Mechanical Technician, Riverside EfW

Thames Skills Academy; United Kingdom; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

Cory is seeking a Mechanical Technician at the Riverside Energy from Waste facility to ensure safe and reliable plant operation through expert maintenance, fault finding and contractor coordination.

Under the direction of the Lead Mechanical Technician, you will organise maintenance across site, ensure compliance with HASWA, LOLER, PUWER and develop maintenance strategies while diagnosing equipment faults. The role includes a weekend roster.

Qualifications

• HNC or equivalent in a relevant Engineering discipline.
• Working knowledge of Health, Safety and Environmental legislation.
• Experience using a computerised maintenance management System.
• Experience in Energy from Waste or similar heavy process industry.
• Experience managing contractors.

Responsibilities

• Organise and facilitate mechanical maintenance across the site.
• Fault finding and technical diagnosis of plant systems.
• Contractor management and coordinating planned and reactive maintenance.
• Develop and contribute to maintenance strategies.
• Ensure compliance with HASWA, LOLER, PSSR and PUWER.

Skills

Fault finding

Maintenance planning

Contractor management

Education

HNC or equivalent in Engineering

Tools

CMMS

Job description

Join Cory as a Mechanical Technician and keep Riverside’s plant operating safely and reliably through expert maintenance, fault finding and contractor coordination.

Job description
Cory is one of the UK’s leading waste management and recycling companies.

We operate the Riverside Energy from Waste facility, which comprises of Riverside 1 and 2 with five process lines and two steam turbine generators. Combined, they are one of the largest and most efficient EfW facilities in the UK, processing around 1.5 million tonnes of non-recyclable waste each year. Our future decarbonisation strategy is centred around creating a decarbonisation hub at Riverside using carbon capture solutions to decarbonise waste from local communities, reusing the energy extracted to power heat networks and provide baseload electricity.

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Technician based at our Riverside Energy from Waste facility.

Key Elements of the Role
The holder of this role will provide an important function that directly contributes to the daily working and smooth running of the Riverside EfW facility through various operational duties and responsibilities.

Under the direction of the Lead Mechanical Technician, the role is to organise and facilitate the mechanical maintenance and repair of plant and equipment across the site, whilst ensuring compliance with all Health & Safety, Environmental and Operational procedures of the EfW Facility under all situations and conditions. They will also identify maintenance problems and equipment failure frequency rates.

A summary of the role duties and responsibilities are as follows:-

• Ensure that operational duties are carried out in compliance with current legislation (HASWA, LOLER, PSSR, PUWER)
• Contractor Management
• Organising and facilitating planned and reactive maintenance
• Assist in the development of maintenance strategies.
• Perform fault finding and technical diagnosis involved with system and equipment fault rectification.

The above is a summary of the main tasks and responsibilities of the post. Further tasks and responsibilities may be required within the demands of the business.

Job requirements
The individual we are looking for will be able to demonstrate the following knowledge, skills, and experience:

• HNC or equivalent in a relevant Engineering discipline
• A working knowledge of applicable Health, Safety and Environmental legislation
• Experience of using a computerised maintenance management Systems
• Previous experience of working in an Energy from Waste industry or similar heavy process industry
• Previous experience of managing contractors

Please note: the hours for this role are on a staggered day shift, with one weekend in four rostered.

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