At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and improve operational equipment in a dynamic anaerobic digestion environment.
- Company: Join a growing business focused on renewable energy solutions.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, company bonus, pension, and additional perks.
- Other info: Opportunity for training and career growth in a supportive team.
- Why this job: Make a real impact in the renewable energy sector while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Engineering qualification or experience, with a full UK driving licence required.
The predicted salary is between 36000 - 44000 £ per year.
Astute's Renewables team is partnered with an established and expanding business, who own and run a portfolio of anaerobic digestion plant.
They are looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer for their site in Exeter.
Responsibilities and duties of the Maintenance Engineer role
- Be Responsible for all operational equipment and machinery including, but not limited to front end processing, pumping technology, digester and ancillary equipment, heating circuit and pasteurisation processes
- Follow, maintain and improve FIIX for all PPM's, input and detail any repairs or services on machinery to enhance a maintenance regime against each piece of equipment.
- Review and or provide thorough method statements, risk assessments and permit to work for non-routine maintenance tasks
- Build and improve on a thorough planned preventative maintenance program
- Support across three sites within their portfolio as and when needed
- Provide basic training, support and mentoring for site operatives
- Deliver planned improvements and refurbishments as part of the planned maintenance programme
- Ensure control measures and SSW (safe systems of work) are in place when undertaking any maintenance task
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping and insure a safe and tidy work areas.
- Undertake any training requirements as identified by your line manager to support you in your role.
- Be part of an on-call rota
- Other duties as required
- Professional qualifications
- A recognised engineering qualification or demonstratable experience
- IOSH is desired
- Compex and ATEX is desired
- Telehandler licence or experience
- A full UK Driving Licence is essential
- Personal skills
- Experience working in anaerobic digestion or a similar heavy processing environment such as water treatment, food manufacturing ect
- Practical environmental and working safely knowledge
- Electrical competence
- Computer literate
- Mechanical hands-on Engineering Essential
- Working Knowledge of substrate pumps
- Confined Space Training
- Experience of using and fixing pumps, valves, screw conveyors, gearbox drive units, heating circuits, Macerators, Hammermills and Mixers
Salary and benefits of the Maintenance Engineer role
- Competitive salary depending on experience
- Company Bonus
- Company Pension
- Other benefits discussed at interview
We do not discriminate on the grounds of age, race, gender, disability, creed or sexual orientation and comply with all relevant UK legislation.
We encourage applications from individuals from all backgrounds but candidates must be able to demonstrate their ability to work in the UK.
Astute is also committed to the government's Disability Confident Employer initiative.
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