Mechanic
£38,220.69 per annum (depending on experience)
Responsibilities
As a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will play a vital role in maintaining and optimizing the reliability of our site’s operations. Working within a multi-disciplinary engineering team, you will be responsible for providing mechanical support to our production department, reporting directly to the Maintenance Manager. This role offers opportunities to work with the latest technologies in a dynamic and collaborative environment. Flexibility on start and finish times, where requested, are pre-requisites of this role and you may be required to work outside normal hours of employment and at weekends as the company considers necessary to meet the needs of the business.
Requirements
Key Responsibilities:
Maintenance and Repair Activities:
* Perform planned maintenance, inspections, and overhauls of plant equipment and site facilities.
* Respond to and resolve reactive maintenance issues to minimize downtime.
* Conduct testing, inspection, and reporting of plant conditions to ensure reliability.
* Undertake post-maintenance and post-installation proving of equipment prior to operational handover.
* Install and commission new equipment and make modifications to existing systems.
Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE):
* Comply with site SHE procedures, proactively identify improvement opportunities, and promote a positive safety culture.
* Conduct risk assessments for routine and non-routine activities, ensuring safety is a priority.
* Support and encourage SHE compliance among colleagues and contractors.
Collaboration and Communication:
* Coordinate with other trades and support functions to complete tasks efficiently.
* Use computerized and paper-based systems to record maintenance history and ensure task continuity.
* Communicate effectively with colleagues across departments to set priorities and meet deadlines.
Continuous Improvement and Development:
* Share and develop skills across multiple disciplines to enhance team performance.
* Stay proactive in developing knowledge and skills to meet the evolving needs of the business.
* Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering practices and processes.
General Duties:
* Maintain high housekeeping standards within the workshop and across the site.
* Ensure compliance with the site quality management system and assist in quality checks and calibrations.
* Use of FLT and MEWP as required.
Essential Qualifications and Experience:
* HNC/HND in a relevant mechanical engineering discipline (or working towards).
* Experience of working in a manufacturing environment.
* NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering.
* Time-served mechanical apprenticeship.
* Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other computer systems.
* Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
* Ability to undertake certified confined space entry tasks as required.
Desirable Experience:
* Maintenance of hydraulic, pneumatic, and rotating equipment.
* Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
* Familiarity with continuous improvement initiatives such as lean manufacturing or Six Sigma.
Our Plus
In the ALTANA Group, you will work in a unique culture of innovation where the utmost importance is attached to promoting individual ideas and abilities as well as open, trusting interaction.
BYK Additives UK Ltd offers you a lot of advantages. They include the opportunity to work within a dynamic team in a successful business, a competitive salary and benefits package, participation in site bonus scheme and the company pension scheme after a qualifying period, generous annual holiday entitlement, as well as excellent development opportunities.
We invite you to get to know us better and to discover your own personal special side of life. Please send us your application, preferably via our job market www.altana.jobs. For further information, please contact:
Marilyn Sedman, HR Advisor, BYK Additives Ltd. Tel +44 (0) 151 495 9982.
For further information on the company, visit our website at www.byk.com.
ALTANA AG and its subsidiaries is an equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, religion, color, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, age, status as a protected veteran, among other things, or status as a qualified individual with disability.
Job number: AW00289
Legal entity: BYK Additives Ltd. (UK)
Location:
Area of operations: Betriebstechnik / Instandhaltung
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