Job Description

NDT Technician – MPI experienced

Location: Burton
Salary: £37,000+
Shift Pattern: Monday to Thursday

The Opportunity

Our client is a well‑established and growing company within the rail engineering and rolling stock maintenance sector, supporting major UK train operators and OEMs.

This is a hands‑on role focused on ensuring the structural integrity and safety of rail bogies and associated components, playing a vital part in keeping the rail network safe, reliable, and compliant.

What You’ll Be Doing

As an NDT Technician, you will be responsible for inspecting safety‑critical rail components throughout refurbishment and overhaul programmes.

Key responsibilities include:

• Carrying out Visual Inspection of rail bogies, frames, welds, and structural components
• Performing Magnetic Particle Inspection (MPI) on various bogie components
• Conducting Dye Penetrant Inspection (DPI) where required
• Identifying cracks, corrosion, fatigue, flaking, and other surface‑breaking defects
• Ensuring inspections meet internal quality standards, customer specifications, and relevant rail industry standards

What We’re Looking For

• Proven experience in NDT inspection, ideally within rail, rolling stock, heavy engineering, automotive, or aerospace environments
• Strong background in Visual Inspection and MPI (rail bogie experience highly desirable but not essential)
• A meticulous approach with a strong understanding of quality and safety‑critical inspection
• Ability to interpret engineering drawings and inspection criteria
• Experience using CMM or inspection measurement equipment is advantageous, but not essential
• Willingness to work night shifts once fully trained

Training & Development

You’ll receive approximately three months of structured, site‑based training, providing full exposure to:

• Rail bogie designs and failure modes
• Company‑specific inspection procedures
• Rail industry quality and safety standards

This ensures you are fully competent and confident before transitioning onto night shifts.

Why Join This Business?

• Secure, long‑term role within the UK rail industry
• Work on safety‑critical rail components where quality truly matters
• Clear salary progression once competent
• Genuine commitment to training and development
• Supportive, skilled inspection team and a forward‑thinking engineering environment

About ford & Stanley group

Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group are in the business of people and performance. Our mission is to create one million better workdays through facilitating great recruitment, leadership and occupational mental fitness. We support our clients in their most challenging business areas - recruiting, developing and retaining the best talent from shop floor to boardroom.

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Ford & Stanley Talent Services Group Ltd is a Disability Confident employer that is committed to a policy of equal opportunities for all opportunity seekers. We shall adhere to such a policy at all times and will review on an on-going basis all aspects of recruitment to avoid unlawful or undesirable discrimination. We will treat everyone equally irrespective sex, sexual orientation, gender reassignment, marital or civil partnership status, age, disability, colour, race, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief or political beliefs and we place an obligation upon all staff to respect and act in accordance with the policy.

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