Overview
Astute's Renewables team is partnered with one of the UK's leading renewable energy providers, owning and running a portfolio of anaerobic digestion plants across England and Wales. They are looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer to support across sites in Hertfordshire, Oxfordshire and Surrey. The Maintenance Engineer role comes with a salary of up to £44,000 plus bonus and an excellent benefits package. If you have experience as a Maintenance Engineer in a heavy processing environment and want to work for an organisation passionate about renewable energy, please upload your CV.
Responsibilities
- Report to the Area Manager and be responsible for all operational equipment and machinery, including front end processing, pumping technology, digester and ancillary equipment, heating circuits and pasteurisation processes.
- Follow, maintain and improve the planned preventative maintenance (PPM) regime, input and detail any repairs or services on machinery to enhance maintenance for each piece of equipment.
- Review and/or provide thorough method statements, risk assessments and permits to work for non‑routine maintenance tasks.
- Build and improve a thorough planned preventative maintenance program.
- Provide support across three sites within the portfolio.
- Provide basic training, support and mentoring for site operatives.
- Deliver planned improvements and refurbishments as part of the maintenance programme.
- Ensure control measures and safe systems of work (SSW) are in place when undertaking maintenance tasks.
- Maintain high standards of housekeeping and keep work areas safe and tidy.
- Undertake any training requirements 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 demonstrable experience.
- IOSH is desirable.
- Compex and ATEX are desirable.
- A full UK Driving Licence is essential.
Personal Skills
- Experience working in anaerobic digestion or a similar heavy processing environment such as water treatment or food manufacturing.
- 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
- Salary of £44,000.
- Company bonus.
- Company pension.
- Life insurance.
- Other benefits discussed at interview.
Astute People are acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. 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. We endeavour to get back to everyone; however, if you have not heard anything after 7 days, please consider your application unsuccessful.
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