Power Plant Shift Mechanic – Maintenance & Repair

px Group; Middlesbrough; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

px Group in Middlesbrough is recruiting a Shift Mechanical Technician on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves managing maintenance and repair of mechanical plant equipment in the power plant, including boiler, turbine, fuel handling and balance of plant.

The successful candidate will carry out inspections, testing and preventive maintenance under supervision, ensuring safe and compliant operations and timely reporting in the CMMS system.

Qualifications

• Experience in heavy industrial mechanical maintenance.
• Experience with rotating machinery (pumps, compressors, turbines).
• Knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics systems.
• Pipefitting, welding or fabrication skills.
• Ability to read PIDs, GA drawings and process diagrams.

Responsibilities

• Repair and maintain plant mechanical equipment, perform testing and troubleshooting.
• Prescribe preventive maintenance requirements for mechanical equipment under engineering validation.
• Under supervision, execute preventive and corrective maintenance of plant mechanical equipment and facilities.

Skills

Mechanical maintenance

Rotating machinery

Hydraulic systems

Pneumatic systems

Pipefitting

Welding

Fabrication

Reading PIDs

Job description

px Group in Middlesbrough is recruiting a Shift Mechanical Technician on a 12-month fixed-term contract. The role involves managing maintenance and repair of mechanical plant equipment in the power plant, including boiler, turbine, fuel handling and balance of plant.

The successful candidate will carry out inspections, testing and preventive maintenance under supervision, ensuring safe and compliant operations and timely reporting in the CMMS system.