Apprentice - Rail Engineering Operative Level: L2 - (Golders Green), 2025

Every day, around a third of all rail journeys in the UK are made on Alstom trains. We keep West Coast Main Line service running for around 34 million passengers every year and we service over 100 tube trains a day on London’s Northern Line, carrying nearly 1 million passengers daily. Today, we’re helping to turn Crossrail’s tunnels into a fully operational railway, electrifying the Edinburgh to Glasgow rail line and are helping the UK’s Rail Supply Chain to get ready for HS2.

To help design, build and maintain the UK and Ireland’s large-scale rail infrastructure we have invested, innovated and developed the world’s most sophisticated engineering and new rail technology. This includes Train Scanner, our world-leading virtual train health checker, to Appitrack, the fastest track laying machine in the world, our engineers are helping to make Britain’s railways better. Our signalling and electrification activities are nationwide and are delivering the next generation of technology to help improve timetables and ensure safety on the railway whether on projects or the installed asset across the country.

We provide world-class development and training facilities for our employees and our industry partners. Additionally, we invest in longer-term skills development through partnerships with the UK’s best education providers and skills development organisations as well as our own well-established intern, apprentice and graduate programmes.

The Opportunity

An excellent opportunity to join a world leading engineering company where you will work alongside qualified technicians between our maintenance facilities in Golder’s Green and Morden.

Based at our Golders Green depot, you will be learning about and supporting the maintenance of our underground rolling stock operating along the Northern Line. Your day to day activities will involve learning about and supporting operational activities around maintaining the underground Rolling Stock running along the Northern Line

Over a 2-year program, our Apprenticeships combine academic college studies with real life work-based experience across our organisation. You will have the opportunity to build and gather evidence of your competence whilst working towards a formal qualification.

You will undertake a planned rotation within appropriate departments in order to gain the skills, and competence to complete the Standard requirements. In addition, you will attend education both part- time and on block release to achieve the Knowledge, Behaviours and, Competencies as required by the apprenticeship.

Attendance outside of standard work patterns should be expected. You will also undertake internal training not covered by the Standard.

In line with the Rail Engineering Apprenticeship Standard, you will learn about all elements of Rail Engineering and the industry and eventually specialise in Transport and Rolling Stock Engineering.

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Key Duties

• Manage your own learning against ILP (Individual Learning Plan) and be accountable for development of your Apprenticeship portfolio as required by the Apprentice Standard.

• Attend training provider courses full time or day release as requested; Leading to completion of a level 3 Apprentice Framework

• Operate at an appropriate level carrying out designated tasks within the team assigned.

• Participate in company initiatives, in particular to be engaged in Continuous Improvement activity targeted at all aspects of Alstom performance.

• Conduct oneself at all times in a manner that reflects positively on Alstom.

By the end of the 2 years you would have developed the skills and experience to be able to undertake the following:-

• Assist depot teams in the provision of fault-finding and assistance with train repair activities

• Assist in fault-finding and the investigation of intermittent faults on vehicles either on depot or in service

• Carry out maintenance and replacement of components.

• Assist with skills development within depots and train care points

• Assist in functional and operational testing and inspection of The Railway using specialist equipment.

• Assist with the validation of documentation issued in support of maintenance and repair activities, special checks, modifications and experiments

• Carry out all duties in accordance with the Traincare Centre quality and safety procedures

• Assist in the testing and repair of equipment identified as faulty and removed from trains

• Ensures work is performed in a safe and effective manner in accordance with the Health & Safety at Work Act (1974), Electricity at Work Regulations (1989), Railway Group Standards, and relevant ALSTOM Procedure

• Personal Specification

• Good mechanical/electrical ability combined with understanding the importance of precision and accuracy.

Desired Personal Qualities

• The right attitude and adherence towards safety is highly important.

• Ability to manage own time, prioritise and meet deadlines

• Ability to undertake own research and independent learning

• Good interpersonal skills

• Self-motivated and able to demonstrate their commitment to achieving the apprenticeship award

• You should be able to act as a member of a multi-disciplined team (with flexibility around team roles), and also able to work on your own initiative where required

Qualifications

you must have (or be predicted to have):

• Minimum of 3 GCSE’s at grade 4-9.

• This should include Math’s, English and a Science/ICT subject

We value inquisitive, innovative and motivated people who are passionate about working together to reinvent mobility, making it smarter and more sustainable.

Alstom is an equal opportunity employer committed to creating an inclusive working environment where all our employees are encouraged to reach their full potential, and individual differences are valued and respected. We aim to have a welcoming and inclusive environment for individuals, of different ages, genders, ethnicities, disability, LGBT, religion and/or belief.