Maintenance Technician (Days)

Oxwash; South Marston; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 41,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading laundry service provider seeks a Maintenance Engineer to oversee the upkeep of equipment at their South Marston facility. You'll ensure operational efficiency through maintenance activities while supporting sustainability initiatives. Ideal candidates are qualified engineers with strong electrical and mechanical skills, passionate about innovation and teamwork. This role offers permanent contract, competitive salary, and a positive work environment focused on wellbeing and inclusion.

Benefits

31 days of holiday including bank holidays

Free mental health support

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Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and mechanical engineering is preferred.
• Familiarity with commercial laundry equipment and competency in troubleshooting.
• Ability to work in a highly automated environment.

Responsibilities

• Perform both proactive and reactive maintenance on machinery.
• Conduct regular servicing and planned preventative maintenance.
• Collaborate with external specialists for issue resolution.

Skills

Technical competency

Problem Solving

Collaboration

Attention to Detail

Education

Fully qualified engineer

Tools

PLC knowledge

Job description

Location: South Marston Industrial Estate

Salary: £35,000 - £40,425 per annum

Working Days / Hours: 4 on / 4 off (includes weekends on a rota basis) from 6:30am to 6:30pm (Days)

Contract: Permanent

About the Maintenance team in Oxwash - come and join the washing revolution!

Our mission at Oxwash is to eliminate the impact of textile care on our planet and its people. As a part of our fast-growing Maintenance team in Swindon, you will be based at our flagship site, Big Blue I - the world’s first industrial-sized facility, operating with Net-Zero emissions (Scopes 1 & 2).

In 2024 we bought exciting new equipment to the centre of our mission, including a 5-metre Tunnel Washer, a HydRO Water Reclamation System, and enhanced dryers, irons and folders. The Maintenance team will play an integral role in ensuring maximum uptime and efficiency of the equipment in a site that operates 24/7.

So, if you are looking for a new challenge in a highly innovative and ambitious environment, you identify with our mission, and feel you’d fit perfectly then apply to work with us. You could be a part of the world’s first Certified B Corporation carbon-neutral laundry service!

About the role

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager - this role will perform both proactive and reactive maintenance tasks on the laundry equipment at Big Blue. You will be required to work in a highly automated environment and use your technical skills to ensure maximum uptime and efficiency of the equipment.

Your key responsibilities will include, but not be limited to:

• Servicing & PPMs - regular servicing and planned preventative maintenance of the equipment throughout the facility including commercial and industrial washing machines, tumble driers, rotary irons, finishing and dosing machines.
• Fault Finding - proactively find and prevent faults occurring to equipment reducing breakages and downtime. Report any defects to the maintenance & site managers that could impact operations.
• In-House Engineering - provide a core competency of engineering skills and be responsible for maintaining machinery/equipment/the facility to a high standard whilst striving to minimise issues. Provide knowledge and input into continuous improvement of plant, machinery, and maintenance activities.
• Collaboration with external specialists - where specific knowledge/skills are required, you will be responsible for liaising with third parties to solve any issues with the hardware and plan for future installations with a maintenance mentality.
• Stock management - establishing the critical spares required, monitoring stock levels of spare parts and ordering items which have reached the ‘on-hand’ limit.
• Health and Safety - ensuring health and safety procedures are followed throughout the facility and improving processes over time.

Key Relationships

• Maintenance Manager - You will report to the Maintenance Manager who will support you in your daily duties and in your development.

• Site Managers - you will work very closely with the site managers. They will help you prioritise your tasks in line with business needs.
• Shift Managers / Supervisors - You will work closely with the Shift Managers and Supervisors in order to maintain equipment and provide specialist skills as and when required.

These are some of the key qualities and competencies required in this role:

Technical competency

• Fully qualified engineer - Ideally, time served, with experience in electrical and mechanical engineering.
• Specialist knowledge - You will be familiar with commercial laundry equipment and have good electrical and mechanical competency.
• Problem Solving - We are expanding and heavily investing in new equipment and methods. You will be able to identify problems and proactively solve them whilst also having the willingness to learn new skills to add to our in-house capabilities.
• PPM - have a strong knowledge of what effective PPM is and how they are carried out to build a scalable PPM schedule.
• Driving Licence - A clean full driving licence is preferred

Technology, automation and IT literacy

• Technical and IT literacy - We focus heavily on automation and therefore you will be confident in using technology to optimise our processes and efficiency.
• PLC - Have a strong knowledge of PLC’s and their functionality, having a working knowledge of the software behind them.

Leadership and collaboration

• Collaboration - Oxwash thrives on teamwork and the exchange of ideas. You will use effective influencing and collaboration skills to cultivate professional working relationships at all levels.
• Organisation and detail - Excellence is central to our business. You will assure this through attention to detail and strong organisational skills as well as compliance with Health & Safety within a busy commercial setting.
• Inter-departmental - From time to time you may be asked to carry out tasks which are outside of your general job role in order to support operations with critical objectives such as on time delivery to customers.
• Attitude - Must be positive, self-motivated, collaborative and willing to learn new skills/ways of working.

Sustainability & Values

• You are expected to be a champion for sustainability initiatives and improvements and incorporate this into maintenance activities and procedures as well as the way we process laundry in general.

• You are expected to embody our values of creativity, excellence and integrity.

️ Enjoy the equivalent of 31 days of holiday (including bank holidays), translated into 21.5 shifts per year. Plus, the option to purchase additional holiday days and you will be given your birthday day off!

Uniform and equipment provided by Oxwash - no need to use your own smartphone for work anymore!

Free, confidential mental health support + 1 Mental Health Day off

A funded health cash plan

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Oxwash cares deeply about leading the way as an employer and providing a more inclusive and diverse workplace for all. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at Oxwash. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, pregnancy and maternity, marital status or disability status. Please let us know if you would benefit from any reasonable adjustments in order to participate fully in our recruitment process.