Maintenance Fitter - Deeside, UK

Salamander Solutions; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Salamander Solutions Ltd in Deeside, North Wales, is seeking a skilled Maintenance Fitter to maintain and repair industrial machinery on-site. The role focuses on reducing downtime and costs through preventative and reactive maintenance within a production environment.

You will manage asset registers, plan maintenance schedules, and work closely with the production team to ensure safe configuration of equipment for upcoming production activities.

Qualifications

• Time-served in a relevant discipline.
• Qualification in a mechanical maintenance field (City and Guilds/NVQ/ONC).
• 10+ years of relevant maintenance/repair experience in manufacturing.

Responsibilities

• Support production by ensuring the manufacturing plant is well maintained and operational.
• Create an asset register and implement a preventative maintenance program to minimise unplanned downtime and ensure equipment is configured safely for upcoming production activities; keep detailed records.
• Take ownership of all assigned work, using initiative and problem-solving to complete within constraints.
• Work with production to plan maintenance scheduling and plant shutdowns.
• Manage all critical and non-critical spares, their sourcing and cataloguing.

Skills

Communication skills

Reading engineering drawings

Troubleshooting

Education

City and Guilds/NVQ/ONC in mechanical maintenance

Job description

Salamander Solutions Ltd is a global manufacturer of heater cable systems for the oil industry and is seeking a skilled and experienced Maintenance Fitter to join our Deeside team, North Wales. The successful candidate will be responsible for the maintenance, repair, and setup of industrial machinery. You will drive a reduction in downtime while reducing costs incurred through breakdowns, by applying your previous experience of preventative and reactive maintenance.

This position requires on-site presence in Deeside, UK

Essential Job Duties and Responsibilities:

• Reporting to Production Supervisor, you will support the production team by ensuring that manufacturing plant is kept well maintained and operational.
• Create an asset register and implement a preventative maintenance program to ensure unplanned downtime is minimised and ensuring that equipment is configured safely and correctly for upcoming production activities. Keep detailed records.
• Take ownership of all assigned work and use own initiative and problem-solving skills to bring completion within the constraints set out.
• Work closely with production team to plan maintenance scheduling and plant shutdowns.
• Responsible for all critical and non-critical spares, their sourcing and cataloguing.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Time-served in a relevant discipline.

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:

• A recognised qualification in a mechanical maintenance field (e.g. City and Guilds, NVQ, ONC).
• 10+ years of relevant experience in roles responsible for the maintenance and repair of manufacturing equipment in a production environment.
• Experience troubleshooting, maintenance, bearings, mechanical seals, lubrication systems, motors, gearboxes, and heat exchangers,
• Proficient in modern IT systems including the use of MS Office, the successful candidate will also have excellent spoken and written communication skills.
• The ability to read and interpret technical documentation such as engineering drawing, procedures, method statements, risk assessments.