Maintenance Technician – Mechanical Engineer (AWDO-P3148)

Maintenance Technician / Mechanical Engineer with excellent engineering, troubleshooting and machine / equipment repair skills required for a Global Company based in Sidcup, South East London.

SALARY: Negotiable + Bonuses + Benefits

** Excellent Career Development Opportunities Available **

KEY REQUIREMENTS: Candidates will come from an Electrical and / or Mechanical Engineering Background with experience working with heavy duty machinery within a factory or manufacturing setting.

JOB OVERVIEW

We have a fantastic new job opportunity for a Maintenance Technician / Mechanical Engineer that has excellent engineering, troubleshooting and machine / equipment repair skills.

Working as the Maintenance Technician / Mechanical Engineer you will join the team at the Sidcup Base on a full-time permanent basis.

As the Maintenance Technician / Mechanical Engineer you will be required to work 40 hours per week and will be responsible for the day-to-day maintenance activities within the plant to keep downtime to a minimum using preventive and reactive maintenance procedures in line with site specific maintenance schedules.

As a successful applicant you will have a great opportunity to join this Company that can offer excellent career development opportunities for the right candidate.

APPLY TODAY

If this job looks like your ideal position then please send in your CV as soon as possible for our Recruitment Team to review.

DUTIES

Your duties and responsibilities as the Maintenance Technician / Mechanical Engineer:

• Provide first line breakdown / defect repairs and or support to Shift Supervisors, acting immediately and effectively to minimise the loss of plant availability

• Closely monitor the safe running of the plant and report to the Supervisor or Manager any engineering concerns

• Inspect, co-ordinate and maintain the plant maintenance documentation in conjunction with the Plant Manager

• Prepare and co-ordinate the inspection, and effect repairs if required, to all statutory and non-statutory testing actions required to plant and equipment in conjunction with the Manager

• Review and update where required or as and when necessary site maintenance procedures

• Ensure pending unsafe conditions are noted and reported to the Plant Manager

• Maintain the workshop area and subsequent spares availability to ensure minimum downtime

• Provide the Plant Manager with appropriate stock lists as and when required for audit purposes

• Be involved with the "out of hours" engineering support group, in providing frontline maintenance support both communicably and physically when required

• Liaise with Plant Manager on improvements initiatives for company equipment

• Complete maintenance logs in line with company BMS System

• Stand in for the Shift Supervisor in their absence, if required

IDEAL CANDIDATE REQUIREMENTS

• Minimum requirement formal qualification in Mechanical Engineering (e.g. City & Guilds or equivalent)

• An Electrical and / or Mechanical Engineering Background with experience working with heavy duty machinery within a factory or manufacturing setting

• Hydraulics maintenance / fault finding

• Working Knowledge of Steam systems on a waste to energy plant

• Pneumatics

• Welding MMA/MIG

• Oxy/propane cutting

• Electrical fault finding experience (desirable)

• 16th/17th Edition Electrical Qualification (desirable)

• FLT Licence

• Heavy Industrial plant Experience (desirable)

• A willingness to develop in the role

HOW TO APPLY

To be considered for this job vacancy, please submit your CV to our Recruitment Team who will review your details. CV’s of Job Applicants meeting this requirement will be submitted to our Client for consideration. By submitting your job application to us you are hereby giving us your express consent to submit your details to our Client for this purpose.

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