Mechanical Technician

Thalia; Milton Keynes; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 50,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player is seeking a Mechanical Technician to join their maintenance team at a Waste Recovery Park. This role focuses on maintaining and optimizing plant operations, ensuring compliance with health and safety standards, and enhancing performance through planned and preventative maintenance. The ideal candidate will have significant experience in mechanical maintenance, particularly with steam turbines and gas engines. Join a forward-thinking company dedicated to creating sustainable energy solutions and making a positive impact on the environment. If you're passionate about mechanical engineering and want to contribute to innovative waste management practices, this opportunity is for you.

Benefits

Company Bonus Scheme

Contributory Pension

Life Assurance

Flexible Benefits

Free Parking

Qualifications

• Experience in Energy from Waste, Petrochemical, or Power sectors.
• Proven mechanical maintenance skills and safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Maintain plant standards and ensure compliance with health and safety.
• Perform PPM checks and inspections efficiently.
• Support safety culture and proactive maintenance strategies.

Skills

Interpersonal Skills

SSoW and Risk Assessments

Permit to Work System

Coded Welding

Pressure Vessels Maintenance

Combined Heat and Power Gas Systems

Steam Turbine Maintenance

Steam Valves Maintenance

Tools

Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)

Job description

Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom

Job Description

Posted Monday 31 March 2025 at 00:00 | Expired Sunday 13 April 2025 at 23:59

At Thalia, we have an opportunity for a Mechanical Technician to join our maintenance team at our Waste Recovery Park in Wolverton, Milton Keynes. We are looking for a Mechanical Technician with experience in either the Energy from Waste, Petrochemical or Power sectors. The ideal candidate will have significant experience working within one of the following areas:

• Steam turbines
• Gas Engines

As a Mechanical Technician at Thalia, you will support the Lead Mechanical Engineer in maintaining services, plant and apparatus in all areas of the plant and across our three technologies. There is a clear focus on planned and preventative maintenance and you will work closely with our site Planner to ensure that we achieve consistency across the plant. Our facility has a Mechanical Treatment, Anaerobic Digester and an Advanced Thermal Treatment Plant (gasification technology).

• This role is Monday - Friday 8am - 4pm

Role Responsibilities:

• Help to maintain standards as set out in the KPI’s
• Communicate problems and concerns promptly through line management or the CMMS ensuring quick resolution
• Ensure the health, safety and security of staff, customers, premises and equipment by encouraging and monitoring best practices always
• Comply with all Health and Safety Legislation
• Ensure all legislative requirements are adhered to
• Always undertake role in a professional and safe manner
• Carry out team briefings and tool box talks
• Perform PPM checks, inspections and reports in an efficient and prompt manner
• Experience in working with a Computerised Maintenance Management or willing to undertake training at a level applicable to role.
• Good understanding of proactive maintenance strategy and condition monitoring.
• Experience of carrying out mechanical maintenance.
• Pro-actively support a safety culture in which teams and individuals are responsible and accountable for their actions and perform at their best, improve performance and realise their full potential.

Qualifications:

Skills:

• Good interpersonal skills
• Understanding and writing of SSoW and Risk Assessments
• Work within a Permit to work system
• Specialist proven skills in one of the following: Coded Welding, Pressure Vessels, Combined Heat and Power Gas Systems maintenance and servicing, Steam Turbine maintenance and servicing, Steam Valves.

Benefits:

• Entry into Company bonus scheme - up to 5%
• Contributory pension up to 6%
• Life assurance: 4 x annual salary
• Flexible benefits: Access to a wide range of flexible benefits through Bravo Benefits, allowing you to tailor your package to suit your individual needs, including health, wellbeing, and lifestyle options.
• Free parking

Our Business
At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.
We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly, we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion
At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we don’t just look at your CV, we’re focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand that everyone is different and has a life outside work, so we’re happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! We’ll do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.

Milton Keynes Waste Recovery Park, Milton Keynes, Buckinghamshire, United Kingdom