Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Location Larne
Discipline: Manufacturing & Production
Job type: Full time
Salary: £17.00 Per Hour
Job ref: J111098
Published: 12 days ago

Our client, Kilwaughter, a privately-owned business with a rich heritage, created around the quarry in Northern Ireland are seeking an Electrical Maintenance Technician to join their team.

Pay Rate: £17.00 Per Hour

Hours Per Week: 39 hours

Working Hours: Monday to Friday, Day shift, early finish on Friday

Job Type: Permanent

Job Criteria:

- A 3rd level qualification in Engineering or similar

- HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, and/or time served Mechanical background

- A minimum of 3 years’ experience gained in a manufacturing environment, or similar role

- Experience working with servicing, repairs and maintenance of plant machinery

- Knowledge of current H&S legislation

- Root cause analysis & fault-finding experience on automated machinery & electrical systems

- Ability to read, interpret and apply information from files, electrical drawings, catalogues, reports, and manuals

- Excellent analytical and problem-solving skills

- Excellent attention to detail, organisational, planning and prioritising ability

- Evidence of delivering and maintaining a continuous improvement culture

- Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to work with a broad range of stakeholders

- Ability to mobilise urgency and determination

- Strong influencing skills with ability to influence upwards, downwards and laterally

- Computer literate with Microsoft Office suite

- Able to work flexible hours as required

- Able to work an on-call rota

- Able to work away from home if required

- Possess a full current driving licence

Desirable:

- Control & Automaton systems experience

- Inverter drives, HMIs, and PLCs (preferably Siemens)

- Mechanical drive systems

- Pneumatic and hydraulic systems

- LEAN methodologies experience

Job Duties:

- Take responsibility for health, safety, and well-being to deliver a safety-first culture

- Bring a root cause-based mindset and culture to deliver high quality solutions

- Undertake repairs, servicing, and maintenance of a wide range of production plant and machinery to the highest standard with work requests and pre-determine specifications

- Design, promote and carry out preventative maintenance

- Fault finding, testing and the removal or adjustment of existing fittings, fixtures, and parts

- Assist the Maintenance Engineer to ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained for all spare part lists and ensure that all necessary records are completed accurately.

- Adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems.

- Maintain collaborative working practices, building strong relationships with all internal stakeholders. Work closely with Production to prioritise daily workload and plant maintenance

- Manage breakdowns with urgency to minimise downtime, working outside of core hours, unprompted with the wider team where valuable to do so

- Own a high-quality preventative maintenance schedule to reduce downtime, and achieve optimal levels of capacity and efficiency

- Have the ability and confidence to make pragmatic decisions using knowledge, experience and judgement

- Demonstrate resiliency and ambition to build and drive long term engineering excellence

- Act as an ambassador for our company values and adhere to all company policies and procedures

Job Benefits:

- Non-Discretionary Bonus Scheme

- 31 Days Holiday increasing with Length of Service

- Employer Contribution Salary Sacrifice Pension Scheme increasing with Length of Service

- Private Medical Insurance with Axa and an EAP Scheme

- Holiday Purchase Scheme

- Retail Discounts Portal

- Tech Scheme / Cycle to work Scheme

Additional Information:

This Mechanical Maintenance Technician position is in Larne, Northern Ireland

If you are interested in this role, please forward your CV through to Danielle.Mcfall@industrialtemps.com or call our Ballymena office on 02825420140 ask for

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