Mechanical Technician

West Midlands, England, United Kingdom

12/29/2024

We are currently recruiting for a Mechanical Technician for our Waste Treatment Plant in Newport, Isle of Wight. Working in a team, as a Mechanical Technician you will support the Operational Team with maintaining services, plant and apparatus in all areas of the plant. We are looking to speak with individuals who have experience in either the Energy from Waste, Petrochemical or Power sectors.

Ideal candidates with have significant experience working within one of the following areas:

• Steam valve overhaul/maintenance
• Steam turbines
• Hydraulic system overhaul/maintenance
• Gas Engines
  
  

You will be working 12-hour shifts either days or nights on a rotating pattern:

• 6am 6pm
• 10am 10pm
• 6pm 6am
  
  

Role Responsibilities:

• Help to maintain standards as set out in the KPIs
• Communicate problems and concerns promptly ensuring quick resolution
• Ensure the health, safety and security of staff, premises and equipment by encouraging and monitoring best practices always
• Comply with all Health and Safety Legislation
• Always undertake role in a professional and safe manner
• Perform Planned Preventitive Maintenance checks, inspections and reports
• Good understanding of proactive maintenance strategy and condition monitoring.
• Experience of carrying out mechanical maintenance.
• Pro-actively support a safety culture in which teams and individuals are responsible and accountable for their actions and perform at their best, improve performance and realise their full potential.
  
  

Qualifications & Skills

• Maintenance experience (essential
• Mechanical engineering HNC or apprenticeship (essential)
• Good communication skills
• Good interpersonal skills
• Experience working within a Permit to work system (desirable)
• Experience in working with a Computerised Maintenance Management or willing to undertake training at a level applicable to role.
  
  

Benefits

• Entry into Company bonus scheme - up to 5%
• Contributory pension up to 6%
• 24 days annual leave
• Annual opportunity to buy additional annual leave (up to 5 days)
• Life assurance: 4 x annual salary
• Flexible benefits: Access to a wide range of flexible benefits through Bravo Benefits, allowing you to tailor your package to suit your individual needs, including health, wellbeing, and lifestyle options.
• Free parking
  
  

Our Business

At Thalia Waste Management, we are creating a future to be proud of. We think differently, questioning everything, enabling us to develop progressive waste into energy solutions and services. Being motivated, tackling problems together, inspiring others to take responsibility, making a difference, being ambitious and contributing value.

We operate the best technology available across our four strategic sites in North Yorkshire, Milton Keynes, Cambridgeshire and the Isle of Wight. Our technology includes everything from mechanical and biological treatment, traditional mass-burn energy from waste and material recycling technologies to in-vessel composting, advanced thermal treatment, innovative small-scale energy from waste and anaerobic digestion. In a single year we process 300,000 tonnes of waste that is turned into energy. This generates the same amount of energy as approximately 600 million solar panels. Similarly we recycle circa 95,000 tonnes of waste.

Inclusion

At Thalia Waste Management, we work hard to make sure we are an inclusive and diverse place to work. This means we dont just look at your CV, were focused on who you are, your skills and passion that can be brought to Thalia Waste Management. We know and understand the everyone is different and has a life outside work, so were happy to discuss flexible working and any adjustments that could be needed! Well do all that we can to support everyone from their first contact with us. For any support or adjustments needed through our recruitment process, please speak to our recruitment team who will be happy to support. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, colour, national origin, sex, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. As a Disability Confident Employer, we will make sure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable adjustments to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment.