Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Location: Lydney

Contract: Permanent

We are currently working with a client based in Lydney, who are looking for a skilled mechanical fitter that can provide preventative maintenance and help with mechanical breakdown service on machinery on-site.
This role operates on a day rota pattern, shifts may range from 8 to 12 hours, based on what is needed on-site.
Working hours are Monday to Friday however you will be expected to work 1 weekend, every 5 weeks.
You will also be on a call rota 1 week in 5, for breakdown support during the evening or night.

Preventative maintenance will include:

Transmission belt inspection, tensioning and changing,
Inspection of bearings and couplings, alignment checking.
Installation and maintenance of rotating equipment including pumps, refiners, paper machine rolls, agitators, fans.
Removal and fitting of bearings and couplings.
Repair and maintenance of all types of seals and packing’s.
Turning, milling and grinding of components.
General fabrication work.
Rigging and lifting of heavy equipment.
Fault finding on, and repair of Hydraulic and Pneumatic systems.
Repair of compressors and other ancillary equipment.
Role Responsibilities – Mechanical Maintenance Technician  

To ensure safety standards are maintained and safe working procedures are adhered to.
Reporting any accidents and near misses, to improve the Occupational Safety of personnel
Diagnosing and repairing equipment breakdowns.
Identifying failure modes of plant equipment and returning the equipment to operation safely and in a reasonable timescale.
To follow up all shift reports, SAP and other inspection reports detailing corrective actions
Identifying failure modes of mechanical equipment and making recommendations to prevent further failures.
Locating spare parts using the maintenance management system. Collecting and returning spares to stores.
To work under the rules of the Electrical and Mechanical safety systems, Issuing certificates / permits as and when required.
To assess all engineering plant changes using the Management of Change (MOC) system.
Obtaining maintenance schedules from the maintenance management system (SAP) and feeding back work carried out. Work arising to be recorded using notifications.
To liaise with engineering day teams to identify and resolve long-term engineering issues.
An ideal candidate for the Mechanical Maintenance role would have:

Strong Drive, Motivation and Commitment: the extent to which the individual is self starting and self motivated and the degree and consistency of energy / enthusiasm which is committed in the pursuit of objectives and business goals.
The post holder should have good analytical skills and the ability to assimilate, organise and analyse pertinent information for logic based problem solving.
Ability to meet deadlines.
Able to communicate in clear concise manner, both in writing and orally
Computer literate with practical experience of CMMS systems.
A team worker, with a flexible approach to work.
Customer and Quality Awareness
Problem Solving and Decision Making
For more information on this role, please contact Jules Bujalska on (phone number removed) or send a copy of your CV to (url removed)

Omega Resource Group is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Oil & Gas, Construction and Manufacturing sectors.

Omega is an employment agency specialising in opportunities at all levels within the Engineering, Manufacturing, Aerospace, Automotive, Electronics, Defence, Scientific, Energy & Renewables and Tech sectors