At a Glance
- Tasks: Keep renewable energy machinery running with hands-on repairs and maintenance.
- Company: Join a growing renewable energy business near Ely.
- Benefits: Earn up to £40,000, enjoy 28 days leave, and receive a company vehicle.
- Other info: Enjoy a four-on, four-off shift pattern with excellent training opportunities.
- Why this job: Work outdoors, solve diverse problems, and make a real impact in green energy.
- Qualifications: Experience as a Mechanical Technician with skills in service and repair.
The predicted salary is between 35000 - 40000 £ per year.
Mechanical Technician
If you would rather be outdoors and hands-on than stuck behind a desk, this is the role for you.
This is a Mechanical Technician role with a growing renewable energy business near Ely, on a four-on, four-off shift pattern.
As a Mechanical Technician you will keep the plant and machinery running across a growing renewable energy operation, working on the equipment that turns organic waste into clean energy.
It is varied, genuinely hands-on work, service, repair, maintenance, installation, fault-finding and inspection, on a four-on, four-off, 12-hour shift pattern.
Be clear on one thing: this is an outdoor role, with up to 90% of your time spent outside across operational plant areas, often at height and in all weathers.
If you are a practical, resilient technician who likes different problems every day and takes pride in keeping things running, no two days here will be the same.
- Job Responsibilities
- Carrying out repairs and maintenance in line with the schedules set by the maintenance managers
- Performing service, repair, maintenance, installation, testing, inspection and fault-finding to a high standard
- Working on motors, engines, augers, conveyors, gearboxes, pneumatics, hydraulics and valves
- Working outdoors and at height across operational plant areas, in all weather conditions
- Operating plant machinery such as tele-handlers and forklifts, with training provided
- Keeping accurate maintenance records using company logging systems on a handheld tablet
- Working safely and to a high standard at all times, adhering to health and safety best practice
- Carrying out ad-hoc duties to keep the operation running smoothly
Skills and Experience
To succeed as a Mechanical Technician you will need
- Proven experience as an all-round industrial or agricultural Mechanical Technician
- Mechanical experience across motors, engines, augers, conveyors, gearboxes, pneumatics, hydraulics and valves
- A strong background in service, repair, maintenance and installation
- Solid fault-finding and investigation skills
- Confidence working at height and outdoors in all weathers
- Experience driving plant machinery
- A full UK driving licence and full right to work in the UK
- A tele-handler or forklift ticket, which is desirable
- Cherry-picker experience, which is desirable
- Welding experience would be an advantage
- Pay and Benefits
As a Mechanical Technician you will receive
- A salary of up to £40,000 depending on experience
- A four-on, four-off, 12-hour shift pattern with overtime available
- 6am to 6pm
- 28 days annual leave, including public holidays
- Workplace pension
- A company vehicle for travel between sites
- Full PPE provided
- Free on-site parking, and free tea and coffee
Ready to apply?
If you want out from behind a desk and into a role where your work has a genuine impact, this is one worth looking at.
You would be keeping the machinery of a growing green-energy business running, on a shift pattern that gives you real time off, with training and long-term prospects in one of the UK's fastest-growing sectors.
If you are a practical Mechanical Technician who enjoys hands-on, outdoor work, apply now.
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