Maintenance Fitter

Right Now Recruitment

Right Now Group are currently looking for a Maintenance Fitter to work within the recycling sector. As Maintenance Fitter you will be one of the front-line employees responsible for ensuring the plant runs efficiently and effectively and can process materials for a total of 110 hours per week minimum.

You will be required to work closely with all company personnel ensuring a Safety-First Culture is embedded, understood, and delivered – challenging areas of concern and promoting good practice.

The role involve:

• To ensure the plant is maintained and operable and available for work all of the time.
• To minimise plant downtime and or non-productive time.
• To complete the array of daily, weekly check associated with running a modern large-scale production facility.
• To accurately complete all associated check sheets, recording relevant detail and data as required.
• To be an active part of a developing maintenance team contributing to the success of the business.
• Assisting to implement and manage a planned preventative maintenance programme & maintenance schedule (PPM)
• Planning maintenance/shutdowns/outage works
• Ensure faults are identified and rectified in a timely manner
• To understand the process flow – to be able to fault resolve and problem solve to limit production loss.
• Help manage the installation of new machinery & the refurb of existing plant as and when necessary, liaising with Suppliers accordingly
• React quickly and accordingly to breakdowns on site
• Liaise with & manage external contractors where necessary
• Prepare detailed schedules of work, feasibility studies and cost estimates.
• Ensuring compliance with company procedures and health & safety legislation
• Liaising with internal management to ensure best practice is maintained
• Carry out daily & weekly site inspections and ensure actions are closed out.
• Ensure legal requirements are adhered to and processes in place for your service area.
• Ensure the Maintenance Manager is aware of all functions, processes, concerns and requirements at all times.

The ideal candidate will have:

• Similar experience within a waste related field
• Engineering/Maintenance/Electrical Experience
• Previous Experience of Implementing Planned Maintenance Schedules
• Certificates in the various applications/equipment used as a Fitter i.e Welder and grinder advantageous.
• H&S certificates advantageous
• Level of spoken and written English to enable check sheets and Procedures to be understood and written.
• Excellent time keeping
• Excellent auditability
• Essential flexibility with regards to hours worked