Maintenance Technician

December 26, 2024
£30000 - £30000
Urgent

Job Description

We are currently recruiting an Multi Skilled Maintenance operative to join our client in their Northern Scotland site, to provide, safe proactive as well as reactive maintenance.

Job description:

Ideally being based within easy travel of the Aberdeen and or Keith area as this one would be the base site, but short-term assistance with temporary accommodation could be available for 3 months of the probation period. Aspects of the role can occasionally be physically demanding due to maintaining heavy machinery and restricted access in certain conditions as such a reasonable level of physical fitness would be required

Hours of work to be flexible due to the nature of the roll dependant on requirements, but the norm being flexible 5 days in 7. Working approx. 152hrs usually dayshift i.e., 8am to 4pm flexible in a 4-week period.,

Purpose

  • To Ensure buildings and equipment function safely and at peak efficiency to maintain reliability and production capabilities
  • In the result of breakdowns to actively identify root cause and bring the equipment back into safe service as quickly as possible.
  • To actively seek and identify cost effective improvements to site assets and equipment, improving safety, efficiency and reliability

Key Responsibilities

  • Mainly looking after day-to-day maintenance of buildings and equipment including but not limited to process equipment across 4 sites
  • To ensure effective communication of information between sites and engineering Department
  • To diagnose faults and to test, repair and maintain Mechanical / Electrical equipment
  • To observe, recognise and report on machinery or component defects or symptoms of impending failure and provide CMMS data
  • Contact engineering support or OEM’s and other suppliers for technical support as and when required and expedite parts when not available on site
  • Working as the First Line Response Technician
  • Being part of the mobile engineering team to assist with larger reactive and maintenance issues and projects when required, on 4 sites, with occasional travel to central Scotland if required
  • Use and support CMMS programmes for workshops and stores
  • Continuous transfer of knowledge and best practice

Further Responsibilities / opportunities

  • Encourage and assist engineering-based projects
  • Support the Site roadmaps for Quality / H S / Engineering/ Autonomous maintenance.
  • Support improvement activities / events within facilities and engineering owned areas
  • Aware of how current performance impacts the bottom line
  • Health and safety of self and others

Skills and Experience

  • Driving Licence
  • Skilled tradesman / fitter / maintenance operative or (semi-skilled Fitter with a wealth of on-the-job experience willing to prove ability through demonstration)
  • Ideally with previous Mechanical or Electrical experience
  • Proven experience within a Mechanical, Electrical, Fabrication or plumbing environment
  • Good interpersonal and communication skills
  • Effective planner and organiser
  • Strong ability to make logical decisions that will resolve potential problems
  • Positive with a can do attitude
  • Ability to prioritise own workload to achieve operational and personal targets

Location