Multi Skilled Technician

Scottish Canals are the custodians of the nation’s canal network and surrounding estates. Our vision is to invest in the canal network to generate lasting benefit for people and communities; celebrating their industrial heritage, ensuring they offer quality green and blue spaces for people and communities and contribute to Scotland’s resilience in tackling climate change. Our success is rooted in valuing the contributions of our entire team - we care, we create, and we collaborate to continue to deliver a whole range of activities from boating, paddling, walking and wheeling to living and playing and improving what the canals have to offer to our visitors and communities. We also work collaboratively with our partners and stakeholders to contribute to a wealthier, fairer, greener and more resilient Scotland.

As an employer we offer a truly unique opportunity to be part of our team, help us realise our vision and contribute to safeguarding our heritage and ensuring our canals flourish now and in the future. We currently have an exciting opportunity for a Multi Skilled Technician to join our M&E team in Dochgarroch, Inverness. Using technical expertise, you will undertake PPM, inspections, breakdown response, fault investigation, repair, maintenance, and improvement works to a variety of equipment and installations throughout the canal network, both land and water based.

The role is offered on a permanent basis, and with a starting salary of £34,165 (Band D) plus 11.25% Variable Hours allowance and £850 Outdoor Working allowance. Working 35 hours per week, Monday – Friday 08:30 to 16:00, with some flexibility required. Scottish Canals offer a generous annual leave entitlement of 28 days, plus 10 public holidays, along with enhanced sick pay, discounted shopping vouchers, health cash plan and a contributory pension scheme with up to 10% employer contribution.

Primary responsibilities of the role:

• Working within your skill set, experience, knowledge, training, and ability, deliver the agreed planned preventative maintenance schedule, new installations, carry out inspections, undertake effective fault diagnosis and repair.
• Produce recommendations following inspection and fault investigations, undertaking minor project design and leadership where appropriate.
• Providing inspection, monitoring, and reporting on the condition of mechanical and hydraulic assets.
• Safely and efficiently support the delivery of improvements to the inland waterways network.
• Provide business administration support to ensure accurate documentation and recording of all maintenance activities and duties using asset management and Microsoft office software.
• Contribute to resource planning to assist prioritising available resource.
• Collaborate effectively with colleagues, to ensure technical, health, safety, and environmental performance.
• Participation in an out of hours standby rota as and when required.

Qualifications and knowledge required:

• Recognised Apprenticeship (or similar level) in a Mechanical or Hydraulic discipline.
• Minimum HNC (or equivalent) in a Mechanical or Hydraulic discipline.
• Knowledge of other disciplines would be an advantage.
• Full UK Driving Licence.

Skills and experience required:

• Experience working with a multitude of the following: rotating machinery, control valves, electrohydraulic systems, instrumentation, hydraulic power units, fluid pumps, fabrication, would be an advantage.
• Ability to work with technical drawings.
• Experience of carrying out Fault diagnosis.

Qualities & abilities required:

• Good Communication Skills.
• Strong Health & Safety Awareness.
• Ability to work within a multidisciplinary team.
• Ability to manage your own workload to agreed plans.
• Computer literate with experience of using MS Office Packages.

Scottish Canals reserve the right to close this vacancy before the closing date if a sufficient number of applications are received.