Granulator Technician - Maintenance & Reliability Expert

Kingston Barnes Ltd; Bridgwater; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free on-site parking

Health Care Cash Plan (Medicash)

Life Assurance

Pension contribution

Job summary

Kingston Barnes Ltd is seeking a hands-on Granulator Technician to join a busy manufacturing environment in Bridgwater. You will maintain, service, fault-find and continuously improve PET granulation equipment to maximise reliability and production up-time.

The role requires strong mechanical maintenance skills, knowledge of bearings, gearboxes and drive systems, plus experience with CMMS and proactive maintenance practices.

Qualifications

• Experience servicing industrial granulators.
• Strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding skills.
• Experience with bearings, gearboxes, drive systems and rotating machinery.
• Experience with planned preventive maintenance and CMMS systems.
• Strong problem-solving and root cause analysis skills.

Responsibilities

• Servicing, maintaining, overhauling and repairing industrial granulators.
• Providing first-response engineering support for granulator breakdowns.
• Diagnosing and repairing mechanical, electrical and operational faults.
• Carrying out planned preventative maintenance and condition monitoring.
• Replacing and setting granulator knives, screens, bearings, gearboxes and drive systems.
• Carrying out machine strip-downs, rebuilds and commissioning.
• Fault-finding on rotating machinery and associated equipment.
• Supporting root cause analysis and continuous improvement activities.
• Monitoring equipment reliability, efficiency and product quality.
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records through the site's CMMS.
• Liaising with OEMs and technical suppliers when specialist support is required.
• Supporting 5S, Operational Excellence and Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Maintaining high standards of health and safety at all times.
• Sharing technical knowledge and providing on-the-job coaching to colleagues.

Skills

Granulator technician

Fault finding

Mechanical maintenance

CMMS

Problem solving

Education

Mechanical/engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Kingston Barnes Ltd is seeking a hands-on Granulator Technician to join a busy manufacturing environment in Bridgwater. You will maintain, service, fault-find and continuously improve PET granulation equipment to maximise reliability and production up-time.

The role requires strong mechanical maintenance skills, knowledge of bearings, gearboxes and drive systems, plus experience with CMMS and proactive maintenance practices.