Maintenance Technician in Wrexham

Energy Jobline CVL; Wrexham; On-site; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Overtime

Quarterly bonus

Full benefits (details)

Job summary

Astute's Power Team is recruiting a Maintenance Technician for a recycling process facility in Wrexham. You will perform planned and reactive maintenance on mechanical and electrical equipment, supporting breakdown repairs to maximise plant availability.

The role operates on a two-shift pattern (6am-2pm or 2pm-10pm) with overtime on alternating Saturdays, and requires experience with PLCs, drives, and conveyors. Full benefits available.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• 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.

Skills

Electrical assets

Mechanical assets

PLCs and drives

CMMS usage

Education

Minimum Level 3 Engineering qualification

Apprenticeship in Electrical or Mechanical

IOSH advantageous

Tools

CMMS

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

As the Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for:

• 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)

We do not discriminate on the grounds of , , , , creed or 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.

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