Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Nijhuis Saur Industries; Scunthorpe; On-site; GBP 33,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A water treatment company in Scunthorpe is looking for a Maintenance Technician. Responsibilities include delivering mechanical maintenance on water treatment systems, establishing professional relationships, and ensuring safety protocols. The ideal candidate will possess qualifications in Mechanical Engineering and significant maintenance experience. The salary ranges from £33,500 to £41,500, with additional benefits such as healthcare and holiday allowances.

Benefits

Holidays – 25 days + 8 statutory days

Pension scheme

Private Healthcare eligibility after probation

Group Income Protection upon commencement

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with mechanical planned maintenance.
• Operational knowledge of water & effluent treatment plants.
• Ability to work independently and within a team.

Responsibilities

• Deliver front line mechanical maintenance on water treatment systems.
• Establish professional relationships with personnel and subcontractors.
• Identify faults and recommend rectification measures.

Skills

NVQ / City & Guilds in Mechanical Engineering

Health & safety training

Problem solving/fault finding skills

Strong written and verbal communication skills

Ability to interpret technical literature

Education

Mechanical Engineering/Technology qualification

Tools

Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Job description

Summary

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The Maintenance Technician will be responsible for delivering front line mechanical preventative and corrective maintenance on Water Treatment Plant systems throughout the UK. The role will also include working closely with and supporting projects and other maintenance elements within the business, such as plant equipment upgrades and commissioning of new equipment.

The Maintenance Technician will work closely with Site Managers, Project Managers and Site Operators to ensure effective delivery of maintenance/project activities in a timely manner.

Duties and Responsibilities

• Visible leadership on HSE issues at all levels both in the client organisation and within NSI O&M.
• Understand the multi‑skilled (EMI) maintenance function to complete basic and/or complex maintenance tasks and to work unsupervised with a proactive attitude.
• Pro‑active approach to safety, inputting into monthly safety stats and KPI’s, and taking an active part in ensuring the team meet its targets.
• Establish and maintain professional relationships with NSI O&M personnel, and sub‑contractor staff.
• Development and maintenance of good housekeeping practices.
• Continually look to improve methods and systems.
• Identify faults, evaluate rectification measures and to make initial recommendations, in order to carry out basic and/or complex repairs. Interpret advanced technical literature and drawings to affect repairs.
• Display good knowledge of all electronic systems used for maintenance work, i.e. CMMS.
• Utilising plant information, identify any changes in equipment performance and/or potential operational problems, evaluate and make initial recommendations to return plant to its optimum operating condition.
• Attending maintenance related meetings as required providing input as appropriate.
• Working in partnership with the Process Plant Operators.
• Identify and carry out “on‑the‑job” training of new personnel.
• Flexible and adaptable approach.
• Reporting all PM and emergent works on a weekly basis.

Required Skills/Qualifications

• NVQ / City & Guilds or other qualification in Mechanical Engineering/Technology and/or significant relevant experience.
• Computer literate.
• Health & safety training.
• Extensive experience of carrying out all aspects of a Mechanical planned maintenance programme.
• Operational and maintenance knowledge of water & effluent treatment plants.
• Experience of working directly with sub‑contractors and dealing directly with third parties to arrange/organise tasks.
• Ability to interpret advanced technical literature and engineering drawings to affect repairs of complex items of plant.
• Knowledge of complete cycle of maintenance work from planning stage to implementation and completion.
• Demonstrate the ability to work within a quality system.
• Hard working self‑starter/self‑motivated able to work on your own with little local support following initial training/induction periods.
• Experience of working in a ‘virtual team’ environment, good IT skills to work independently with a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS).
• High level problem solving/fault finding skills.
• Ability to read technical drawings, manuals and technical specifications.
• Strong written and verbal communication skills.
• Good interpersonal skills, able to liaise with multiple commercial/technical internal and external contacts.

Working for Us Means

The salary is between £33,500 & £41,500 per year, depending on your professional experience.

Overtime – 1.5

Holidays – 25 days + 8 statutory days

Probationary Period – 6 months.

Pension – Can join immediately or auto enrol after 3 months – Employee 5% and Employer 5% via salary sacrifice.

Eligible to join Private Healthcare after successfully completing probation.

Enrolled in Group Income Protection and Death in Service (4 x basic salary) upon commencement of employment.

Notice – 1 week during probation, increasing to 1 month thereafter.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are committed to maintaining Environmental & Social Impact goals: to reach Net Zero emissions across our value chain by 2040, to continuously meet high standards of social and environmental performance, transparency, accountability, maintaining B‑Corp Certification, and to be a socially responsible company creating a positive impact to all stakeholders.

Nijhuis Saur Industries UK & Ireland are an equal opportunity employer; we are committed to providing equal opportunities in all aspects of employment in line with the Equality Act 2010.