Mechanical Technician

Astute's Power team is partnered with a market leading Energy company to recruit a Mechanical Technician on a 3 month contact basis for their power station in South London.

The Mechanical Technician role comes with a negotiable hourly/daily rate (DoE), inside of IR35.

Experience, skills and qualifications

• Fault finding and maintaining mechanical assets including steam boilers, pumps, gearboxes, valves, hydraulics, pneumatics, compressed air systems, etc.
• Working in line with maintenance techniques and best practices
• To ensure compliance with the pressure regulations and lifting gear inspection requirements
• Maintaining accurate maintenance records on the site Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS)
• To ensure the availability of plant spares
• Ideally have an NVQ Level 3 qualification in a relevant engineering discipline such as Mechanical Engineering
• Prior experience of hands-on maintenance within heavy process engineering environments such as Power, Paper Mills, FMCG, COMAH sites, etc.

Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Mechanical Technician role

• South London
• Negotiable rate (Inside IR35)
• 3 month contract
• Immediate start date

Astute People are acting as an employment business 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.