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Mechanical Technician

Vivergo Fuels
Full-time
On-site
Hull, United Kingdom
£40,000 - £42,000 GBP yearly
Oil & Gas
 
The Mechanical Technician will be responsible for providing a mechanical maintenance service within the maintenance team.  As part of the maintenance team, the role holder will be required to diagnose faults, suggest and assist with the upgrading of equipment and deliver the plant’s proactive maintenance strategy.

Key Responsibilities 
 
  • Ensuring all inspections and maintenance procedures are implemented in order to meet COMAH requirements
  • Condition monitoring of all aspects of the VFL plant, using condition based monitoring techniques such as:

      -Vibration analysis
      -NDT
      -Infrared
      -Thermography
      -Ultrasound
      -Oil analysis

  • Maintenance and setting up for optimum performance (e.g. laser alignment) for equipment such as:

     -Pumps
     -Valves
     -Conveyors
     -Elevators
     -Gearboxes
     -Fans
     -Compressors

  • Carrying out planned and reactive maintenance on the VFL plant
  • Ensuring that all safety-critical and business-critical systems are inspected, maintained and calibrated to the relevant legislative and VFL standards
  • Controlling abnormal situations and emergencies
    Implementing key risk control systems necessary for the control of major hazards
  • Management of mechanical and discipline-related contractors
    Co-ordination with other disciplines and suppliers
  • Maintenance of system drawings and documents after any modifications or improvements
  • All work carried out on the site will be planned and recorded on the computerised maintenance management system
 
 
Additional Information 
 
The Vivergo Fuels Plant is in operation 24 hours a day and 365 days of the year. The maintenance team typically work a Monday-Friday working pattern, with the requirement to be part of a call-out rota to assist with processing or equipment difficulties that cannot be left until the following day. The on-call rota is currently operating as 1 week in 6. 
 
As part of the role, the employee will be required to wear and use specialist PPE, including but not limited to breathing apparatus, to ensure safety in hazardous environments. Training on the proper use and maintenance of this equipment will be provided.
 
There will also be a requirement to work at height and carry out confined space work. 

The Mechanical Technician may be called upon to be part of the Saltend Emergency Response Team.

Salary

Starting salary of £40,000 - £42,000 per annum. With scope to advance with specific site training. The payment for being part of the on-call rotation is £1,800 per annum. With additional payments if you are called and required to attend site. 

About You

You'll be self-driven, results orientated with a positive outlook and a clear focus on safety, high quality, and commercial success for Vivergo. A natural forward planner who critically assesses their own performance and maintains high personal and professional standards, you'll have a high attention to detail and be able to focus on the task at hand.
 
With excellent knowledge of the core areas of mechanical engineering and familiarity with a multitude of pump and fan designs, conveying systems, milling equipment and large capacity silos and tanks, You should also possess a proactive, challenging and questioning style and have broad knowledge across a variety of engineering disciplines along with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to critique the work of others in a professional manner.
 
Essential criteria
  • IOSH ‘Working Safely’ / NEBOSH ‘Health & Safety at Work’
  • Apprentice trained Level 3 or equivalent
  • ONC in Maintenance & Engineering
  • Experience on a large scale industrial/manufacturing site
  • CompEX EX11 (or willing to undertake)
Desirable Criteria
 

Will hold excellent knowledge of the core areas of mechanical engineering and be familiar with a multitude of pump and fan designs, conveying systems, milling equipment and large capacity silos and tanks.

Should possess a proactive, challenging and questioning style and have broad knowledge across a variety of engineering disciplines along with strong interpersonal skills and the ability to critique the work of others in a professional manner.

  • Experience of milling processes
  • HNC in Maintenance & Engineering
  • Experience issuing & receiving permits to work
  • Risk assessment techniques
  • Have worked in a proactive, condition-based engineering maintenance environment
  • Fork truck licence
  • IPAF licence
  • Abrasive wheels
  • Harness trained, confined space awareness training
  • Level 2 GNVQ in access operations & rigging or equivalent

About Us

Vivergo Fuels operates on the Saltend Chemicals complex in Hull. We are part of the AB Sugar division within ABF (Associated British Foods). ABF is a FTSE 10 group that operates in 53 countries across Europe, Africa, the Americas, Asia and Australia.

What do we do?

In simple terms we convert locally sourced feed wheat into both bioethanol, a more environmentally friendly transport fuel, and a highly nutritious animal feed for the dairy industry.

We are passionate about what we do and proud to say the bioethanol we produce helps to reduce transport carbon emissions in the UK.

Safety comes first at Vivergo Fuels, but equally important is how we work; our people and culture make us who we are.

Our Benefits

Working with us offers a great benefits package that encompasses options such as:
  • Matching pension scheme up to 10% 
  • Life Assurance Income Protection Cycle to work scheme 
  • 25 days annual leave (rising with time) 
  • Private medical options 
  • On site free staff parking

We also recognise that whilst work is a big part of who we are, our people have other roles to fill in their lives. Enabling our team to balance work and home life is important to us.

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