Maintenance Technician/Engineer

Job Description

Maintenance Technician/Engineer

  • Job Reference: KYMT110923
  • Job Title: Maintenance Technician/Engineer
  • Salary: £33,000 - £36,000
  • Based: Larne


Maintenance Technician/Engineer
VANRATH are working with a local company established over 80 years ago. They are among the market leaders in the mineral and quarry processing industry.
What's in it for you?

  • Salary £33,000 - £36,000
  • Rotating shifts
  • Bonus scheme twice yearly
  • Very generous pension contribution
  • Life assurance


About your next role

  • Bring a root cause-based mindset and culture to deliver high quality solutions.
  • Take responsibility for health, safety, and well-being to deliver a safety-first culture.
  • Undertake repairs, servicing, and maintenance of a wide range of production plant and machinery to the highest standard with work requests and pre-determine specifications.
  • Fault finding, testing and the removal or adjustment of existing fittings, fixtures, and parts.
  • Assist the Maintenance Engineer to ensure that adequate stock levels are maintained for all spare part lists and ensure that all necessary records are completed accurately.
  • Manage breakdowns with urgency to minimise downtime, working outside of core hours, unprompted with the wider team where valuable to do so.
  • Adhere to existing working practices, methods, procedures, undertake relevant training and development activities and to respond positively to new and alternative systems.
  • Act as an ambassador for our company values and adhere to all company policies and procedures.


Essential Criteria

  • A 3rd level qualification in Engineering or similar.
  • HND/HNC in Mechanical Engineering, and/or time served Mechanical/Electrical background.
  • A minimum of 3 years' experience gained in a manufacturing environment, or similar role.
  • Experience working with servicing, repairs, and maintenance of plant machinery.
  • Root cause analysis & fault-finding experience.



Desirable Criteria

  • Full clean driving license essential.
  • Control & Automation systems experience.
  • Inverter drives, HMIs, and PLC's (Siemens).
  • Mechanical drive systems.
  • Pneumatic & hydraulic systems.
  • LEN methodologies experience.


For further information on this vacancy, please apply via the link below or contact karl.yellop@vanrath.com for a confidential chat.