What you’ll be doing
as the Mechanical & Electrical Technician
1. Carrying out scheduled planned maintenance work on mechanical and electrical equipment in compliance with company procedures to minimise plant breakdowns.
2. You will investigate plant failures and carry out repairs as quickly and efficiently as possible to avoid interruptions to the process. This may involve investigating and diagnosing complex faults and carrying out repairs during incidents.
3. You will be expected to provide technical advice, referring to up-to-date technical knowledge, and provide training or support for technical trainees if required.
4. Examples of equipment that you will be working on will be various pumps and associated control gear, 3-phase motors, starters and controls, electronic control systems such as VSDs, automatic valves and penstocks, flow, level and pressure measurement, programmable logic controllers, variable speed drives and controls, and chemical handling and dosing equipment.
5. Participate in a standby rota following the relevant training.
Base Location: Cassington - OX29 4EB
Working Pattern: 38 Hours Monday- Friday 7:30 am – 3:36 pm plus standby & overtime opportunity increasing earnings by a potential £8,000-£10,000
All PPE, tools are provided.
What you should bring to the role
To thrive in this role, the essential criteria you’ll need are:
6. You should be a time-served apprentice with significant experience in mechanical/electrical systems or with NVQ or C&G level 3 in mechanical/electrical engineering.
7. A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalate if required.
8. An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors.
9. Resilient, adapting to the pressures of work and working in a constantly changing environment.
10. Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative to design and standards.
11. Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry.
12. Team player who can work in many different teams, showing respect for others, providing helpful feedback and supporting the development of others.
13. Full UK driving licence
What’s in it for you?
14. Offering a salary up to £45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus a company van, tools, and PPE.
15. Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets
16. Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution
17. Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays)
18. Generous Pension Scheme through AON.
19. Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid
20. Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!
21. Access to lots of benefits to help you take care of you and your family’s health and wellbeing, and your finances – from annual health MOTs and access to physiotherapy and counselling, to Cycle to Work schemes, shopping vouchers and life assurance