Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Location: Lydney
Contract: Permanent
We are currently working with a client based in Lydney, who are looking for a skilled mechanical fitter that can provide preventative maintenance and help with mechanical breakdown service on machinery on-site.
This role operates on a day rota pattern, shifts may range from 8 to 12 hours, based on what is needed on-site. Working hours are Monday to Friday however you will be expected to work 1 weekend, every 5 weeks.
You will also be on a call rota 1 week in 5, for breakdown support during the evening or night.
Preventative maintenance will include:
- Transmission belt inspection, tensioning and changing,
- Inspection of bearings and couplings, alignment checking.
- Installation and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, refiners, paper machine rolls, agitators, fans.
- Removal and fitting of bearings and couplings.
- Repair and maintenance of all types of seals and packing's.
- Turning, milling and grinding of components.
- General fabrication work.
- Rigging and lifting of heavy equipment.
- Fault finding on, and repair of Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
- Repair of compressors and other ancillary equipment.
Role Responsibilities - Mechanical Maintenance Technician
- To ensure safety standards are maintained and safe working procedures are adhered to.
- Reporting any accidents and near misses, to improve the Occupational Safety of personnel
- Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
- Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
- To follow up all shift reports, SAP and other inspection reports detailing corrective actions
- Identifying failure modes of mechanical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
- Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
- To work under the rules of the Electrical and Mechanical safety systems, Issuing certificates / permits as and when required.
- To assess all engineering plant changes using the Management of Change (MOC) system.
- Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system (SAP) and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
- To liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.
An ideal candidate for the Mechanical Maintenance role would have:
- Strong Drive, Motivation and Commitment: the extent to which the individual is self starting and self motivated and the degree and consistency of energy / enthusiasm which is committed in the pursuit of objectives and business goals.
- The post holder should have good analytical skills and the ability to assimilate, organise and analyse pertinent information for logic based problem solving.
- Ability to meet deadlines.
- Able to communicate in clear concise manner, both in writing and orally
- Computer literate with practical experience of CMMS systems.
- A team worker, with a flexible approach to work.
- Customer and Quality Awareness
- Problem Solving and Decision Making
For more information on this role, please contact Charlie Boulton on 01453 852544 or send a copy of your CV to charlie.boulton@omegaresource.co.uk
Omega Resource Group is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.