Maintenance Technician

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Maintenance Technician | Sutton Cambridgeshire | Full Time | £27,345 to £38,998

To be considered for this role you need to be a “Time served Maintenance Technician”

Our client is recognised as one of the leaders in the renewable energy market as a significant contributor to the production of biomass energy for the home market. The power station primarily burns wheat and barley straw.

Reporting to the O&M Manager, Maintenance Manager or MTL, your focus will be to undertake routine and defect maintenance work to ensure the reliability, availability and output of the plant and equipment are achieved, whilst maintaining the highest levels of safety.

You will be a competent Maintenance Management System user with a high level of technical plant awareness, excellent problem-solving skills, together with experience of site safety rules.

You will have a ‘time served’ apprenticeship, with a minimum of 5 years of power generation/utility experience. You will be able to demonstrate excellent communication skills, and IT skills and have an astute commercial awareness.

You will join the operations team which works a shift system covering 24 hours, 7 days a week. You will work on a rota basis covering days (7am-7pm) and nights (7pm, 7am).

Are you the right person for the job?

• BTEC Ordinary Certificate or equivalent
• A time-served recognised apprenticeship
• Competent with Computerised Maintenance Management System
• Minimum of 5 years in the power utility sector or a similar process industry
• Proven track record of excellent verbal and written communication skills
• High level of IT skills in Word, Excel and Outlook

What will your role as a Maintenance Technician look like?

• Execute routine and non-routine maintenance activities in accordance with approved processes and procedures
• Provide out-of-hours support in ensuring that the availability and output of the station is maximised at all times
• Investigate plant problems and identify solutions
• Prepare and present technical reports
• Maintain work and activity records
• Carry out continuous plant condition monitoring routines
• Ensure effective planning is in place with adequate and competent resources available
• Ensure that safe working practices and procedures are adhered to in line with the SHE
• Management System
• Supervise other staff and contracted personnel as directed by the Maintenance Co-ordinator

What can you expect in return?

• 5% matched pension, increasing with length of service
• 25 days holiday, increasing with length of service, plus bank holidays
• Death in service – 4 times basic salary
• Cycle to work salary sacrifice scheme
• EV salary sacrifice scheme
• Employee assistance programme

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