Mechanical Technician in Barrow in Furness

Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Technician to be based onshore at Barrow-In-Furness for a PAYE contract role starting asap until the end of January 2026. The successful candidate would have to reside within travelling distance of Barrow-In-Furness.

OVERVIEW: To undertake routine and non-routine engineering maintenance and defect/responsive breakdown repair tasks that ensure the reliability and scheduled availability of operational plant and equipment associated with gas production/processing and condensate storage facilities.

DIMENSIONS: Responsible for complex technical problem solving across 2 Gas Production and Condensate Storage Facilities with a Capital Plant value in excess of £550 million. Regularly oversee on-the-job training of trainees. Act as Performing Authority within the client's Safe Systems of Work Procedures. Supervise small teams of vendors.

PRINCIPAL ACCOUNTABILITIES:

• To execute routine and non-routine maintenance activities efficiently to agreed processes/procedures and operational requirements.
• Investigates complex technical problems relating to critical plant, identifies solutions and acts to return plant to normal operating service with minimal supervision.
• Prepares and presents technical reports and maintains appropriate records of activities within recognised systems.
• Inspection and maintenance of Mechanical equipment in hazardous areas.
• Carries out commissioning and de-commissioning activities to meet planned plant operating programmes, organising and planning own and vendor work scopes.
• Liaise with operational/production staff and Technicians in other disciplines to ensure a safe and effective approach to tasks within the overall operational and maintenance programme.
• Trained to be competent in a range of activities ancillary to his/her core discipline.
• Supervises other staff and vendor/contractor employees in undertaking particular work activities.

KEY SUCCESS FACTORS:

• HSE performance.
• Compliance to plan.
• Maintain defect and Planned Preventative Maintenance workload to plan.
• Efficient use of spares and review of stock items.
• Supervise and assist with key Vendor projects.
• Complete the Standards of Competence program within a reasonable timescale.

HSE RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Ensure that safe working practices and procedures are adhered to within his/her area of work and that appropriate permit to work is in place.
• Co-operates with line managers and supervisors in the prevention of work-related accidents and ill health, and the promotion of environmental good practice by acting with appropriate behaviour.
• Adheres to health, safety and environmental instructions and procedures.
• Reports unsafe practices, behaviours and equipment, and environmental concerns and incidents.
• Ensures integrity of safety critical elements.
• Supports a positive health, safety and environmental culture, offering improvement suggestions and participating in review of work practices and procedures.
• Endeavours to apply good housekeeping in work areas.
• Supports and participates in HS&E improvement initiatives.
• Ensures correct PPE is worn for work activities.
• Ensures correct use of tools and equipment.
• Supports continuous improvement in environmental performance in adherence to the ISO14001 externally certified EMS.

KNOWLEDGE, SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

• Basic IT skills to operate appropriate software and hardware systems.
• It is a requirement of the job and given the inherent hazardous nature of the operating environment, that the job holder must undertake a range of specialist technical and safety training, including the use of self-contained breathing apparatus.
• Completed a recognised formal training programme or apprenticeship to achieve technician to craft status.
• Experience of the maintenance of high pressure process plant and equipment.
• A BTEC Higher National Certificate (HNC) or equivalent in an appropriate engineering subject.
• The job holder must have sound verbal and written communication skills and the basic IT skills to operate appropriate software and hardware systems.
• The job holder must have sufficient knowledge of procedures and be able to relate them to the work activities to ensure a safe approach and that appropriate permits/controls are requested and in place.
• The job holder may also be trained to be competent in a range of activities ancillary to his/her core discipline such as crane operations, lifting and slinging, MJI10, MJI19 and Forklift Truck etc. to provide a range of skills available within the team in support of operational and maintenance activities.

JOB CONTEXT/ENVIRONMENT: Reporting to the Mechanical Maintenance Team Lead, the job holder is one of a team of Technicians in his/her discipline and part of the overall Maintenance Section at Barrow Terminals. Being self-motivated and under own supervision he/she will organise and plan routine/non-routine maintenance of complex operational plant and will also respond to plant and equipment failures without Technical guidance. The job holder will work under limited supervision that is directional rather than detailed. Therefore his/her daily workload requirements determine which procedures are appropriate and the planning of the execution of each specific task. The job holder operates within a day system and is part of a maintenance team responsible for operations and commissioning of high pressure process plant and equipment. He/she is fully accountable for analysing, evaluating, reasoning and deciding on conclusions when responding to non-routine plant breakdowns, working under pressure to strict timescales which directly impacts on Production to nomination targets, environmental penalties leading to substantial loss of revenue. The job holder will undertake hands-on maintenance work but regularly need to supervise other staff and vendor/contractor personnel on-site from time to time. His/her technical expertise will enable him/her to take the lead in certain aspects of his/her discipline and investigate issues, preparing and presenting technical reports upon which engineering judgements will be made.

WORKING RELATIONSHIPS: The Job holder must develop effective working relationships across a broad range of disciplines and levels. Primarily, these will comprise of Terminal Management, Peer groups, Discipline and Production Technicians, Production Support personnel, Offshore Operational and Maintenance personnel, core contract, vendors and ad hoc site labour. The job holder interaction with all these groups will involve production or plant status reports, HS&E issues, guidance and information dissemination when fault finding with a common goal of returning the plant to full service. Liaise with material suppliers to ensure correct identification of requirements. Liaise with external vendors/manufacturers to enable effective fault diagnosis and repair.