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Charlie Hurry

Watford,Hertfordshire

Summary

A highly skilled professional with extensive expertise in rolling stock and engineering, demonstrating leadership proficiency and confident decision-making abilities. Adept at task prioritising and excelling under pressure, with a proven track record of fostering teamwork and maintaining an approachable personality.


I have 17 years experience of working with and carrying out engineering tasks on a wide variety of rolling stock at Hornsey Depot such as class 313, 317, 319, 321, 365, 387, 717 and 379, showing my engineering skills, fault finding skills, rolling stock knowledge and hard work ethic along the way.


I have 8 years experience as a cover team leader at Hornsey Depot, covering both the Exam & Repair team leader and Production team leader, where I have developed my man management techniques, decision making skills, and ability to work under high pressure situations. I have a high level of understanding of the procedures and expectations at Hornsey depot and understand how each department contributes to a safe and reliable train service.

Overview

17
17
years of professional experience
14
14
years of post-secondary education

Work history

Senior Cover Team Leader/Train Maintainer

Govia Thameslink Railway
Hornsey, Haringey
09.2021 - Current
  • Handled employee grievances professionally.
  • Monitored daily operations and upheld/enforced high health and safety standards
  • Conducted regular performance reviews to identify areas of improvement for each team member.
  • Planned out daily work in a fair and professional manner
  • Maintained good communication with all relevant parties in regards to providing a safe and reliable train service
  • Made high importance decisions under high pressure situations with the aim of providing a quality train service for our customers
  • Mentored training cover team leader, ensuring he had quality training and all the tools to carry out the cover team leader position to a high standard
  • Ensured adherence to company policy by all team members, maintaining professionalism at all times.
  • Planned work for the next shift, including creating a known work list and placing units in suitable positions to be worked on
  • Covering Exam and Repair and Production team leader positions

Cover Team Leader/Train Maintainer

Govia Thameslink Railway
Hornsey, Haringey
09.2017 - 09.2021
  • Ensured adherence to company policy by all team members, maintaining professionalism at all times.
  • Coordinated daily tasks, ensuring smooth workflow within the team.
  • Planned out daily work in a fair and professional manner
  • Ensured all staff are abiding by the health and safety policies such as wearing correct PPE
  • Carried out inspections on team members work to ensure all work is being correctly carried out and procedures followed
  • Ensured all work has been correctly assigned to staff and correctly signed off at the end of the shift, including a full paperwork check
  • Covering Exam and Repair team leader position

Train Maintainer

First Capital Connect / Govia Thameslink Railway
Hornsey, Haringey
09.2012 - 09.2017


  • Evaluated operation and performance of equipment, components and systems.
  • Carried out planned maintenance on a wide variety rolling stock
  • Carried out Reactive maintenance on a wide variety of rolling stock
  • Carried out overhauls on a wide variety of rolling stock
  • Used my engineering knowledge to overcome problems and find solutions
  • Worked effectively as part of a team ensuring safety, quality and productivity was paramount
  • Carried out fault finding using schematics to overcome faults
  • Completed a variety of workplace training courses such as forklift driver, crane operator and WILMAT operator
  • Ensured good communication between myself and the production office to assist in the smooth running of day to day tasks
  • Mentored engineering apprentices to ensure they have all the knowledge and experience required to progress
  • Operated I.T equipment in order to test certain components

Railway engineering apprentice

First Capital Connect
Hornsey, Haringey
09.2008 - 09.2012
  • Attended full time college working towards my advanced engineering apprenticeship certificate from September 2008 - September 2009
  • Attended Hornsey train servicing depot 4 days a week shadowing engineers, carrying out maintenance on rolling stock, and learning from all departments in order to gain knowledge and progress with my apprenticeship and qualifications from September 2009 - September 2011
  • Attended college 1 day a week progressing and completing my Apprenticeship qualifications from September 2009 - September 2011
  • September 2011 - September 2012 I was placed on shift full time in order to gain extra experience and finalise my apprenticeship
  • During my apprenticeship I carried out and passed multiple yearly progress tests, I also completed a log book portfolio, detailing a wide variety of tasks I had carried out and crossed referenced the key points to meet certain criteria
  • I fully completed my apprenticeship in September 2012 including passing my end test and my final interview

Education

IOSH managing safely rail 5.0 - Risk Assessment

SHEilds Ltd
Yorkshire
03.2025 - 04.2025

Team leader or Supervisor level 3 Apprenticeship -

Institute for Apprenticeships& Technical Education
07.2023 - 07.2024

First Aid at Work - TLM level 3 award - first Aid

OFQUAL
05.2024 - 05.2024

Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering - Engineering

Semta
09.2008 - 09.2012

Training Certificate - Electrical & Mechanical Train Maintainer

Hornsey Train servicing Depot
Hornsey, Haringey
09.2008 - 09.2012

BTEC Higher National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering Level 4

Oaklands College
Welwyn Garden City, Hertfordshire
07.2011 - 07.2012

BTEC National Certificate - Operations and Maintenance Engineering Level 3

Newham College of Further Education
Stratford, Newham
09.2008 - 07.2010

NVQ Level 3 - Engineering Maintenance

Newham College of Further Education
Stratford, Newham
09.2008 - 09.2010

Skills

  • Leadership proficiency
  • High level of rolling stock knowledge
  • Proficient at working in a team
  • Confident decision maker
  • Task prioritising
  • Approachable personality
  • Proficient at working under pressure
  • High level of engineering knowledge

References

References available upon request.

Timeline

IOSH managing safely rail 5.0 - Risk Assessment

SHEilds Ltd
03.2025 - 04.2025

First Aid at Work - TLM level 3 award - first Aid

OFQUAL
05.2024 - 05.2024

Team leader or Supervisor level 3 Apprenticeship -

Institute for Apprenticeships& Technical Education
07.2023 - 07.2024

Senior Cover Team Leader/Train Maintainer

Govia Thameslink Railway
09.2021 - Current

Cover Team Leader/Train Maintainer

Govia Thameslink Railway
09.2017 - 09.2021

Train Maintainer

First Capital Connect / Govia Thameslink Railway
09.2012 - 09.2017

BTEC Higher National Diploma - Mechanical Engineering Level 4

Oaklands College
07.2011 - 07.2012

Railway engineering apprentice

First Capital Connect
09.2008 - 09.2012

Advanced Level Apprenticeship in Engineering - Engineering

Semta
09.2008 - 09.2012

Training Certificate - Electrical & Mechanical Train Maintainer

Hornsey Train servicing Depot
09.2008 - 09.2012

BTEC National Certificate - Operations and Maintenance Engineering Level 3

Newham College of Further Education
09.2008 - 07.2010

NVQ Level 3 - Engineering Maintenance

Newham College of Further Education
09.2008 - 09.2010
Charlie Hurry