Our client is urgently seeking a Mechanical Technician to work at their gas terminal, working 7 days on / 7 days off rotation. To start ASAP and contract duration will be through to end of January. To undertake routine and non-routine engineering maintenance and defect/responsive breakdown repair tasks that ensure the reliability and scheduled availability of operational plant and equipment associated with gas production/processing and condensate storage facilities. RESPONSIBILITIES To execute routine and non-routine maintenance activities efficiently to agreed processes / procedures and operational requirements. Investigates complex technical problems relating to critical plant, identifies solutions and acts to return plant to normal operating service with minimal supervision. Prepares and presents technical reports and maintains appropriate records of activities within recognised systems. Inspection and maintenance of Mechanical equipment in hazardous areas. Carries out commissioning and de-commissioning activities to meet planned plant operating programmes, organising and planning own and vendor work scopes. Liaise with operational/production staff and Technicians in other disciplines to ensure a safe and effective approach to tasks within the overall operational and maintenance programme. Trained to be competent in a range of activities ancillary to his/her core discipline. Supervises other staff and vendor/contractor employees in undertaking particular work activities. REQUIREMENTS Must have experience working in a similar role with specific experience in the maintenance of high-pressure process plant and equipment. A BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC) or equivalent in an appropriate engineering subject. Completed a recognised formal training programme or apprenticeship to achieve technician to craft status. Candidates must have sufficient knowledge of procedures and be able to relate them to the work activities to ensure a safe approach and that appropriate permitry/controls are requested and in place. Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills and the basic IT skills to operate appropriate software and hardware systems. It is a requirement of the job (and given the inherent hazardous nature of the operating environment), that the successful candidate must undertake a range of specialist technical and safety training, including the use of self-contained breathing apparatus.