As a Maintenance Technician & Telehandler Forklift Operator (working 8am to 4:30pm 5 days from 6, working x2 Saturdays per month on rota with additional week day off) for this Lincolnshire based Wood Biomass Processing business, you will play a key role within the manufacturing maintenance team, supporting the Maintenance Engineers with M&E works, plus Welding, Fabrication & minor repairs.
This is another key role, turning UK sourced Wood Chip (virgin untreated & clean) into wood pellets for use as fuel, animal bedding & cat litter trays, helping the UK to significantly reduce landfill waste & promoting a sustainable future, producing a valuable renewable alternative to finite fossil fuels.
You will be an experienced Maintenance Technician / Maintenance Fitter, with both Mechanical & basic Electrical skills, ideally gained from within a Waste Recycling / Renewable Energy sector (Wood Biomass, Coal, CCGT, CHP or Nuclear plants, or another form of Power Generation / COMAH site) with a strong understanding of Waste Recycling, or Renewable Energy plant processes & all associated Waste / Power Generation machinery (Heavy Machinery / Heavy Equipment / HV MW).
Your Heavy Machinery experience will ideally include exposure to conveyors, chipping lines, wet milling lines, dryers, feeding lines, cooling & screening lines, pelleting / pelletising lines, separators, bagging lines (Vertical Bagging, Form & Fill Bagging Machines), Silos, Oxidisers, Gasification, Boilers & Steam generation systems, Turbines, Generators, Hammer Mills, plus HV & MW electrical skills.
Engineers Duties:
- Supporting Engineers with M&E related PPM, fault finding, emergency repairs, breakdowns, project works, machinery / plant installations, commissioning new machinery & decommission of old unwanted machinery.
- Welding & Fabrication work.
- Supporting Facilities Maintenance where needed i.e. the Fabric of the Buildings etc.
- Liaising with & working with 3rd party sub-contractors when needed.
- General maintenance support across the whole site & whole plant operation.
- Operating Telehandler & MHE to move parts, raw materials & finished goods.
- Loading & Unloading Trailers.
- Machine Feeding.
Engineers Attributes:
- An engineering qualification, plus time served in a similar role.
- Skilled in both Mechanical & Electrical disciplines (basic Electrical)
- You will be from some form of Power Generation Energy background, ideally from; Biomass, Waste, Coal, CCGT, CHP or Nuclear plants, but ideally from Biomass.
- Knowledge of Biomass Energy conversion (waste to power).
- Knowledge, or Qualifications within COTC or WAMITAB would be ideal.
- Some Welding & Fabrication skills would be ideal.