Mechanical Maintenance Technician (Contract)

ECS Resource Group Limited; Skelmersdale; On-site; GBP 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading manufacturing company as a Mechanical Maintenance Technician in Skelmersdale. This exciting role involves enhancing equipment reliability, providing production support, and ensuring health and safety protocols. Ideal candidates will have strong mechanical engineering skills and experience with maintenance operations.

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained or educated to OND Mechanical Engineering or similar.
• Experience of high pressure air systems advantageous.
• Accomplished technical production support experience.

Responsibilities

• Improving the overall reliability and performance of plant equipment.
• Conducting preventive maintenance and repairs.
• Tracking and reporting process improvement results.

Skills

Mechanical Engineering

Technical Production Support

Turning

Milling

Welding

Fault Finding

Reading Technical Drawings

Health and Safety Awareness

Education

OND Mechanical Engineering or similar

Job description

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Contract - Minimum Two Months

Pay: GBP19.50 per hour

Location: Skelmersdale

I am working with one of the world's largest and most well-known manufacturing companies who take a great deal of pride in their reputation for quality and innovation. As an employer, they have an equally good reputation which, having worked with them for well over a decade, we can talk about with confidence.

There is now an exciting opportunity to join their team in Skelmersdale as a mechanically biased Maintenance Technician and join a business whose commitment to quality is second to none

The Role

• Improving the overall reliability and performance of plant, personnel and production equipment and processes
• Tracking and reporting of process improvement results
• Ensuring production targets are met by optimising output & minmising defects
• Providing production line support in line with company goals and objectives
• Carrying out preventive maintenance and equipment breakdown repairs
• Establishing process conditions and carrying out in-line quality checks
• Process monitoring and controlling according to Statistical Process Control (SPC) method
• Analysing data to fault find and develop prioritised improvement plans for the platform
• Maintaining and developing the delivery of finished products in line with cost, quality and production schedule requirements
• Prioritising and promoting Health and Safety Awareness
• Training and mentoring staff in an approachable and constructive manner
• Fostering and developing excellent relationships with key business stakeholders on site
• Gathering & sharing best practices, both internally and externally

Skills & Experience Required

• Apprentice trained or educated to OND Mechanical Engineering or similar.
• Accomplished technical production support experience.
• Skilled in turning, milling, welding and general workshop skills.
• Mechanical, pneumatic and basic electrical fault finding experience.
• Experience of high pressure air systems advantageous.
• Ability to read technical drawings
• Ability to follow SOP's and training processes
• Willingness to work shift work if required on an exceptional basis

Working Hours: Mon - Thurs -7:50am - 4:45pm, Fri 7:50am - 12:10pm

ECS Recruitment Group Ltd is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy.