About the role

  • Lead Maintenance Engineer overseeing critical maintenance activities across Chelmsford and Basildon. Focusing on process safety and delivering a comprehensive maintenance programme to ensure asset availability.

Responsibilities

  • Play a pivotal role in the oversight and delivery of critical maintenance activities
  • Deliver a comprehensive maintenance programme across designated sites
  • Drive improvements that reduce asset downtime and increase asset availability
  • Align planned work with local shutdowns to improve efficiency in maintenance activities
  • Ensure the effective day-to-day delivery of planned and reactive maintenance work
  • Own the design, development, and optimisation of Condition-Based Monitoring (CBM) routes and alerts
  • Ensure all safety critical equipment maintenance activities are completed on time and in compliance
  • Provide mechanical and electrical technical support to Maintenance Managers and their teams
  • Lead and undertake project work to reduce operating costs and optimise mechanical and electrical asset performance

Requirements

  • Possess a NVQ Level 3/4 or equivalent in a relevant maintenance discipline is essential
  • Proven practical experience of fault finding and improvement of mechanical and electrical assets through Planned Preventative Maintenance and strong Root Cause Analysis skills
  • Good understanding of Contractor management and MOC policies and procedures
  • Knowledge of Water Recycling processes and associated Health and Safety requirements knowledge is essential
  • Experience using various IT programmes including SAP, IRIS and Power BI
  • Flexible approach to work as the sites operate 24 hours a day, 365 days a year
  • Ability to work autonomously
  • Advocate of collaboration
  • Forward thinking and pro-active individual
  • Full UK driving license

Benefits

  • Company van
  • Private health care
  • Double-matched pension
  • Virtual GP service for you and your household
  • Life assurance at 8 times salary
  • 26 days annual leave – rising with length of service and the ability to buy more
  • Excellent family friendly policies, such as 26 weeks full pay for maternity / adoption leave, as well as 4 weeks paid paternity / partner leave
  • Opportunity for shared parental pay
  • Bonus scheme
  • Flexible benefits to support your wellbeing and lifestyle

Job title

Lead Maintenance Engineer

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

£42,000 - £60,000 per year

Degree requirement

Professional Certificate

Location requirements

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