Overview
Northwick Power is an industrial processor of food waste located on the north of Gloucestershire close to Chipping Campden. The plant handles a wide range of waste feedstocks using Anaerobic Digestion to create methane, which is used to generate electricity and gas that are exported to the national grids and are 100% renewable. The waste used to produce methane can be in solid, liquid, or sludge form, including packaged or unpackaged items. Acceptable inputs include out-of-date and damaged foods from retailers, supermarkets and factories, food waste from restaurants, pubs and hotels, offices, hospitals and schools, domestic kitchen waste, and waste from food processing factories, plus animal by-products (Category III) from the food industry.
Responsibilities
* Ensuring high-quality maintenance and repair of front-end processing, pumping equipment, digesters, ancillary equipment, heating circuits, and pasteurization systems.
* Completing planned maintenance tasks and accurately recording corrective actions in the computer-based maintenance system.
* Installing and maintaining both new and existing plant equipment.
* Responding promptly to breakdowns and ensuring they are thoroughly recorded.
* Liaising with suppliers to source critical parts and maintaining the asset database.
* Taking a proactive approach to improve machinery efficiency and effectiveness.
* Adhering to the Site Health & Safety policy in all work activities.
* Out-of-hours engineering support is required (including some weekends) as detailed in the call-out rota.
Qualifications
* At least 2-3 years of experience as a time-served Mechanical fitter.
* The ability to read and interpret all engineering drawings.
* Experience using a Maintenance Management System.
* Knowledge of pneumatic systems, pumps, heating systems, and hydraulic systems is desirable, but not essential.
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