Mechanical Fitter

Lynx Employment Services Ltd

Posted a day ago, valid for a month

Knaresborough, North Yorkshire HG5 0AA, England

£300 - £500 per day

Full Time

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Sonic Summary

We are seeking Mechanical Fitters for a Waste Treatment plant near Knaresborough, offering a competitive salary of £35,000 per year.
Candidates should have a minimum of 3 years of experience in mechanical maintenance and hold relevant qualifications such as a Level 3 NVQ3 or BTEC in Maintenance Engineering.
The role involves supporting the maintenance team in tasks such as rectifying problems on mechanical assets, conducting planned preventative maintenance, and participating in planned outages.
Key responsibilities include operating workshop machinery, communicating issues effectively, and ensuring compliance with health, safety, quality, and environmental standards.
The position requires proven knowledge of mechanical systems including conveyor belts, valves, and gearboxes, along with the ability to read mechanical drawings and perform fault-finding tasks.

We are urgently looking for Mechanical Fitters to join our client at the Waste Treatment plant near Knaresborough. The mechanical fitter will support the mechanical maintenance team and the lead mechanical engineer in maintaining all aspects of mechanical plant, services, and equipment. As a mechanical fitter you will assist with planned preventative maintenance tasks, rectifying problems on mechanical assets and in the effective delivery of the planned outages whilst upholding the highest standard of health, safety, and quality.

The working hours for this role are as follows:

Week 1: 8am - 4pm Monday to Friday
Week 2: 10pm - 6am Monday - Friday

Key responsibilities

Rectify problems on mechanical assets such as conveyor belts, pumps, gearboxes, valves and cranes
Carry out Fabrication work and general workshop duties.
Be responsible for PPM and Reactive maintenance work, ensuring the highest standards are set and maintained.
Assist with and actively participate in planned outages.
Operate Workshop machinery, fabrication, and refurbishment.
Communicate problems and concerns promptly through line management ensuring quick resolution.
Assist in delivering Maintenance Team KPIs.
Effectively use the site CMMS system.
Participate in team briefings and toolbox talks.
Ensure full compliance with appropriate
Health, Safety, Quality and Environmental standards, policies, and procedures.
Work safely and efficiently to the site safety rules, under a safe system of work.
Report any accidents, incidents and near misses.

The Person

Qualifications

Time Served
Mechanical Technical Apprenticeship
Level 3 NVQ3/ BTEC
Maintenance Engineering
CSE/GCSE equivalent
IOSH Managing
Safely - Desirable

Skills/ Experience

Proven knowledge/experience working on the following aspects of mechanical systems:

Conveyor belts.
Valves.
Gearboxes.
Hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Fabrication.
Ability to read and work from mechanical drawings/ documents.
Experience/knowledge of safe systems of work including permit to work, method statements and risk assessments.
Ability to carry out planned preventative maintenance tasks.
Ability fault-find and repair mechanical assets.
Good communication.
Experience writing Risk Assessments and Method Statements.

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