Maintenance Technician

2 weeks ago


Rushden, United Kingdom Interaction Recruitment Full time

Maintenance Technician
Rushden, NN10 |
Full Time, Permanent
42 hours per week on a rota basis including weekends
£27,000PA + Overtime + Bonus
The Package:
33 days holiday including public holidays
Overtime paid at time ½
Yearly Bonus Scheme
Comprehensive Pension & Life Insurance Plan
Commitment to ongoing training and development for new and existing machinery
Discounts on an array of Stores & Activities
Cycle to work initiative
Working for a company providing cost effective and sustainable food waste recycling service for local authorities and commercial organisations.
Purpose of the role:

- Receiving food waste, operating mobile plant, and maintaining and operating the process lines.
- Ensure reception, sorting and processing of sufficient feedstock is achieved daily to optimise performance.
- Coordinate and carry out maintenance on equipment
- Supporting in ensuring full compliance within the companys management system
Key Responsibilities:

- Controlling intake, sorting, and processing operations of food waste - Supervising movements, offloading, cleaning, and departure of waste carrying vehicles on site
- Coordinate the processing lines to ensure maximum throughput and minimum downtime without compromising health, safety, and environmental standards
- Ensuring all deliveries are unloaded safely and report troublesome or rejected loads to the site manager - Provide useful feedback to assist reporting issues to the commercial team
- Monitor and report on the throughput rates of all processing lines. Highlighting any deterioration in performance
- Ensure daily plant checks are effectively carried out and remedial action is taken promptly.
- Ensuring a safe, prompt, and effective repair of any breakdown on equipment
- Performing minor breakdown maintenance and repairs as and when required to ensure minimum downtime of plant and equipment.
Key Skills and Knowledge:

- Recognised qualifications in mechanical or electrical engineering
- Processing and people management skills
- Ability to operate a forklift truck and obtain a forklift licence.
- Safety conscious and aware of environmental impacts
- Ability to adapt plans to changing circumstances
- To be able to carry out hard physical and dirty work
- Good team player but happy to work on own.
- WAMITAB - Certificate of Technical Competence preferable
- Qualification and/or experience in material handling, confined spaces, working at heights, first aid and banksman duties preferable.
- Full driving licence preferable.
If this is something you have experience in, and you are looking for your next career.
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