Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Nuclear Restoration Services; West Kilbride; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Four-day working week

Flexible working options

Job summary

Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) is seeking a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join our site team at Hunterston A in the UK. This hands-on role focuses on safe, reliable mechanical maintenance to support decommissioning and environmental restoration objectives.

You'll perform preventative and reactive maintenance on motors, gearboxes, valves and ventilation systems, lead maintenance tasks, and ensure work complies with permits and risk assessments in a highly regulated nuclear

Qualifications

• Time-served Mechanical Fitter with SVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Proven industrial mechanical maintenance experience
• Strong knowledge of health and safety practices and permits to work
• Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings

Responsibilities

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance on mechanical plant and equipment across site
• Lead and support mechanical maintenance tasks, fault diagnosis and repair activities
• Ensure all work is completed safely through risk assessments, permits and approved procedures
• Support installations, inspections and continuous improvement initiatives across the site

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Fault diagnosis

Health and safety

Engineering drawings

Education

SVQ Level 3 – Mechanical Fitter

Job description

Could your mechanical expertise help power one of the UK's most unique industrial environments? Are you looking for a hands-on role where safety, teamwork and technical excellence come together, while enjoying the benefit of a four-day working week?

At Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS), we're looking for a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join our multi-disciplinary maintenance team at Hunterston A. This is an exciting opportunity to play a vital role in maintaining critical plant and infrastructure as part of a site with a long-term mission of safe decommissioning and environmental restoration. If you're an experienced mechanical fitter who enjoys solving problems, taking ownership and working in a safety-first environment, you'll find both challenge and reward in this role.

What Will You Be Doing

As part of our maintenance team, you'll be responsible for ensuring mechanical assets across the site remain safe, reliable and fit for purpose. From preventative maintenance and inspections to repairs, installations and fault finding, you'll work on a diverse range of equipment including motors, gearboxes, valves, ventilation systems and facilities infrastructure. Your expertise will help ensure maintenance activities are completed efficiently while supporting operational and environmental objectives.

You'll take an active role in leading and coordinating mechanical maintenance activities, ensuring work is carried out to the highest safety standards. Working from engineering drawings, maintenance instructions and risk assessments, you'll identify faults, implement effective solutions and support continuous site performance. This role offers real variety, with opportunities to work across industrial and commercial environments, including occasional work at height and within controlled areas where specialist protective equipment is required.

• Deliver planned and reactive maintenance activities on a variety of mechanical plant and equipment.
• Lead and support mechanical maintenance tasks, fault diagnosis and repair activities.
• Ensure all work is completed safely through the use of risk assessments, permits and approved procedures.
• Support installations, inspections and continuous improvement initiatives across the site.

Who Are We Looking For

We're seeking a motivated and safety-conscious mechanical professional who enjoys both hands-on technical work and collaborating as part of a high-performing team. You'll bring a positive, can-do attitude, strong problem-solving skills and the ability to work independently while supporting colleagues to achieve shared goals.

To be successful, you'll be a time-served Mechanical Fitter qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) with proven industrial mechanical maintenance experience. You'll have a strong understanding of health and safety practices, permit-to-work systems and working within highly regulated environments. Experience leading maintenance activities and diagnosing mechanical faults will be important, along with the ability to follow technical instructions accurately and consistently.

Whilst not essential, experience gained in multi-skilled maintenance environments, the nuclear industry or other heavy industrial settings would be highly advantageous. The ability to read and interpret engineering drawings would also be beneficial. Above all, we're looking for someone who takes pride in delivering high-quality work, prioritises safety in everything they do and is eager to develop their career within a unique and rewarding industry.

• Time-served Mechanical Fitter qualified to SVQ Level 3 (or equivalent).
• Proven industrial mechanical maintenance experience and strong fault-finding capability.
• Good understanding of health and safety requirements, permits to work and safe systems of work.
• A proactive team player with a positive attitude and commitment to achieving high standards.

Please note: This role operates on a four-day working week, with contractual hours of 07:30 to 17:15, Monday to Thursday, offering an excellent work-life balance while contributing to meaningful and rewarding work.

We offer a wide range of benefits - discover them all on our Careers website.

To learn more about NRS and the work we do, we invite you to explore our organisation by visiting Nuclear Restoration Services - GOV.UK. It’s a great way to discover our mission, our people, and the impact we deliver

All successful candidates will need to provide proof of identity, eligibility to work in the UK and employment/education history (typically covering the last 3–5 years) in line with NRS Baseline Security requirements. Some roles may also require full Security Clearance, which involves additional checks. For details, please refer to the Defence Business Services National Security Vetting (DBS NSV) guidance.

At NRS, we value diversity and inclusion and encourage applications from underrepresented groups. We want to ensure you feel supported throughout the application process and provide reasonable adjustments where necessary and requested. If you require any reasonable adjustments as part of your application or interview process, please do not hesitate to let us know.

We offer flexibility on base location for multi-site roles and are happy to discuss flexible working options.

Please note that this vacancy may close earlier than the stated deadline should we receive a high volume of applications, so we encourage you to submit your application as soon as possible