Mechanical Maintenance Technician

This role is pivotal in ensuring the optimal functioning and maintenance of our manufacturing equipment and facilities. If you possess a robust mechanical aptitude and are dedicated to maintaining high standards of operational efficiency, we encourage you to apply.

About The Role

As a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you will play a critical role in performing routine maintenance, diagnosing faults, and carrying out repairs on various mechanical systems and components within our manufacturing environment. This position offers a dynamic work setting where each day provides an opportunity to tackle different challenges.

Key Responsibilities:

• Perform routine and preventive maintenance on machinery and mechanical equipment, including inspections and servicing.
• Diagnose mechanical issues and determine necessary repairs using drawings, manuals, and test equipment.
• Execute repairs and component replacements, ensuring minimal downtime and disruption to production.
• Support installation and commissioning of new equipment.
• Collaborate with maintenance Engineers to devise maintenance strategies, procedures, and methods.
• Document maintenance processes and activities.
• Contribute to Root Cause Analysis and detailed investigations into equipment failures.
  
  

About You: Our Ideal Candidate

We are seeking an individual who demonstrates a strong mechanical acumen coupled with the ability to work effectively under pressure. The ideal candidate will possess:

• A recognized qualification in mechanical engineering.
• Proven experience in a mechanical maintenance role, familiar with safe systems of work, preferably within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Demonstrable experience of working on COMAH and PPC regulated industrial plants
• Understanding of condition monitoring techniques and interpreting diagnostic information for fault finding.
• Excellent problem-solving skills, with the ability to think critically and provide solutions.
• Ability to work autonomously and as part of a diverse team, displaying effective communication and collaboration skills.
• Commitment to adhering to safety standards and practices at all times.
  
  

NO RECRUITMENT AGENCIES PLEASE.

Currently, we are not considering candidates forwarded by any recruitment agencies or third-parties.

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

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. We have recently become winners of the prestigious Ecovadis Silver Award, which is a universal acknowledgement of our sustainability rating as being in the top 5% of over 75,000 companies. We are also proud to be recognised as a ‘Disability Confident’ employer.

Our aim is to provide the support of accessibility and community within Victrex for everyone. So, if you need any help, advice or just want a confidential chat regarding any Diversity, Equity or Inclusion matters even before you apply to Victrex, then here is what you need to know:

The enabling support that Victrex prides itself on giving, starts from when anyone applies or wants to apply to join our team.

We are always here to help provide any ‘reasonable adjustments’ you may need during your application process. So please contact us to discuss your specific requirements in more depth.

We even have a dedicated email that anyone can use to reach out for help, advice, and a confidential chat......whatever you need to know, and to help ensure an equitable solution, that’s right for you, right from the start!

That email is: enablerecruitment@victrex.com

Victrex values diversity and encourages applications from all

sections of the community.