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Maintenance Technician
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Astute’s Power Team Recruitment for Waste Management Company
Astute’s Power Team are working with a leading Waste Management company to recruit a multi-skilled maintenance technician to join a recycling process facility in Wrexham.
Role Overview
As a Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across both mechanical and electrical equipment.
Shift Schedule
This role covers a 2 shift system working:
- 6am – 2pm
- 2pm – 10pm
Additionally, there is an extra 6 hours every other Saturday as overtime (6am -12pm).
Responsibilities And Duties
As the Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:
- Carrying out both reactive and planned maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment.
- Supporting with breakdown repairs to maximise plant availability.
- Carrying out plant inspections to ensure plant safety.
- Reporting and investigating breakdowns, incidents, damage and faults.
- Supporting with process improvement initiatives.
- Ensuring all work is in accordance with health, safety and environmental standards and compliance.
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Professional Qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:
- Ideally apprenticeship trained in an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field.
- Minimum Level 3 Engineering qualification.
- IOSH would be advantageous.
Personal Skills
The Maintenance Technician role would suit someone with:
- At least three years experience post apprenticeship.
- Hands on experience with electrical assets including PLC’s, drives, motors, inverters etc.
- Hands on experience with mechanical assets including conveyors, balers, trommels, belts, gearboxes etc.
- Competent with IT systems including maintenance systems (CMMS).
- Able to work mixture of early and late shifts and occasional weekend work.
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Salary And Benefits Of The Maintenance Technician Role
- Competitive basic salary
- Guaranteed overtime
- Quarterly bonus
- Full benefits (please ask for details)
Equal Opportunities
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government’s Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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