Plant Support Senior Technician

Lotus Cars Limited, manufacturing facility in Norwich, is looking for a Plant Support Senior Technician to join our Facilities team.

Responsibilities

• Keeping production managers informed of maintenance activities and job progress.
• Checking and calibration of key production and metrology equipment to satisfy internal and external audits.
• Undertaking minor improvements and project work relating to site services.
• Performing minor electrical and compressed air installations as required.
• Carrying out building maintenance activities as needed.
• Moving and installing small items of plant in production areas.
• Routine servicing work.
• Organising and planning larger maintenance tasks that require method statements and risk assessments.
• Responding to emergency breakdowns.
• Updating certificates and legislative documentation records.
• Daily monitoring tasks relating to site services and critical plant.
• Routine inspections and testing as part of general site walk‑around.
• Updating repair details & parts records on the computer maintenance system; keeping asset lists up to date and controlling Line Replacement Units.
• Repairing production equipment, fixing faults and conducting investigations relating to machine failures.
• Maintaining a tidy and organised maintenance workshop and maintenance work areas around the site.
• Following health and safety, environmental and other engineering standards that apply to the maintenance of plant and equipment site-wide.
• Managing stock of specialist components and spares relating to business‑critical plant.
• Working within a defined budget.
• Supporting and daily controlling external contractors, including checking method statements and risk assessments and raising work permits to control these activities.

Qualifications

• GCSEs in maths, science, English and design and technology.
• Understanding of engineering drawings and principles.
• Good practical and technical skills.
• Awareness of health & safety legislation.
• Experience in a maintenance role with another organisation.
• Strong teamwork skills, ability to work unsupervised and show calmness and orderability in a crisis.
• Eligibility to work in the UK without visa sponsorship.

Benefits

• 25 vacation days plus bank holidays.
• Performance bonus scheme.
• Future‑proof pension plan.
• Private healthcare coverage.

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