Maintenance Technician

Astute People; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 29,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive basic salary

Guaranteed overtime

Quarterly bonus

Full benefits

Job summary

Astute People is recruiting a Maintenance Technician for a recycling process facility in Wrexham on a two-shift system (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm) with occasional overtime on Saturdays. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on electrical and mechanical equipment, including PLCs, drives, motors, and conveyors.

You will inspect plant safety, investigate faults, support downtime improvements, and ensure compliance with health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Ideally apprenticeship trained in an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field.
• Minimum Level 3 Engineering qualification
• IOSH would be advantageous

Responsibilities

• Carry out reactive and planned maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Support breakdown repairs to maximise plant availability.
• Carry out plant inspections to ensure plant safety.
• Report and investigate breakdowns, incidents, damage and faults.
• Support process improvement initiatives.
• Ensure all work complies with health, safety and environmental standards.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

PLC

VFDs & inverters

Conveyors & gearboxes

CMMS

Teamwork

Problem solving

Education

Level 3 Engineering qualification

Apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering

IOSH (advantageous)

Tools

CMMS software

PLC programming

Job description

Astute's Power Team are working with a leading Waste Management company to recruit a multi-skilled maintenance technician to join a recycling process facility in Wrexham. As a Maintenance Technician you will be responsible for both planned and reactive maintenance across both mechanical and electrical equipment. This role covers a 2 shift system working 6am - 2pm or 2pm - 10pm with an additional 6 hours every other Saturday as overtime (6am -12pm).

Responsibilities and duties:

• Carrying out both reactive and planned maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment.
• Supporting with breakdown repairs to maximise plant availability.
• Carrying out plant inspections to ensure plant safety.
• Reporting and investigating breakdowns, incidents, damage and faults.
• Supporting with process improvement initiatives.
• Ensuring all work is in accordance with health, safety and environmental standards and compliance.

Professional qualifications

• Ideally apprenticeship trained in an Electrical or Mechanical Engineering field.
• Minimum Level 3 Engineering qualification
• IOSH would be advantageous

Personal skills

• At least three years experience post apprenticeship
• Hands on experience with electrical assets including PLC's, drives, motors, inverters etc
• Hands on experience with mechanical assets including conveyors, balers, trommels, belts, gearboxes etc
• Competent with IT systems including maintenance systems (CMMS)
• Able to work mixture of early and late shifts and occasional weekend work

Salary and benefits of the Maintenance Technician role

• Competitive basic salary
• Guaranteed overtime
• Quarterly bonus
• Full benefits (please ask for details)

Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation. We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK. Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative. We endeavour to get back to everyone, however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful