Maintenance Technician

Air Liquide; Hull and East Yorkshire; On-site; GBP 36,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

Air Liquide's Energas division in the UK seeks a Maintenance Technician to ensure reliability of production plant and equipment. You will perform reactive and preventative maintenance on cryogenic pumps and gas filling systems, and collaborate with subcontractors to uphold safety, calibration, and certification records.

You will also manage small installation projects and may travel to other IPG locations to support engineers, requiring strong communication and initiative.

Qualifications

• 2+ years experience in Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with COMAH site processes is highly desirable.
• Knowledge of Pressure Safety Systems Regulations and written schemes.
• Technical knowledge in plant/process instrumentation, controls, and electrical/safety systems.
• Experience with Permit to Work systems, RAMS, and Management of Change procedures.
• Knowledge of cryogenic processes, compressors, and cooling systems is desirable.
• Strong communication skills and teamwork ability.
• Positive can-do attitude and initiative.
• Full clean driving license.

Responsibilities

• Execute routine and breakdown maintenance on cryogenic pumps and industrial gas filling systems per engineering best practices.
• Coordinate with production and subcontractors to schedule and perform on-time maintenance and minimize downtime.
• Manage local spare parts inventory to maintain productivity within budget.
• Participate in safety walks, risk assessments, and log statutory data in the CMMS.
• Collaborate with the Engineering Team to address obsolescence, propose upgrades, and support Capex processes.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

COMAH site experience

Pressure Safety Systems regulations

Instrumentation, controls, electrical,

Job description

Delivering Gas Solutions To The British Industry. Energas is a key part of the Air Liquide Group presence in the UK. Energas are a leading service provider of cylinder gases to a variety of industry sectors in the UK, delivering a local and personal service, combined with global quality products and expert technical support. Energas supply a comprehensive range of cylinder gases to suit the needs of industry from stock. All of our cylinder gases are available in a variety of sizes, ranging from small portable cylinders through to high capacity cylinder packs. For over 60 years we have provided the best industrial gas supply and service, we continue to strive to exceed our customer’s expectations every day. We pride ourselves on offering a responsive, high quality and local service.

How will you CONTRIBUTE and GROW? As a Maintenance Technician at Air Liquide, you will be responsible for ensuring the reliability of our production plant and equipment through hands‑on reactive and planned preventative maintenance. A core part of your role will be to uphold safety and quality standards by collaborating with subcontractors and design authorities on maintenance work. You'll also need to keep accurate records of equipment calibration and certification. In addition, you will have the opportunity to manage small installation projects and may occasionally travel to other IPG locations to support other engineers.

Your responsibilities will include:

• Execute routine and breakdown maintenance on cryogenic pumps and industrial packaged gas filling systems in line with engineering best practices.
• Working with the production team and sub-contractors to schedule and perform on‑time maintenance, minimizing downtime.
• Manage local spare parts inventory efficiently to maintain high productivity while staying within budget.
• Actively participate in safety walks and risk assessments Conduct daily, weekly, and monthly inspections, logging all statutory data and defects into the computer maintenance management system
• Collaborate with the wider Engineering Team to tackle equipment obsolescence, propose system upgrades, and provide data to support the Capex process.

Are you a MATCH?

• 2+ years experience in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience with processes on a COMAH site is highly desirable
• Knowledge of Pressure Safety Systems Regulations written schemes
• Technical knowledge in plant/process instrumentation, controls, and electrical and safety systems.
• Experience with Permit to Work systems, RAMS (Risk Assessments and Method Statements), and Management of Change procedures.
• Knowledge of cryogenic processes, compressors, and cooling systems is desirable but not essential.
• Strong communication skills with an ability to collaborate with different teams and people.
• A positive can- do attitude with an ability to use your own initiative and prioritise
• Full clean driving license.
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Our Differences make our Performance

At Air Liquide, we are committed to build a diverse and inclusive workplace that embraces the diversity of our employees, our customers, patients, community stakeholders and cultures across the world. We welcome and consider applications from all qualified applicants, regardless of their background.

We strongly believe a diverse organization opens up opportunities for people to express their talent, both individually and collectively and it helps foster our ability to innovate by living our fundamentals, acting for our success and creating an engaging environment in a changing world.

A world leader in gases, technologies and services for Industry and Health. Through the passion and diversity of its people, Air Liquide leverages energy and environment transition, changes in healthcare and digitization, and delivers greater value to all its stakeholders.

Join us for a stimulating experience: you’ll find a world of learning and development opportunities where inventiveness is at the heart of what we do, in an open, collaborative and respectful environment. Discover what your professional journey at Air Liquide could be here!