Mechanical Technician

H9 Technical Recruitment are hiring for a Mechanical Technician to work at our clients EfW plant in Oxfordshire to be responsible for the planning and execution of mechanical maintenance work across the site to ensure minimum downtime.

Role and Responsibilities:

• Fault finding, repair work and planned & reactive maintenance on a wide range of mechanical plant equipment including pumps, valves, gearboxes, conveyors
• Assisting with outage planning and coordination
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records using the CMMS
• Providing technical support to the operations team when required
• Working alongside other Technicians and Engineers with regards to plant projects and upgrades
• Managing contractors when required

Education and Experience:

• Relevant engineering qualification at NVQ/ONC/ level 3 ideally in mechanical engineering or similar
• Minimum of 2 years of post-apprenticeship experience working in a hands-on maintenance or servicing roles across a heavy process industry e.g. power station, chemical plant, paper mill, pharmaceutical or manufacturing site
• Experience carrying out maintenance and repair work on pumps, valves, gearboxes, and other rotating machinery
• Experience using a CMMS (computerise maintenance management system)
• Some basic welding/fabrication skills would be desirable
• Ideally experience managing and directing contractors
• Experience using a CMMS (computerise maintenance management system)