Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician - Day Shift

Knauf Insulation UK; Caernarfon; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 48,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading insulation manufacturing company in Caernarfon is seeking a Maintenance Technician for day shifts. The role focuses on preventative and corrective maintenance, ensuring minimal downtime and high safety standards. Ideal candidates will have a completed apprenticeship along with strong technical knowledge and practical experience in maintenance processes. This opportunity provides a comprehensive benefits package and encourages individuals who value teamwork and a proactive attitude. Join a culture that promotes growth and inclusion.

Benefits

16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months

Group Income Protection

Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages

Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary

Defined Contribution Pension Scheme

Staff Bonus Scheme

Career Progression Routes

Employee Assistance Programme

Westfield Health Cash Plan

Access to Costco Membership

Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme

On site Gyms

Wellbeing Initiatives

Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Cycle to work scheme

On site Car Charging Points

Qualifications

• Strong technical knowledge in maintenance processes.
• Ability to communicate effectively with production teams.
• Experience applying health and safety procedures.

Responsibilities

• Carry out preventative and corrective maintenance on site.
• Ensure production downtime is minimized during maintenance.
• Provide engineering support to the production teams.

Skills

Technical knowledge and hands-on experience of maintenance process/activities

Communication and teamwork skills

Proactive mindset

Time management skills

Education

Completed apprenticeship in a related field

Tools

Microsoft 365 applications

Job description

Job Title: Maintenance Technician – Day Shift

Salary47,396.00 per year, plus bonus scheme and comprehensive benefits.

Knauf stands for opportunity. We know that opportunity looks different to each person, and we are proud that we see opportunity in everyone. This exciting role within Knauf Insulation in the Engineering Team could be the perfect next opportunity for you to build a unique career, in a values-led culture with a clear purpose of making tomorrow a home for all of us. We are a global manufacturer of construction materials and within our Group, our 41,500 team members in 90 countries across 300 sites provide a huge opportunity for anyone with ambition and energy. We value everyone's contribution equally and we ask that you bring your whole self to work, to enrich the business further, as together we achieve more in a safe and inclusive environment

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Can you say ‘yes’?...

• Do you always have the customer in mind?
• Do you treat your colleagues with respect?
• Do you act with safety as a priority?
• Do you have enjoy working in a busy Engineering environment?

As a Days Maintenance Technician, you will be responsible for carrying out both preventative and corrective maintenance on site, safely and effectively. Working in partnership with the production team, the Maintenance technician will ensure the plant performance is maintained to the highest standard.

What you’ll be doing…

• To undertake all prioritised and planned maintenance work, ensuring production downtime is minimised whilst also upholding and exceeding standards of safety.
• To undertake preventive and corrective tasks. (PM and Breakdowns)
• To undertake engineering project work and assist with new installations or refurbishments when required.
• To provide engineering support to the production teams
• Ensure the CMMS is accurate, and the data inputted to a high standard.
• Actively engage with CI (workshops, kaizen, 5s, etc)

What we’d love for you to have:

We are interested in you as a person, your attitude, behaviours, and values. If you have the willingness to learn anything you need for the role that you don't already have, we'd love to speak to you.

If you have any of the following – this would be an added advantage:

• A completed apprenticeship with demonstratable working experience in a related field.
• A strong technical knowledge and hands on experience of maintenance process/activities
• Computer literate and familiar with Microsoft 365 applications
• Experienced in the application of Health, Safety & Environmental procedures
• Demonstrable achievements in Continuous Improvement, Change Management disciplines, tools and techniques and evident motivation to impart these to others.
• Proactive mind-set and good time management skills.
• Ability to communicate effectively and work as part of a team whilst working within deadlines

• Be assertive and have self-confidence in presenting and supporting conclusions.

We'll provide:

• 16 weeks Company Sick Pay after 3 months of service
• Group Income Protection
• Enhanced Maternity, Paternity and Adoption packages
• Life Assurance – 4 x annual salary
• Defined Contribution Pension Scheme
• Staff Bonus Scheme
• Career Progression Routes
• Employee Assistance Programme through Health Assured
• Westfield Health Cash Plan
• Perkbox
• Access to Costco Membership
• Wickes Employee Purchase Scheme
• On site Gyms
• Wellbeing Initiatives and Mental Health First Aiders
• Car Salary Sacrifice Scheme
• Cycle to work scheme
• On site Car Charging Points

What happens next?

We appreciate that your time is precious and applying for a new job can be a lengthy process, so we will reply to your application ASAP.

Knauf Insulation welcomes applications from everyone and is committed to treating everyone equally, regardless of: age; sex; disability; ethnicity; gender identity; religion/belief; sexual orientation; marriage/civil partnership or pregnancy/maternity. In particular, we encourage applications from people from a minority background or from demographics that are underrepresented in the manufacturing industry.

We are a Disability Confident Leader (Level 1) and take care to ensure good EDI (Equality, Diversity & Inclusion) practices in all our operations. If you are invited to an interview, a member of our team will be in touch via email to enquire about any access requirements or reasonable adjustments that we can make for your interview.

See our full DEI Policy: DEI Statement - Knauf Insulation UK