Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Location: Spadeadam, Brampton
Salary: £30,000 - £35,000 per annum, pro rata
Benefits: Benefits include: -- Pension employer contributions up to 9%
- Annual leave – 26 days + public holidays
- Profit share
- Private medical/dental
- Gym membership contributions (£25pm)
- Professional Membership subscriptions
- Canteen on site
Start Date: TBC
The opportunity:
To support our clients exciting growth and development, we’re looking for a multi-skilled Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join their technical team on-site at Spadeadam.
As part of our client’s world leading team, you'll support projects directly involved in energy transition and the UK's journey to net zero. Their pioneering research projects are sponsored by some of the world's most innovative organisations, so you will be at the forefront of investigating the use of alternative fuels, gas transmission and its viability for conversion to greener and safer solutions.
Reporting to the Team Lead, you’ll be responsible for the completion of planned and reactive maintenance tasks on a range of assets relating to plant, facilities and site infrastructure. You will be tasked with following routine compliance and inspection duties and the recording of results in an asset management system.
Hopefully you can already tell that working at Spadeadam is no ordinary role. The nature of what they do and the impact you can make is unique. Working across a variety of projects, your role will carry a high level of responsibility, so you’ll need to be self-motivated, with the ability to work under pressure.Whilst the client is located in a beautiful part of the country, the sun doesn’t always shine and with many aspects of your work being outside, you will need to be comfortable working in inclement conditions.
The successful candidate will have the following:
Joining the team at Spadeadam provides excellent opportunities for career progression. You’ll be stretched and supported all the way, so they try to keep their essential criteria to a minimum when it comes to your previous experience. We do however hope that you will bring some of the following with you when you join:
- HNC in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent
- Preferable experience in undertaking maintenance, fault diagnosis and rectification work
- Demonstrable knowledge of relevant health & safety regulations
In addition, we would expect candidates who can demonstrate:
- Excellent organisational skills with the initiative to plan and prioritise own workload and collaborating with others to manage conflicting deadlines
- Being customer focused, proactive and results driven is key.
- You’ll possess real attention to detail and be adept in working with tight response times and ensuring enquiries and issues are dealt with in a timely manner
Please note that due to the nature of our Spadeadam site, successful applicants will be required to possess a full UK Driving Licence and to obtain and maintain UK SC Clearance (application for clearance will be assisted by the client).
What the client will offer:
We value all our people and the contribution they make to our business, so it’s important that our rewards make us all feel valued here. That is why we recognise personal needs and offer a flexible reward and benefits package, allowing you to choose the things that matter to you, including;- Fantastic career progression opportunities, with the resources to support your development, and the freedom to satisfy your curiosity and desire to learn
- Lifestyle benefits: 26 days annual leave + bank holidays, opportunity for up to 10 days unpaid leave, sabbatical leave, flexible working options
- Wellbeing benefits: (inc Private Medical, Dental Insurance, Health Assessments, Gym allowance). Company contribution towards eye tests and glasses (for computer/laptop users), and Flu Vaccinations. Also, our Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) provides free and confidential support for issues including work, family, relationships, money and health and we provide free fruit in our offices
- Financial Benefits: including a Pension Scheme with employer pension contributions up to 9%, Life Assurance and Income Protection
- Travel benefits: Season Ticket Loan, Cycle to Work Scheme, Electric Vehicle Salary Sacrifice Scheme (for personal use)
-Access to employee retail discount site for high street and on-line shopping
As many people who join the client at Spadeadam need to move to be closer to their location, they provide bespoke support to help you both relocate and settle into the local area.
The client is an Equal Opportunity Employer and gives consideration for employment to qualified applicants without regard to gender, religion, race, national or ethnic origin, cultural background, social group, disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, age or political opinion.Diversity is fundamental to their culture and they invite you to be part of this diversity.