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Tramcar Technician
Band 3, Point 7 £19,883
Beamish tells the story of everyday working life in the North East – bringing the rich social, agricultural and industrial heritage of our region to life in a living, working, open-air museum. We are self-sustaining with a large, growing and diverse audience of over 700,000 people per year. Our connection with local people and communities provides the inspiration for our purpose, and the source of our strength and resilience.
As part of the museum, Beamish operates a wide range of transport exhibits to demonstrate how they were used or to transport visitors around the site. We are looking for an enthusiastic, motivated and organised individual to join the Regional Heritage Engineering Team and fill the post of Tramcar Technician.
The Tramcar Technician will as part of the Regional Heritage Engineering Team, work on our fleet of nine tramcars, carrying out both programmed and reactive maintenance work. The work will involve routine ‘fitness-to-run’ inspections of the operating fleet and carrying out repair and overhaul work where and when this is required.
We welcome people to apply for the position who have experience of working on Tramcars, rail vehicles or other similar equipment. Candidates with experience of working in a heritage environment or an interest in historic transport technology would be of particular interest to us.
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is:- 12 noon Friday 2nd November 2018
Beamish is an Equal Opportunities employer and welcome applications from all sections of the community.
The Museum operates a No Smoking Policy
Closes
Friday 2nd November 2018
Return completed application forms to:
Closing date for receipt of completed applications is:- 12 noon Friday 2nd November 2018 Application forms should be returned to office@beamish.org.uk or HR and People Development Team, Beamish Museum, Beamish, County Durham, DH9 0RG.