Mechanical Technician (Relief Valve Technician)

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We are looking for a Mechanical Technician/Relief Valve Technician to supervise and/or perform preventive and corrective maintenance, troubleshooting, modification, installation and commissioning of relief valves at UK&I operational facilities; third party facilities; joint ventures and subsidiaries.

What will you do?

• Your day-to-day role will continue to support troubleshooting, repair, preventive maintenance, installation of relief valves, and when required support the mechanical team as and when required.
• You will be familiar with the relief valves and pressure systems located on the facilities served, for example: P&IT documentation/ CREDO, thermal and pilot relief valves.
• You will also be competent with the various SAP transactions necessary to fulfil the requirements of this role and be able to write Reports/EMRs to the required standards.
• You will have a basic understanding of centrifugal and reciprocating compressors and expanders, pumps, all involving a variety of fluids and specific requirements.
• Relief Valve Technician will when requested assist the UK&I Maintenance Planner with planning and preparation of forthcoming shutdown activities.
• You will be required to prepare written reports within a reasonable time after completing an activity.

How will you do it?

• Assist in mentoring other UK&I relief valve technicians, to assist in maintaining their ongoing authorisation to ensure the UK&I has the required coverage to maintain regulatory compliance and meet the AP policies and procedures.
• To ensure that planned (preventive) maintenance programmes and all repair and overhaul work is carried out fully and effectively and maintaining regulatory compliance.
• To respond to any major occurrence of mechanical breakdown, carry out prompt inspection, analyse the fault, repair and re-commission affected plant and equipment to assure the minimum loss of production.
• To adhere to the BSP safety philosophy and to ensure that all safety related incidents are reported appropriately.
• To ensure that the work of all maintenance personnel assigned (including contractors and vendors) is adequately planned and supervised and maintained at a high level of effectiveness.
• Ensure that Management of Change requirements (MOCs) are in place for all activities & that any changes, modifications or upgrades are documented and approved prior to implementation.
• Actively work in compliance with Air Products policies and procedures to consistently deliver world class performance, highlighting possible improvements when appropriate.
• Continually review and update the technical content of the preventive maintenance procedures (JSA/WRA’s) and recommend changes where improvements in safety and/or quality may be affected.
• To give advice and assistance to Plant Managers on maintenance matters as requested (SAP/CREDO), drawing, when necessary, upon the technical resources and expertise of specialist engineers.
• To establish and maintain an effective working relationship with all those individuals and departments who receive service from or provide support guidance or assistance to the Mechanical Department.
• Participate in the testing of equipment and machines often leading to the commissioning and start-up of plant.
• To collect equipment data for new projects and plant modifications, allocate PM tasks and to ensure these tasks are entered into the SAP data base.
• To ensure action from reports are followed up to conclusion.
• To be available “out of hours” to respond to mechanical related breakdowns across UK&I (occasionally Europe).
• To meet or exceed all individual goals set at the beginning of the year.

What are we looking for?

• Completion of a Formal Mechanical Apprenticeship.
• Significant experience of process pressure systems and equipment (including the use of precision measuring equipment, and preferably experienced in the testing and overhaul of relief valves etc.).
• Understand materials and systems construction, lifting and rigging, schematics and layout drawings and understand OEM maintenance manuals.
• Additionally, experience in large reciprocating and rotating machine, expanders, pumps, all involving a variety of fluids and specific requirements would be advantageous.

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