

·  Ensure strict compliance with EHS rules and regulations within testing workshop and dynamic test track
• Train Manager/Driving

·  Operates the train on the Test Track
·  Ensure respect of EHS and Test Track safety Instructions
·  Ensure the Safety of the Testing team and of the Train while operating on the Test Track
·  Other job functions as required by management

Educational Requirements:

·  MSc / BSc (Electrical)(Eng) / BEng (Electrical) / BTech (Electrical) or equivalent.

Desired Knowledge / Experience & Behaviour:

Experience:

Min 3 years’ experience in commissioning and testing of Electrical / Control / PLC systems within process industry, railways or factory automation.

Knowledge:

• Be familiar with high risk activities in association with Electrical work and EHS requirements

• Have a good understanding of key electrical and/or mechanical processes (in particular earthing & bonding, cabling, protection and instrumentation, …)

• A solid understanding of power electronics will be beneficial

• IT proficient

• Ability to read electrical schematics and to write application software (if required).

Behaviour:

• Ability to integrate across multi-disciplinary electrical activities (MV, Control & Instrumentation, Protection, Software)

• Excellent communication, simplifier of complex situation and/or subjects

• Organized, rigorous and delivery focused (good problem solver)

• Ability to manage a team of specialists and evolve in a management team

• Flexible and willing to accept new roles

Job Mobility / Location:

·  Woodmead, Wolmerton, 6-12months, thus final site (Ekurhuleni area)
·  With an initial training period of several months abroad in Brazil and/or Europe

Why Work  for Us?  At Alstom we offer you the opportunity to unleash your potential and reinvent yourself. As a future employee, you will have a unique opportunity to drive our organization forward, while continuing to build your career and contribute to the expanding growth of the global railway industry.

More about Alstom www.alstom.com

Job Type: Experienced