Asset Care Technician

Morgan Ryder Associates; Manchester; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency in Manchester is seeking an Asset Care Technician to focus on reliability and maintenance. You will carry out preventative maintenance, diagnose equipment failures, and ensure operational efficiency. The role offers a competitive salary of £51,300, with paid overtime and opportunities for career development.

Benefits

Paid overtime

Excellent training opportunities

Latest technology at the flagship site

Qualifications

• Experience in maintenance within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong fault-finding, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills.
• A team player with resilience to support transformation.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance.
• Diagnose equipment failures and reduce downtime.
• Support the continuous improvement culture.

Skills

Mechanical engineering skills

Fault-finding and problem-solving

Knowledge of modern maintenance techniques

Education

Min NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

Overview

Asset Care Technician — Days (Mon- Fri, 8 Hour Shift). Competitive Salary + Paid Overtime + Pension 4.5% match.

The Role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager and working as part of the Day Shift Team, your role will focus on asset care and reliability.

Key Tasks

• Carry out planned and preventative maintenance using mechanical engineering skill set.
• Use modern techniques to diagnose equipment failures, implement robust countermeasures and reduce downtime.
• Support the continuous improvement culture and failure analysis agenda to reduce downtime by analysing CMMS data to develop action plans.
• Lead problem solving sessions using RCA methodology.
• Ensure maintenance schedules are updated with learnings from equipment failures to minimise plant downtime.
• Work closely with production and engineering colleagues to improve efficiency and reliability.
• Contribute to the site\'s proactive maintenance culture and support knowledge sharing within the team.

What We\'re Looking For

• Time-served Engineer with a Mechanical bias.
• Min NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering or related discipline.
• Experience in maintenance within a fast-paced manufacturing environment (ideally FMCG).
• Strong fault-finding, problem-solving, and diagnostic skills.
• Knowledge of modern maintenance techniques, TPM, RCA, RCM, MTBF, MTTR.
• A team player with the flexibility, drive, and resilience to support a major transformation journey.

What\u2019s in it for you?

• Basic salary of £51,300, Paid overtime x1.5 / x2.
• Excellent training and career development opportunities.
• The chance to work with the latest technology at the flagship site following investment.
• Be part of a business that values innovation, sustainability and long-term growth.

Apply and About Morgan Ryder

• Apply Now to be considered!
• At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.
• We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Defence Equipment, Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Our commitment: Equal opportunities are important to us. We believe that diversity and inclusion at Morgan Ryder Associates are critical to our success as a DE&I positive company, so we want to recruit, develop, and keep the best talent. We encourage applications from everyone, regardless of background, gender identity, sexual orientation, disability status, ethnicity, belief, age, family or parental status, and any other characteristic.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes.