Mechanical Technician

Astute's Power Team are working with one of the country's leading Waste Management companies and supporting the recruitment of their newest Energy from Waste facility. The Lostock Sustainable Energy Plant is currently under construction, and when complete will be exporting 70MW of electricity to the grid, processing circa 600,000 tonnes of waste per year.

We are looking for a Mechanical Technician to join the Maintenance Team of this exciting project. As a Mechanical Technician, you'll be responsible for carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance across a variety of critical Mechanical assets. You'll also be involved with supporting commissioning activities and working towards the plants operational handover.

If you're interested and have the right skillset then please apply.

Responsibilities and duties of the Mechanical Technician role:
Reporting directly to the Mechanical Team Leader, as a Mechanical Technician, you will be responsible for:

• Fault finding and maintaining mechanical assets including boilers, turbines, pumps, valves, compressors, conveyors, gearboxes etc.
• Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices.
• To ensure compliance with the pressure regulations and lifting gear inspection requirements.
• Involved in continuous improvement activities, plant inspections and fault investigation work.
• Assisting in plant developments and projects.
• Supervising and setting to work on site contractors.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the site CMMS.
• Assist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination.
• To ensure the availability of plant spares.

Professional qualifications
We are looking for someone with the following:

• A recognised qualification in Mechanical engineering at Level 3 (C&G, ONC, NVQ, SVQ) level or higher; other qualifications below this will be considered with extensive experience
• Ideally qualified with an IOSH or equivalent with an appreciation of workplace Health & Safety including knowledge of Safe Systems of Work, LOTO, Isolations, SOP's, RAMS would also be considered.
• Recognised Mechanical Maintenance Apprenticeship.

Personal skills
The Mechanical Technician role would suit someone who has:

• At least three years hands on maintenance experience.
• Familiar with Health & Safety Regulations such as LOLER, PUWER & PSSR.
• Hands on experience with a range of equipment including boilers, turbines, pumps, valves, compressors, conveyors, gearboxes etc.
• Practical knowledge of process plant and equipment gained in an industry such as Power Generation, Petrochemical or Oil & Gas etc. Marine Engineers from Merchant Fleet or Royal Navy will be considered.
• Involvement in plant mobilisation and commissioning is desirable but not essential.

Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Technician role

• A competitive salary
• Site bonus up to 12%
• Overtime
• A contributory pension
• Opportunity to work on one of the newest Energy from Waste plants in the UK

INDPOW

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.