Technical Work Preparer – Train Maintenance

• A salary of €2,875 to €4,250 gross per month in scale 57 (based on 36 hours). This is exclusive of an irregularity allowance of approximately €900 gross per month.
• A 36-hour work week and at least 181 leave hours per year.
• The possibility to exchange 3 Christian holidays for 3 non-Christian holidays.
• 3% end-of-year bonus, 8% holiday allowance, and an excellent pension scheme.
• Your train travel in 2nd class is free; travel in 1st class is possible with a small personal contribution.
• Your family travels for free during off-peak hours.
• Discount on European train travel once you have worked at NS for 1 year.
• Professional development opportunities
• A choice plan including, among others, a bicycle plan, extra pension accrual, or extra vacation days.

That is why you want to work as a Technical Work Preparer - Train Maintenance at NS

• Your preparation has an impact on the nationwide deployment of our trains.
• You would like to apply your technical knowledge nationwide and enjoy being in contact with all supply chain partners.
• It is a varied job where no two days are ever the same.

Frans: "Through our knowledge, we can keep the delay for the traveler as small as possible."

This is what you will be doing as a Technical Work Preparer - Train Maintenance

The Rolling Stock Control Center (MBN) ensures that our rolling stock is safe and available for deployment. As a work preparer at the MBN, you make work orders complete and executable, so that mechanics and planners can get to work immediately. You ensure clear work packages and coordinate resources and planning with all stakeholders.

• Linking work orders to the correct process: service, repair, or maintenance.
• Determining and recording which resources are needed: mechanics, required competencies, tools, and means of transport.
• Bundling work orders for planned and unplanned work based on information from the planner and helpdesk.
• Coordinating with the long-term planner regarding the number of maintenance paths and availability.
• Checking conditions for technical release so that rolling stock can be deployed safely.
• Drafting an efficient maintenance plan at least 4 months in advance for specific train sets.
• Thinking along and making suggestions to improve work processes and make work packages more efficient.

You will work at the Rolling Stock Control Center Netherlands (MBN) in Utrecht, at the Operational Control Center Rail (OCCR). The MBN, sometimes compared to an ANWB service, is part of Maintenance & Service of NS Operation and monitors the balance between the timetable and maintenance. More than sixty colleagues work there; per shift, you work with an operational team leader, a senior helpdesk employee, two helpdesk employees, and two planners. As a work preparer, you coordinate assignments with supply chain partners such as LBC, OB, SB, technical personnel, the fault organization, the cleaning company, and specialist teams.

The work is 24/7 and you will work early, late, and night shifts (07:00-15:00, 15:00-23:00, and 23:00-07:00).

At NS, we find diversity and inclusion important; it makes working together more fun and often improves the result. Therefore, your background or religious beliefs do not matter: we are primarily curious about your vision on the position of technical work preparer MBN.

Working at NS means that you can make *the* difference in the world of sustainable mobility. You become part of an organization that stands in the middle of society and keeps the Netherlands moving. But as one of the largest employers in the Netherlands, we have so much more to offer you. For this position, this includes:

• Want to know more? Then view the NS collective labor agreement (CAO) here.