Mechanical Craftsman – Energy from Waste
Posted 7 days ago by 1764656380
Negotiable
Undetermined
Undetermined
Maidstone, Kent
Summary: Astute’s power team is seeking a Mechanical Technician / Mechanical Craftsperson for a permanent role at a large Energy from Waste plant in Kent, South East England. The position involves performing reactive and preventative maintenance on critical equipment, contributing to plant developments, and ensuring operational efficiency. The role offers a competitive salary along with bonuses, overtime, and a comprehensive benefits package.
Key Responsibilities:
- Fault finding and maintaining mechanical assets including pumps, gearboxes, valves, etc.
- Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices
- Assisting in plant developments and projects
- Supervising and setting to work on site contractors
- Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the site CMMS including creating work packs and reporting on works carried out
- Assist in outage planning, scheduling and coordination
- Ensure appropriate levels of stock / spares are available
- Involved in continuous improvement activities, plant inspections and fault investigation work
- Liaise with the operations team to ensure plant availability
- Taking part in emergency call outs / off duty cover.
Key Skills:
- A relevant technical qualification such as a C&G / NVQ / ONC / HNC in mechanical engineering or a similar discipline
- At least 5 years of hands-on maintenance experience with mechanical systems including steam systems, valves, pumps, rotating equipment, compressors, gearboxes, cranes etc
- Practical knowledge of process plant and equipment gained in a heavy engineering environment such as power generation, petrochemical, steel works, CHP plant, paper mill etc. Royal Navy Marine Engineers will also be considered.
Salary (Rate): undetermined
City: Maidstone
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Energy
| Astute’s power team are looking for a Mechanical Technician / Mechanical Craftsperson to a large Energy from Waste plant located in Kent, South East England. This plant can produce up to 45MW of Power by processing up to 550,000 tonnes of waste per year, usually destined for landfill.
As a Mechanical Craftsperson you’ll be responsible for all reactive & preventative maintenance across a variety of critical equipment including fluidised bed boilers, heat exchangers, conveyors, pumps, gearboxes and associated plant. This is a permanent position which is offering a competitive starting salary plus bonus, overtime, call out payments & benefits package. |
| Responsibilities and duties Reporting to the Maintenance Team Leader, as a Mechanical Technician you will be responsible for:
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| Professional qualifications We are looking for someone with the following:
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| Salary and benefits of the Mechanical Technician role What’s on offer for this exciting role:
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