AddressWe have an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance Technician to work as a part of a small maintenance team at our Stonehouse site, supporting the site's electronic equipment, control systems and instrumentation within the manufacturing environment. The Stonehouse site manufactures technical yarns for use in the aerospace, automotive, filtration and process belt industries. This involves melting and extruding polymer, passing over hot rotating rolls and winding the resultant yarn on a package in a form that meets the customer’s needs.
About the role
The Maintenance Technician will play a crucial role in ensuring the safety, reliability and efficiency of our operations. Your primary responsibility would be to proactively address maintenance, both preventive and corrective, to uphold our safety and quality standards and minimize unplanned equipment downtime, whilst ensuring timely and accurate communication is given to all stakeholders
The role will include conducting or supporting root cause analysis for unplanned outages and electrical faults, and identifying and implementing actions to prevent their recurrence wherever practical. You will also assist in the development and updating of maintenance procedures and documentation related to plant, assets, and equipment as well as maintaining relevant management systems by accurately and promptly inputting data.
The role will also involve supporting the implementation and commissioning of plant improvement projects, ensuring their safe and efficient execution, and identifying and implementing continuous improvement opportunities within your roles scope.
Your Experience
We are looking for someone, who has previously worked within the manufacturing industry, and has a background in electrical or instruments disciplines
Our ideal candidate would have a excellent standard and understanding of safety and experience working with quality systems. They would also have good communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with a team. Knowledge of PLCs, Inverters, Instrument communication (networking) would be an advantage.
It is essential that you have a HNC, or equivalent qualification or experience, within a relevant discipline.
About Victrex
Victrex is an innovative world leader in high-performance PEEK (Poly Ether Ether Ketone) and PAEK (Poly Aryl Ether Ketone) polymer solutions focusing on the strategic markets of automotive, aerospace, energy and industrial, electronics and medical. Every day, millions of people use products and applications containing our materials – from smartphones, aeroplanes and cars to energy operations and medical devices.
With over 40 years‘ experience, we are developing world leading solutions with PEEK and PAEK-based polymers and selected semi-finished and finished parts which enable environmental and societal benefit for our customers and our markets and drive value for our shareholders
As part of Victrex, we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.
If you are looking to join an ambitious team, then you can expect to be excited by this role and all it offers.
In addition to a competitive salary, we also offer an attractive benefits package including private healthcare, 29 days holiday and a generous company pension contribution.
Vision and culture
At Victrex we have a clear purpose: to bring transformational and sustainable solutions which address world material challenges every day.
This underpins our core values; passion, innovation and performance which are at the heart of our business.
Our culture is shaped by how we work together, driving for results with a focus on customers, continuous improvement and doing the right thing. Our values, passion, innovation, and performance are at the heart of our business and we value and recognise how every employee plays an important role in enabling us to deliver our growth strategy.
Sustainability is core to our strategy. We are committed to reducing our environmental footprint while supporting society through our sustainable products and making a positive impact on our local communities. In 2022 we were proud to be named as a European Climate Leader by the Financial Times, as well as receiving prestigious accreditation recognition, including EcoVadis Gold rating, inclusion in the Apple clean energy supplier programme and maintaining a long-standing recognition by FTSE Russell in their Green Revenues index, for how our products can support CO2 reduction.
Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all
sections of the community.
Please talk to us about flexible working.
