Mechanical & Electrical Technician - Cassington, Oxfordshire
2 days ago
Witney
Contract: PermanentSalary: Paying up to £45,000 Depending on your level of experience, plus Standby rota payments & Overtime opportunities can increase the earning potential by up to a further £8,000-£10,000 per annum upon completion of essential company trainingWe are currently recruiting for an experienced Mechanical and Electrical Technician to join our team at Cassington Sewage Treatment Works. OX29 4EB As the successful candidate, you will ensure that all equipment at our sewage treatment works is running safely and efficiently using proactive and reactive maintenance methods. You will inspect, maintain, fault diagnose, test, install, modify or repair electrical and mechanical plant equipment. Working within the maintenance team, you will follow robust planned maintenance, getting involved in minor installation projects, electrical fault finding, and emergency breakdown repairs to ensure our plant operates all year round. What you’ll be doing as the Mechanical & Electrical Technician • Carrying out scheduled planned maintenance work on mechanical and electrical equipment in compliance with company procedures to minimise plant breakdowns., • 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., • 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., • 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., • 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., • A problem solver, able to identify potential issues and implement solutions, or escalate if required., • An excellent communicator, providing technical expertise to Internal and External staff and contractors., • Resilient, adapting to the pressures of work and working in a constantly changing environment., • Ability to work with minimum supervision, under own initiative to design and standards., • Knowledge and awareness of Health and Safety issues relevant to the industry., • Team player who can work in many different teams, showing respect for others, providing helpful feedback and supporting the development of others., • Full UK driving licence What’s in it for you?, • Offering a salary up to £45,000 per annum, depending on skills and experience, plus a company van, tools, and PPE., • Performance-related pay plan directly linked to company performance measures and targets, • Contributory pension – Defined Contribution - Maximum of 12% -2x employee contribution, • Annual Leave: 24 days holiday per year, increasing to 28 with the length of service (plus bank holidays), • Generous Pension Scheme through AON., • Generous Paternity Leave, including 4 weeks paid and an optional 2 weeks unpaid, • Enhanced Maternity Leave, 26 weeks full pay and 13 weeks half pay!