Mechanical/ Electrical Fitter

KBR, Inc; Swindon; On-site; GBP 28,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

KBR, Inc. is seeking a Mechanical/Electrical Fitter to join our maintenance team in Swindon. You will provide mechanical and electrical support for UK MOD projects, reading wiring diagrams and performing fault-finding.

The role involves field maintenance on water treatment-related equipment, mentoring junior technicians, and ensuring safe, compliant operation on-site. The position is on-site in Swindon with travel within the UK.

Qualifications

• Essential: NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds Level 3, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.
• Proven maintenance, fault diagnosis and repair experience.
• Full UK driving licence; willingness to travel within the UK.

Responsibilities

• Perform all conventional mechanical and electrical maintenance including water, hydraulic and fuel systems.
• Read, interpret and fault-find using electrical and electronic wiring diagrams and schematics.
• Provide maintenance support on packaged equipment, mainly for water treatment-related work.
• Inspect new equipment and prepare reports on recovered equipment from deployment.
• Plan, participate in, and report on equipment/system operation; be familiar with water treatment chemicals.
• Inspect, maintain and produce detailed inspection reports; supervise junior technicians as required.
• Coordinate interfaces between different equipment packages to form a complete system.
• Understand chemical handling and treatment processes where applicable.

Skills

Mechanical & electrical maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Reading schematics

MS Office

Full UK driving licence

Willingness to travel UK

Education

NVQ Level 3 or City & Guilds Level 3 in Mechanical/Electrical/Multi-Skilled Engineering

Tools

Pumps

Hydraulic systems

Control equipment

Job description

Title: Mechanical/ Electrical Fitter About KBR and the Project

KBR Government Solutions delivers unique, fast-paced and challenging projects throughout Europe, the Middle East and Africa – our clients include UK and overseas Governments with projects operating in defence, infrastructure, facilities management and construction sectors.

The range of projects and programmes we work on are extremely diverse (varying from provision of “life support” services to the military to Portfolio, Programme & Project management to Consultancy services), resulting in a variety of work and a genuine claim that no two days are the same.

Your Role

We are seeking a Mechanical/Electrical Fitter to join our multi-disciplinary Maintenance Team. The successful candidate will report to the maintenance manager providing general mechanical & Electrical support to current and future UK MOD projects.

Role Responsibilities

• Perform all conventional aspects of mechanical & electrical technical support, including water, hydraulic and fuel.


• Able to read, interpret and fault-find using electrical and electronic wiring diagrams and schematics.


• Provide maintenance support work on packaged equipment, mainly for water treatment-related work.


• Perform inspections on new equipment and condition reports on recovered equipment from deployment.


• Plan, participate in, and report on equipment/system operation and be familiar of the water treatment chemicals.


• Inspect, maintain and produce detailed inspection reports on the equipment and able to manage junior technician.


• Supervise the interface between different packages of equipment to form a well-integrated complete system.


• Demonstrate an understanding of chemical handling and treatment processes where applicable.


• Provide technical guidance and support to junior technicians as required.

Required Skills & Qualifications

Essential: NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds Level 3, or equivalent qualification in Mechanical, Electrical or Multi-Skilled Engineering.

• Proven experience in the maintenance, fault diagnosis and repair of mechanical and electrical equipment.


• Experience working with pumps, compressors, generators, hydraulic systems and associated control equipment.


• Ability to interpret engineering drawings, electrical schematics and technical documentation.


• Competent in Microsoft Office applications.


• Full UK driving licence.


• Willingness to travel within the UK and occasionally overseas.


• Ability to obtain and maintain the appropriate UK Security Clearance.

Desirable

• Previous experience supporting MOD or defence-related equipment.


• Water treatment equipment experience.


• Knowledge of control systems and instrumentation.


• Experience supervising or mentoring junior engineers or technicians.


• Familiarity with deployed, field-based or containerised equipment systems.

The role is based full time on-site in Swindon.

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We have also embedded environmental, social and governance (ESG) principles in every business operation and corporate function. Not only are we committed to operating safely, sustainably and equitably, but we are also committed to using our capabilities and expertise to help our customers accomplish their sustainability goals.

WorldwideKBR employs a diverse workforce approximately 29,000 people strong, with customers in more than 80 countries and operations in 40 countries.

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