ATC Team Leader

Job description / Role

Make a difference every day

Job Opportunity

The purpose of this position is to supervise and lead a line maintenance team to provide comprehensive engineering and maintenance services covering the Automatic Train Control (ATC) system for Dubai Metro.

Key accountabilities

- Lead a team of ATC technicians to carry out all level of preventive and corrective maintenance and minor modifications activities on automatic train control system covering System Management Centre, Vehicle Control Centre, central control (vital and non-vital), vehicle on-board equipment and lineside equipment
- Supervise the installation, servicing and repairing of signaling and train control systems located in operations control centre, signaling equipment room, station signaling equipment rooms, depot signaling equipment rooms, along trackside and on-board trains
- Ensure the team uses proper hand, machine, electrical and electronic tools and reference to technical drawings, signaling schematics, manuals, procedures and instructions when performing repair and maintenance work
- Supervise the replacement of faulty signaling equipment, handover/taken back to the electronics workshop for repair
- Produce and maintain accurate maintenance records of automatic train control system and equipment performance, work accomplished and other information using a computerised maintenance management system
- Ensure the maintenance tools and equipment are in good condition
- Conduct performance review for ATC Technicians
- Assist the ATC Engineers in conducting disciplinary and grievance for ATC Technicians
- Perform shift and emergency duties when required and drive work vehicles when responding to emergencies and when required on duty

Requirements

What we are looking for in our candidates

- Demonstrates Self Development: Takes responsibility for one's own personal impact and development, focusing on increasing self-awareness as well as identifying new areas for learning and professional development and creating learning opportunities.
- Assumes Responsibility: Effectively manages their time, resources and relationships to ensure that work is completed efficiently.
- Gains Others' Trust: Interacts with others in a supportive way and in accordance with our Values
- Solves Problems: Identifies problems within own area of remit and takes responsibility for finding a solution regardless of the causes.
- Demonstrates Personal Drive: Actively works towards ambitious personal goals, demonstrates enthusiasm and energy toward all aspects of work. Shows drive to make a difference to others at work.
- Delivers Customer Service: Sees those they interact with as customers and seeks to identify and meet needs, taking swift action to resolve issues with integrity. Always alert to the customer's point of view and demonstrates a sense of urgency.

Specific requirements

- Must have good eyesight and normal colour vision
- Strong analytical mind, and ability to grasp the complexity of a software based signaling and train control system
- Ability to use and calibrate various electronic test equipment and PC for the maintenance of central, wayside and on-board signaling equipment
- Ability to write simple technical reports, routine business correspondence, prepare method statements and drawings as required
- Possess good communication skills and the ability to manage multiple tasks efficiently and work productively in a fast-paced, team-oriented environment
- Strong organisational skills, detail oriented, and the ability to handle multiple priorities
- Preferably a holder of a valid UAE driving license with good driving skill and experience
- Minimum 3 years work experience as a qualified electrical or electronics technician in maintaining and repairing computer based train control and signaling equipment, covering interlocking, onboard equipment, train detection equipment, switch machine, automatic train protection, automatic train supervision of equipment is highly preferable
- Preferably with 1 year of supervisory experience in supervising a team of technicians in carrying out maintenance activities
- Sound knowledge of signaling principles, fixed block and moving block signaling systems, software based interlocking devices, point machines, induction and docking loops, cab signaling displays, on-board and wayside signaling equipment, would be a definite advantage
- Preferably with IRSE license and certified to work on railway signaling equipment
- Vocational trade certificate or ordinary diploma in electrical, electronic or mechanical engineering discipline or equivalent

About the Company

Serco is a FTSE 250 international service company which combines commercial know-how with a deep public service ethos.

Serco customers are looking for expertise in managing their people, processes, technology and assets more effectively. We advise economic decision makers, design innovative solutions, integrate systems and - most of all - deliver quality services directly to the public.

Serco supplies to governments, government enterprise, agencies and companies who seek a trusted outsourcing partner with a solid track-record of service excellence. Serco people offer operational, logistical and technical expertise in the Transport, Justice and Immigration, Defence, Education and Healthcare industries as well as in the commercial sectors of Facilities Management.

Serco Middle East have been in the Region since 1947, starting out delivering Air Traffic Control Services in Bahrain; a service we are proudly still running today and have expanded to include many other Airports in the region.

We have expanded significantly since that time across the UAE, Saudi Arabia and Qatar. We have been supporting the RTA to operate the Dubai Metro since 2009, are preparing to launch the flagship Saudi Arabia Passenger Rail service from Riyadh to Qassim in 2016. We deliver Facility Management services to both Cleveland Clinic and Healthpoint Hospitals in Abu Dhabi, large-scale medical facilities in Saudi Arabia and a range of educational and commercial properties in the UAE. We also deliver postgraduate education to Officers in the Qatar Armed Forces through the Joaan Bin Jassim Joint Command and Staff College in Doha.

Focusing on our core values, and creating a positive environment for employees to thrive, we look forward to a bright future as we continue to grow with the region.