Maintenance Fitter

What will you do? Make an impact!

The role holder will perform the day-to-day maintenance tasks associated with the operation of the site, whilst maintaining the highest level of compliance to the company’s health and safety, environmental, procedural and statutory goals.

Principal Duties

• Responsible for the installation, maintenance and repair of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic plant and equipment on Heysham site (as far as skills allow).
• Ensure that all equipment/plant worked on is maintained to a safe condition, compliant with any specific regulations and/or restrictions.
• To ensure that engineering skills are available to production areas for supporting ‘non-skilled’ personnel in engineering matters where appropriate.
• To assist as required in mechanical or other engineering tasks as the workload demands.
• Ensure all health, safety, and environmental regulations and conditions are adhered to.
• Completion of necessary work permits and associated systems to allow safe maintenance & repair works to be carried out.
• To maintain good housekeeping standards across the whole site.
• Provide engineering support and knowledge.
• Keep accurate written records of work carried out.
• Participate wherever possible in the installation and design of new equipment and processes.
• Work with and in compliance to written maintenance and operational procedures
• Carry out work in accordance with the restrictions set in HSWA, IPPC, COSHH, and any other relevant regulation or standard.
• Contribute to achieving the department’s and site’s production and performance objectives.
• Analyse and interpret data in order to resolve breakdowns or problems. 
• Provide holiday and sickness cover at short notice.
• Be available for a reasonable amount of overtime including out of hours call outs to enable the company to meet its production needs

Do you have what it takes?

Essential Skills.

• Hold a recognised mechanical qualification.
• The ability to demonstrate a proven track record in mechanical maintenance on Pumps, Tanks and Pipework.
• Have experience of working within a CMMS run maintenance department.
• Hold a Fork Lift Truck licence.

Desirable Skills.

• Holding a COMPEX certificate.
• Confined space.
• Working at height.
• COMAH regulated site experience.
• Experience in working within a flammable site.

What’s in it for you?

• Salary of up to £40,000 (DOE)
• 25 days annual leave plus statutory holidays with an additional holiday entitlement purchase scheme.
• Private healthcare cover (including but not limited to) Dental, GP, Mental Health & Optician
• Tradebe ‘MyBenefits’ Portal: Flexible benefits (access to our benefits platform for discounts and cash back on shopping purchases, gyms and leisure activities, cycle to work scheme and dedicated wellbeing centre)