Mechanical Maintenance Technician

JR United Kingdom; Lydney; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering firm in Lydney is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Technician. The role involves preventative maintenance and mechanical breakdown service on-site. Candidates should be self-motivated with good analytical skills and experience in maintenance management systems. Competitive pay and a day rota pattern with occasional evening or weekend shifts are expected.

Qualifications

• Self-motivated individual with commitment to business goals.
• Good analytical skills for logic-based problem-solving.
• Ability to communicate clearly in writing and orally.
• Experience with maintenance management systems.

Responsibilities

• Ensure safety standards and procedures are maintained.
• Diagnose and repair equipment breakdowns.
• Follow up on reports detailing corrective actions.
• Liaise with engineering teams to resolve issues.

Skills

Strong Drive

Analytical skills

Deadline management

Clear communication

CMMS experience

Teamwork

Customer awareness

Problem Solving

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14.08.2025

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Job Description:

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Location: Lydney

Contract: Permanent

We are currently working with a client based in Lydney, who are looking for a skilled mechanical fitter that can provide preventative maintenance and help with mechanical breakdown service on machinery on-site.
This role operates on a day rota pattern, shifts may range from 8 to 12 hours, based on what is needed on-site.
Working hours are Monday to Friday however you will be expected to work 1 weekend, every 5 weeks.
You will also be on a call rota 1 week in 5, for breakdown support during the evening or night.

Preventative maintenance will include:

• Transmission belt inspection, tensioning and changing,
• Inspection of bearings and couplings, alignment checking.
• Installation and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, refiners, paper machine rolls, agitators, fans.
• Removal and fitting of bearings and couplings.
• Repair and maintenance of all types of seals and packing's.
• Turning, milling and grinding of components.
• Rigging and lifting of heavy equipment.
• Fault finding on, and repair of Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
• Repair of compressors and other ancillary equipment.

Role Responsibilities – Mechanical Maintenance Technician

• To ensure safety standards are maintained and safe working procedures are adhered to.
• Reporting any accidents and near misses, to improve the Occupational Safety of personnel
• Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
• Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
• To follow up all shift reports, SAP and other inspection reports detailing corrective actions
• Identifying failure modes of mechanical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
• Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
• To work under the rules of the Electrical and Mechanical safety systems, Issuing certificates / permits as and when required.
• To assess all engineering plant changes using the Management of Change (MOC) system.
• Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system (SAP) and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
• To liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.

An ideal candidate for the Mechanical Maintenance role would have:

• Strong Drive, Motivation and Commitment: the extent to which the individual is self starting and self motivated and the degree and consistency of energy / enthusiasm which is committed in the pursuit of objectives and business goals.
• The post holder should have good analytical skills and the ability to assimilate, organise and analyse pertinent information for logic based problem solving.
• Ability to meet deadlines.
• Able to communicate in clear concise manner, both in writing and orally
• Computer literate with practical experience of CMMS systems.
• A team worker, with a flexible approach to work.
• Customer and Quality Awareness
• Problem Solving and Decision Making

For more information on this role, please contact Jules Bujalska on 01453 852541 or send a copy of your CV to

Omega Resource Group is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors.