Plant Maintenance Assistant, Hooton, UK

What are we looking for?

Do you have a desire to work for a renewable energy provider? We are growing the team at our new build ‘Energy from Waste’ (EfW) plant located near Eastham, on the Wirral Peninsula in Merseyside, and this newly created role could be the challenge you are looking for.

What will you be doing?

Reporting to the Maintenance Manager, working on a 40 hour per week contract, you will be responsible for ensuring overall general site duties are undertaken, including site stores control and management, along with general site operational and maintenance support.  These activities should be done whilst fostering an ethos of maximum plant reliability, flexibility, availability. 

Summary of key responsibilities:

• To carry out day to day plant routines through full versatility and multi-tasking to achieve general plant duties.
• Ensure day to day plant compliance with all HSE and site housekeeping standards.
• To carry out preventative maintenance routines and assist with routine maintenance and operations as required.
• Carry out day to day loading and off - loading of general site deliveries and ensuring a goods in and goods out programme is maintained.
• Maintain, control and manage the site stores inventory including stock takes.
• Liaise with site sponsors on all deliveries to ensure full appreciation is understood on each delivery and that addressee is informed and registers receipt.
• Assist with maintenance team in responding to first line and breakdown maintenance requirements as far as background and experience permits and assisting maintenance functions in any such maintenance activity.
• Participate in company/site HSE initiatives including the HSE forum activities.

Qualifications & Knowledge to succeed

• ONC / C&G / NVQ level 3 in a process/engineering subject, with a high level of practical thermal/process plant operational experience (Qualifications below this may be acceptable if accompanied by suitable experience).
• A good understanding of all HSE aspects is a fundamental requirement, with IOSH Managing Safely a preferred requirement.
• Qualifications in the use of Counterbalance FLT and Grab Cranes.
• Computer literate with Microsoft Office suite and ideally previous CMMS and Nisoft Eclipse experience.
• Self-motivated individual with exceptional organisational and interpersonal skills
• High level of customer focus.
• Willing to assume significant personal accountability.

What do we offer?

BWSC gives you access to a great network of possibilities. We build inspiring careers locally and internationally. 

We offer a key position with great colleagues and the possibility to bring your skills into play and growth on a personal level. Whilst working as a Plant Maintenance Assistant at BWSC we offer a starting salary of £33,000 per annum with the opportunity for overtime, and a great total reward package including:

• Health Care Cash Plan
• Employee Assistance Programme
• Salary Exchange Pension contributions
• Fixed employer Pension contribution of 6%
• Contractual sick pay
• 33 days annual leave (inclusive of the 8 statutory Bank Holidays) with the addition of 1 extra days annual leave for every 5 years of service
• Life Assurance cover
• Opportunity to earn an annual bonus (depending on business performance)

This role is a full-time role contracted for 40 hours per week, working Monday to Friday, 8am to 4:30pm.

Some occasional and ad-hoc national travel may be required.

Ready for a challenge? 

For consideration for the Plant Maintenance Assistant role please apply submitting a CV, providing a brief summary of suitability and an indication of current or desired salary package. 

All applicants must have the right to work in the UK in order to apply.

The application deadline is 3rd May 2024. We will conduct interviews on an ongoing basis, so please send your application today.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact Dan Collinson at dacol@bwsc.dk.

BWSC no longer receive or handle applications received via email due to the directives of the GDPR. In order for your application to be processed, you must submit your application via our online recruitment system.

About Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor (BWSC)

Burmeister & Wain Scandinavian Contractor A/S (BWSC) is a global power plant Operation & Maintenance and technical service provider with engineering expertise, enabling power plant owners to deliver cleaner and affordable energy. We are experts in servicing, upgrading, operating, and maintaining energy systems for diesel, natural gas, and renewable baseload power plants. We help our customers increase reliability and availability of energy production, improve efficiency and performance of their power plant, design and integrate future-proof technologies, and secure lower cost of maintenance. Our people are at the core of everything we do and key to a positive relationship with our customers. We invest in our people and their wellbeing, to ensure continued success and growth of the company.

For more information about BWSC, please visit www.bwsc.com.