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Mechanical Technician
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Mechanical Technician
Application Deadline: 23 October 2026
Department: Engineering & Maintenance
Employment Type: Permanent - Full Time
Location: Saltend Chemicals Park
Description
Our Business
Px PEOPLE, their commitment to excellence, innovation, and teamwork, are the reason for Px Group’s continuing growth and success story. We aim to be the elite provider of operations management, engineering services, and energy management solutions in high hazard, highly regulated industries nationally and as we grow, across Europe and globally. For more information, visit www.pxlimited.com.
In the UK, we own, operate, and are significantly developing the 370-acre top-tier COMAH site Saltend Chemicals Park (SCP). With a cluster of world-class chemicals and renewable energy businesses, it’s strategically positioned on the UK’s busiest ports complex and at the forefront of our energy transition plans.
The Opportunity
We are now recruiting for a Mechanical Technician.
The Mechanical Technician will work as part of the efficient, effective, Saltend Chemicals Park multi-disciplinary technician team, completing maintenance activities, breakdown support, installation works, and engineering support for activities on equipment and work for Px, customers, and clients.
You’ll be supported with personalized on-the-job training, coaching, mentoring, and twice-yearly development and performance reviews to help maintain and develop your contributions and competence.
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Key Responsibilities
- Complete all assigned tasks to the required SHEQ and business standards & times including but not limited to investigation, troubleshooting, planned repair scopes, preventative and predictive maintenance, equipment installation, and projects.
- Complete high-quality job reporting through CMMS failure reporting, maintenance issue notifications, lessons learned (particularly on repeatable tasks such as PM’s), and feedback to appropriate persons.
- Assist other team members in identifying, specifying, and actioning spares purchase requisitions.
- Complete workplace safety and condition audits as required.
- Produce and contribute to maintenance procedures, work plans, project scoping documents, and contractor work scopes.
- Supervise contractor personnel, ensuring work is technically correct and meets site SHEQ procedures.
- Work alongside other members of the Engineering and Maintenance/Operations Team to review method statements, risk assessments, and other required safety documentation for fitness for purpose.
- Understand and apply current standards and legislation, including PSSR, DSEAR, HASAWA, LOLER.
- Assist the Operations team with out-of-hours call-out technical support.
Minimum Requirements
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- Have an NVQ L3 or equivalent mechanical qualification or time-served mechanical apprenticeship.
- Have experience working in a 24/7 industrial process completing mechanical investigations, troubleshooting, planned repairs, predictive & preventative maintenance, equipment installation, fault finding.
- Experience working at height, with rotating equipment, valves, and pipework.
- Understand engineering drawings & P&ID’s.
- Be able to use CMMS systems to complete reporting, trending, improvements, identification, specification, and purchase requisition of spares.
- Have experience with safe, systems of work: reviewing RAMS & other safety documentation.
What you will receive from us
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
- Contribution towards eye test and glasses
- Online company discount benefits site including cinema tickets and gym membership discount
- Long Service Awards
- Employee recognition scheme – ELITE Awards
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Flexible Benefits Package
- Onsite parking
We are committed to equality of opportunity for all staff and applications from individuals are encouraged regardless of age, disability, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, and marriage and civil partnerships.
Please note this role may close early or be extended depending on the volume of applications.
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