Rolling Stock Maintenance - Mechanical Engineer (Service Technician)

About the Role

Have experience on the tools? Want to help us maintain and improve rail systems? We have multiple permanent full-timeavailable for candidates in electrical, mechanical, rail, industrial, automotive mechanic or similar, to join our Maintenance team in Wellington as Maintenance Mechanical Engineers.

Our Maintenance Mechanical Engineers are responsible for undertaking fault finding, maintenance, and repair of the Electric Multiple Units (EMUs) and Passenger carriages. This is a hands-on role, working along with other mechanical engineers and planners, in a team environment, and will involve shift work. With a guaranteed minimum 40 hours per week, your key responsibilities would include:

Carrying out routine maintenance work in compliance with the schedule

Executing the maintenance, fault-finding, repair, and incident recovery of assets

Carrying out maintenance and repairs to EMU including scheduled maintenance checks, out of course repairs, incident recovery and repairs, and other maintenance activities

Using sound mechanical engineering practices and safety standards

Adherence to health & safety compliance and regulations in a safety critical environment

Managing documentation professionally

Focusing on the security of plant and equipment

About You

The role is located in Wellington, and you will be guaranteed a minimum of 40 hours per week. The ideal candidate would have the following:

NZQA level 4 or 5 trade qualification or equivalent in an Automotive / Mechanical / Electrical field

At least four years of hands-on experience in maintenance, fault finding, repair and incident recovery

Experience working with relevant technical specifications, standards and practices

Involvement with heavy industry or the automobile industry or experience in locomotives, ships or similar

Being a registered / licensed electrician would be beneficial but is not essential

About Hyundai Rotem

Hyundai Rotem is a global heavy industry company that specializes in manufacturing rolling stock. Founded in 1977, Hyundai Rotem produces and maintains electric multiple units (EMUs) such as the Matangi line in Wellington as well as high-speed trains, engine locomotives, wireless trams and magnetic levitation (maglev) trains internationally.

Benefits of working at Hyundai Rotem

Discounted travel on rail and ferry services

Access to NZ Railways Staff Welfare Trust membership including retail discounts and discounted holiday home rentals

Free onsite parking in Wellington

Supportive and friendly team environment

* Training and development opportunities

How to Apply

If this role interests you, click ‘Apply Now’ with your CV and cover letter with your interests and motivations for the role. We’d love to hear about your experiences and more about yourself. We have an uncompromising attitude for the safety of our employees, clients, and customers so our recruitment process may include medicals, drug & alcohol testing, criminal history checks, and other right to work checks. Please note that you will need to be eligible to work within New Zealand to apply for this role.

For more information or a copy of the position description, please contact Human Resources at [email protected] who will point you in the right direction.