Mechanically Biased Maintenance Technician

Climb recruitment are proud to be working with a leading company in the Sheffield area. Role: Mechanically Biased Maintenance Technician Previous Experience - Time-served Mechanical Technician or equivalent experience. - Mechanical maintenance experience gained within a mid-heavy manufacturing, engineering, or similar industrial environment. - Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills. - Experience maintaining a range of industrial plant and equipment. Qualifications Required - HNC/HND in Mechanical Engineering or Engineering Maintenance. - NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Engineering Maintenance, or Mechanical Fitting. - City and Guilds in Mechanical Engineering, Maintenance Engineering, Engineering Maintenance, or Mechanical Fitting. Role Duties Responsibilities will include, but are not limited to, those below: - Perform planned preventative maintenance (PPM), fault diagnosis, and reactive breakdown repairs on a wide range of mechanical plant and equipment. - Troubleshoot and repair complex mechanical systems, including hydraulics, pneumatics, rotating equipment, and associated mechanical drive systems. - Ensure maximum equipment uptime across critical manufacturing systems, including: Investment casting machinery, ceramic mould making systems, heat treatment furnaces, Vacuum Arc Remelting (VAR) furnaces, Induction Skull Melting (ISM) furnaces, and Air Melt Induction Furnaces. - Support the installation, commissioning, alignment, and modification of new and existing mechanical equipment. - Conduct root cause analysis (RCA) and implement corrective and preventative mechanical engineering actions. - Collaborate closely with production, engineering, and quality teams to support operational targets. - Maintain accurate and up-to-date maintenance records within the Computerised Maintenance Management System (CMMS). - Ensure strict compliance with health and safety legislation and site-specific EHS standards. - Actively contribute to continuous improvement initiatives, including reliability improvements, downtime reduction, and energy efficiency. - Carry out installation, site improvement, and upgrade work across the site. - Install, maintain, troubleshoot, and repair mechanical systems including pumps, gearboxes, bearings, conveyors, and pipework. Salary is competetive Days and afters but would also need to be open to a 3 shift pattern