Security before all!
Luc, age 25, is a maintenance foreman for the metro’s rolling stock. In other words, Luc is responsible for one of our train repair centres – in this case the one for line M5, which handles short repair operations. His mission? To get the trains back on track as quickly as possible, following a breakdown or other incident.
One imperative: always guarantee railway safety – and of course, the safety of our staff as well!
What is Luc’s daily routine like? “When I arrive, I begin by organising my work load,” he explains. First he contacts the Operations division for information about the status of the equipment – that is to say, any breakdowns or problems that have been flagged by the conductors. Luc is then able to make a list of priorities.
In this profession, we work in tandem with a technician. We are confronted with a variety of tasks and we must be versatile, with skills in electrical and mechanical engineering, and in electro-pneumatics.
Luc is likewise responsible for managing product flows in the centre’s storage room. We also find him behind his computer, which he uses to make daily reports both on train breakdowns and the details concerning the interventions that have been carried out.
Rigor, responsiveness and autonomy
If a repair is too difficult for the repair centre to carry out, Luc arranges for the train to be transferred to one of our maintenance depots. He also works regularly in the depot himself, since maintenance foremen alternate between working in the repair centres and the maintenance depots. Luc’s mission in the maintenance depot is more management oriented, and he is sometimes called upon to replace one of our supervisors.
In conclusion?
Maintenance itself might be entirely invisible to most passengers, but without our interventions, the metro wouldn’t run!
