Traction Line Mechanic Hamilton

2 weeks ago

Hamilton, New Zealand KiwiRail Full time

**Exciting opportunity to join the Rail industry.**:

- **Hamilton based, with travel involved.**:

- **Full-time, 40 hours per week.**:

- **$27.81 - $41.23 per hour (depending on skills, experience and professional registration) + paid overtime, night shift allowance, weekend public holiday rates**:

- **Join an upcoming team of professionals**

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture - where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life. This is a great opportunity for a Traction Line Mechanic/ Line Mechanic to join the Network Services Team based in Auckland. This team works hard behind the scenes to keep KiwiRail moving. They maintain and improve our vast rail network, playing a vital role in ensuring our services can run smoothly and safely.

**Your Role**:

- You will be working as part of the Traction team who enjoy spectacular views in the great outdoors while working primarily with High Voltage.
- You will be involved with day-to-day operations of all Overhead Traction systems and associated equipment, including general traction equipment upkeep.
- This includes maintenance, installation, restoration, and repair of Traction over-head line equipment that may include some substation work.

**Your Skills**:

- You will be a qualified, registered Traction Line Mechanic (EWRB) with a current practicing license, or proven experience and willing to gain experience in a traction environment
- You must be willing to gain experience in high voltage work
- Experienced with Over-head maintenance and emergency breakdown repairs will be highly beneficial
- Able to work at heights and work in all weather conditions
- Have a current, clean, full New Zealand drivers’ licence - Class 2 or 4 is desirable
- Reliable, enthusiastic and have a strong commitment to Health & Safety
- Willing to be part of a callout roster to attend to emergency failures after hours
- Rotational Shift work required (we offer paid overtime, night shift allowance, weekend public holiday rates)
- The job involves working outdoors so you must have a reasonable level of fitness and is both physically and mentally demanding. If you have a demonstrated commitment to health and safety, are meticulous and have exceptional attention to detail then this could be the perfect position for you

**You will also need to have**:

- Electrical registration OR proven experience essential
- Willingness to gain registration as Traction Line Mechanic (EWRB)
- A current Class 1 drivers’ licence, with Class 2, 4 or Forklift operating licence will be beneficial
- Current first aid and CPR certificates
- Successfully completed pole top rescue training
- Working knowledge of Microsoft Office products including Word and Excel

**Your Benefits**:

- Paid on-the-job training
- Excellent overtime rates apply
- Designated career pathway and room to progress with fully paid training
- Opportunity to work for a values-based organisation
- Access to discounted holiday homes and travel
- Subsidised health insurance

If life’s a journey, KiwiRail is a great way of keeping your career moving through it. Ours is a fast-paced, inspiring, and truly customer-focused culture - where your career will connect you to real opportunities, while balancing work and whānau life.

**We’re going places. Are you? - Kei te haere mātau ki ngā wāhi. Kei te?

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