Mechanical Technician

Enfinium Community Fund; Leeds; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading energy-from-waste company as a Mechanical Technician at Skelton Grange, a new facility in Leeds. You'll ensure the reliability of mechanical systems through maintenance, diagnostics, and safety compliance, contributing to a sustainable energy future. Enjoy a supportive work environment with a strong focus on safety and employee development.

Benefits

Vitality Private Medical care

Private Dental Care

Life Assurance

Company pension with a 6% company contribution

Cycle to Work scheme

Employee Assistance programme

Uniform provided

Continuous learning and development

Qualifications

• Experience in mechanical maintenance and repairs.
• Familiarity with safety standards in an industrial environment.
• Ability to interpret technical drawings and schematics.

Responsibilities

• Plan and coordinate mechanical maintenance tasks.
• Carry out diagnostics, repairs, and modifications on equipment.
• Participate in safety reviews and technical investigations.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Diagnostics

Safety compliance

Technical drawing interpretation

Job description

About The Role

Be Part of Something New – Join Skelton Grange as a Mechanical Technician

This is your chance to get in at the ground level of something big. Skelton Grange is our newest state-of-the-art energy-from-waste facility – and it’s just becoming operational.

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll play a critical role in ensuring the reliability and performance of this brand-new site. From day one, you’ll be hands-on with cutting-edge equipment and systems, helping to embed safe, efficient, and proactive maintenance practices that set the standard for years to come.What Will You Be Doing?

As a Mechanical Technician, you’ll tackle a mix of planned, preventative, and reactive maintenance across all mechanical systems. Your focus: ensuring the plant operates at peak performance while meeting the highest safety and compliance standards.

Expect plenty of variety in your day-to-day, including:

• Planning and co-ordinating daily mechanical maintenance tasks, as well as supporting outage scheduling and execution.

• Getting hands-on with mechanical equipment – carrying out diagnostics, repairs, modifications, and installations.

• Taking part in technical investigations and safety reviews, helping to identify root causes and long-term solutions.

• Preparing and managing work control packs using our maintenance management system, ensuring smooth workflow and strong documentation.

• Logging all activity using a maintenance reporting system to build a full maintenance history and highlight future needs.

• Interpreting technical drawings, schematics, and specifications to deliver effective maintenance and repairs.

• Being part of our emergency response team – providing off-duty cover and responding to urgent plant issues when needed.

About Us

Who are enfinium?

enfinium is one of the largest energy-from-waste businesses in the UK and an industry leader in the conversion of non-recyclable residential and business waste into heat and partially renewable power. enfinium currently has a platform of six (two in construction) strategically located facilities across the UK. Today, enfinium has an annual waste processing capacity of over 2.3 million tonnes, and a total combined electric generating capacity of 265MW (gross) - enough energy to power more than 500,000 UK homes. enfinium is owned by infrastructure investment funds managed by Igneo Infrastructure Partners

At enfinium we’re guided by five principles, we use these to make sure we’re not only doing a great job, but we’re doing it in the right and safe way:

One Team- Pride Matters- Safety on Purpose- Make a positive impact- Take Ownership

As a Company, we really value our employees and as such, offer a generous employee benefits package which includes the following:

• Vitality Private Medical care
• Private Dental Care
• Life Assurance
• Company pension with a 6% company contribution
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Employee Assistance programme
• Uniform provided
• Continuous learning and development through our e-learning portal and access to role-based qualifications