Multiskilled Maintenance Technician
1 day ago
Hartlepool
WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU? • Permanent role, • Teesside location, • £50k OTE, • Annual Salary - £40,497.60 (£19.47 per hour) rising to £44,179.20 (£21.24 per hour), • £100 payment for each week on call, • £80 payment per call out, • Enhanced overtime paid for each hour when on call-out, • Working hours Mon to Fri 08:00 to 16:30 – Days only, • 40 Hour week, • Additional overtime paid at enhanced rates, • On call rota, 1 week in 5, • 23 days holiday plus statutory holidays, • Pension Scheme, • Onsite parking THE BUSINESS Our client is a well-established UK manufacturing organisation specialising in chemical processing and contract manufacturing services. Operating for over three decades, they support a diverse customer base across sectors such as speciality chemicals, agrochemicals and industrial products. Their North East facility is a highly automated, process-driven production environment, featuring a wide range of equipment including mixing, milling, granulation and extrusion systems, alongside bulk material handling and packing operations. The site operates within a safety-critical, regulated environment, with strong emphasis on process safety, continuous improvement and engineering reliability. Maintenance teams play a key role in ensuring high levels of plant uptime, supporting both reactive and planned preventative maintenance activities across mechanical and electrical systems. The business has a reputation for technical problem-solving and continuous investment in plant and technology, offering a stable and forward-thinking environment for engineering professionals. THE ROLE • Maintaining paint plant, coating and wash based facilities, • Carryout fault finding activities and undertake timely repair of equipment in the following areas; Conveyor systems, fluid tanks, pumps, motors, bearings, electrical systems, • Fault diagnosis, servicing and repair of the facilities across the sites, • Ensuring that all equipment is suitable for use and does not compromise health, safety or environmental requirements, • Provides support to the Engineering Manager to assist in their role, • Ensuring the safe, efficient operation of the Engineering department, • Providing Engineering support to the production department, • Performing an extensive range of tasks relating to routine, reactive and planned maintenance on the company’s equipment and its safety, • Maximising the availability of equipment to enable efficient production operations, • Ensuring maintenance records are developed and maintained, • Accountable for ensuring that Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental Standards are applied during engineering activities in all production plant areas in accordance with company policies, guidelines and procedures THE PERSON • Has served in a similar role, preferably in an automated manufacturing environment, • Educated to HNC level or equivalent in a Multi-Skilled discipline, • Has experience maintaining automated facilities, fault finding and implementing improvements, • Possess a good knowledge of pumps, motors, conveyor systems including pneumatics, hydraulics and electrical, • Has experience refurbishing pumps, motors and bearings, • Familiar with fabrication and welding techniques is advantageous, • Able to produce technical reports with good working knowledge of maintenance systems, • Provide a comprehensive multi-skilled maintenance service comprising of: assessing the nature of problems, implementing assigned tasks, carrying out the appropriate risk assessments, preparing materials schedules and carrying out work specifically in the area of engineering maintenance, • Inspect and test all works on completion ensuring the work complies with all relevant legislation, regulations and specifications, • Ensure a sufficient level of spare parts and equipment are identified and held at the appropriate level, • To reuse, recycle, repair component parts to reduce waste as part of the Company’s Environmental policy and commitment, • Respond to out of hour’s call-outs due to electrical or mechanical breakdown, ascertain situations, procure the appropriate action and implement accordingly, • Carry out some project work comprising both electrical and mechanical input TO APPLY Please send your updated CV to Harry Mann or apply direct by calling Westray Recruitment Group