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Mechanical Technician
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Mechanical Technician
Mechanical Technician
An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mechanical Technician to join a multidisciplinary maintenance team supporting a major Upper Tier COMAH manufacturing facility. You will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, integrity, and availability of critical plant equipment through planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance activities.
Working both independently and as part of a collaborative engineering team, you will be responsible for fault-finding, equipment repairs, installations, and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently, and to the highest quality standards.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out planned, preventative, and reactive mechanical maintenance across site assets.
- Diagnose equipment faults, investigate failures, and complete repairs within agreed timescales.
- Install, commission, and modify mechanical equipment as required.
- Ensure all work is completed safely, in accordance with site procedures, permit-to-work systems, and company safety standards.
- Stop work and seek guidance where safety or technical concerns exist.
- Undertake mechanical maintenance activities in line with your core trade competence.
- Carry out additional tasks, where appropriately trained, including:
- Lifting and slinging
- Pipefitting
- Multi-skilled activities
- Support the development of multi-skilled competencies and achieve Building Craftsman status where required.
- Complete accurate maintenance reporting, including:
- SAP notifications
- Work order feedback
- Failure reporting
- Provide feedback to improve:
- Preventative maintenance plans
- Equipment records
- Maintenance processes
- Raise equipment registration requests following modifications or changes to plant assets.
- Assist with identifying, specifying, and sourcing spare parts required for maintenance activities.
- Raise notifications for maintenance defects identified during routine plant inspections.
- Record working time accurately against maintenance orders.
- Carry out workplace safety and condition audits.
- Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance:
- Plant reliability
- Maintenance quality
- Operational efficiency
- Support contractors and specialist service providers working on site, ensuring work is completed safely and efficiently.
- Provide guidance and on-the-job coaching to:
- Apprentices
- Less experienced technicians
- Contractors, where required.
- Participate in the site’s out-of-hours call-out rota to support operational requirements.
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Experience & Qualifications
Essential
- Recognised Mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent.
- City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3, ONC, or HNC in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.
- Previous mechanical maintenance experience within:
- Petrochemical, chemical, COMAH, or other heavy process manufacturing environments.
- Experience carrying out:
- Planned maintenance
- Preventative maintenance
- Breakdown maintenance on industrial plant equipment.
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working safely within Permit to Work and Safe Systems of Work environments.
- Good understanding of maintenance management systems, ideally SAP.
- Competent in Microsoft Office applications.
- Ability to work:
- Independently with minimal supervision
- Effectively within a team.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- Demonstrable commitment to health, safety, and continuous improvement.
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Desirable
- Experience working within Upper Tier COMAH facilities.
- Lifting and slinging competence.
- Pipefitting experience.
- Experience supporting:
- Shutdowns
- Major maintenance activities.
- Previous experience mentoring apprentices or supervising contractors.
- Knowledge of:
- Reliability-centred maintenance
- Preventative maintenance improvement techniques.
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