Mechanical Technician

Location: Paull

Mechanical Technician

The Role

An opportunity has arisen for an experienced Mechanical Technician to join a multidisciplinary maintenance team supporting a major Upper Tier COMAH manufacturing facility. You will play a key role in maintaining the reliability, integrity and availability of critical plant equipment through planned, preventative and reactive maintenance activities.

Working both independently and as part of a collaborative engineering team, you will be responsible for fault finding, equipment repairs, installations and continuous improvement initiatives, ensuring all work is completed safely, efficiently and to the highest quality standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Carry out planned, preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance across site assets.

• Diagnose equipment faults, investigate failures and complete repairs within agreed timescales.

• Install, commission and modify mechanical equipment as required.

• Ensure all work is completed safely, in accordance with site procedures, permit-to-work systems and company safety standards.

• Stop work and seek guidance where safety or technical concerns exist.

• Carry out mechanical maintenance activities in line with your core trade competence.

• Undertake additional tasks where appropriately trained, including lifting and slinging, pipe fitting and other multi-skilled activities.

• Support the development of multi-skilled competencies and achieve Building Craftsman status where required.

• Complete accurate maintenance reporting, including SAP notifications, work order feedback and failure reporting.

• Provide feedback to improve preventative maintenance plans, equipment records and maintenance processes.

• Raise equipment registration requests following modifications or changes to plant assets.

• Assist with identifying, specifying and sourcing spare parts required for maintenance activities.

• Raise notifications for maintenance defects identified during routine plant inspections.

• Record working time accurately against maintenance orders.

• Carry out workplace safety and condition audits.

• Contribute to continuous improvement initiatives to enhance plant reliability, maintenance quality and operational efficiency.

• Support contractors and specialist service providers working on site, ensuring work is completed safely and efficiently.

• Provide guidance and on-the-job coaching to apprentices, less experienced technicians and contractors where required.

• Participate in the site's out-of-hours call-out rota to support operational requirements.

Experience & Qualifications

Essential

• Recognised Mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent.

• City & Guilds, NVQ Level 3, ONC or HNC in a Mechanical Engineering discipline.

• Previous mechanical maintenance experience within petrochemical, chemical, COMAH or other heavy process manufacturing environments.

• Experience carrying out planned, preventative and breakdown maintenance on industrial plant equipment.

• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.

• Experience working safely within Permit to Work and Safe Systems of Work environments.

• Good understanding of maintenance management systems, ideally SAP.

• Competent in Microsoft Office applications.

• Ability to work independently with minimal supervision while contributing effectively within a team.

• Strong communication and organisational skills.

• Demonstrable commitment to health, safety and continuous improvement.

Desirable

• Experience working within Upper Tier COMAH facilities.

• Lifting and slinging competence.

• Pipe fitting experience.

• Experience supporting shutdowns and major maintenance activities.

• Previous experience mentoring apprentices or supervising contractors.

• Knowledge of reliability-centred maintenance and preventative maintenance improvement techniques.

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