Multi-Skilled Engineer (Mechanical Bias

Position: Multi-Skilled Engineer (Mechanical Bias)
What you'll bring to the team

Are you a mechanically biased engineer looking to apply your skills in a role that's anything but ordinary? Join the engineering team at Chessington World of Adventures and help maintain some of the UK's most exciting rides and attractions.

Using your expertise in mechanical maintenance, inspections, fault-finding and repairs, as a Multi-Skilled Engineer you'll work on ride vehicles, braking systems, pneumatic equipment and complex attraction systems in a safety-critical  return, you'll enjoy a competitive salary, a discretionary bonus, Merlin Annual Passes, 40% off LEGO, ongoing development opportunities and so much more.

About the Role As a Multi-Skilled Engineer, you'll play a vital role in maintaining the safety, reliability and performance of Chessington's rides and attractions. Working as part of a skilled engineering team, you'll carry out inspections, planned preventative maintenance, diagnostics and repairs across a wide range of mechanical and electro-mechanical equipment.

From rebuilding ride vehicles and mechanical brake assemblies to maintaining pneumatic systems and supporting annual maintenance programmes, you'll be involved in a diverse range of engineering activities throughout the year. During the operational season, you'll focus on keeping attractions running safely and efficiently, while the closed season provides opportunities to support major overhauls, refurbishment projects and continuous improvement initiatives.

Whether your experience comes from manufacturing, automotive, rail, aerospace, marine, facilities or another engineering environment, this role offers the chance to develop specialist skills on unique equipment while contributing to memorable experiences for millions of guests

Responsibilities

Responsibilities in this position will change dependent on CWOA’s operational season and please be aware that some of these responsibilities would be undertaken lising PPM task plans to carry out daily safety critical inspections upon rides, vehicles and other attractions. Reactive maintenance and repairs, tracked through work order creation and completion. Undertaking of preplanned maintenance, including but not limited to:
Strip down and rebuild of attraction vehicles, i.e. trains, cars, boats

Strip down and rebuild of mechanical brake assemblies

Strip down and resealing of pneumatic cylinders

Inspection of mechanical and electrical components

Adherence to safety practices and quality standards, such as HSG
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Diagnostics and preventative/predictive maintenance

Maintain accurate maintenance records, reports and logs in support of ongoing compliance metrics

Maintain good workshop standards utilising 5S / LEAN methodologies

Assist with auditing and ordering critical spare components for rides and attractions

Shift Patterns3 on, 2 off3 on, 2 off4 on, 1 off4 on, 2 off Qualifications & Experience An ONC, NVQ level 3 or BTEC equivalent gained through an Apprenticeship or college route in engineering

Post apprenticeship/qualification experience Inspection experience would be advantageous Full understanding of engineering-related statutory requirements such as COSHH

Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems of work

The ability to read and use engineering drawings

The ability to display problem solving and diagnostic skills

Previous work in a theme park environment is not essential, engineering experience gathered in other industries will be equally suitable

Have experience of using technical manuals, risk assessments and related documentation

Benefits

Pay RangeGBP 47,043.00/Yr.

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Chessington World of Adventures Resort