Mechanical Technician – Biogas Plant (Leeds)

Location Leeds
Discipline: Ex Forces / Military, Engineering, Blue Light Recruitment
Job type: Permanent - Full Time
Salary: £42, 500 + company vehicle, bonus scheme, private healthcare & 33 days holiday, excluding public holidays.
Published: about 16 hours ago
Leeds - £42, 500 + company vehicle, bonus scheme, private healthcare & 33 days holiday, excluding public holidays.

We are working with a prominent player in the Anaerobic Digestion industry who are looking for additional Mechanical Technicians at their Anaerobic Digestion plant near Leeds.

My client is a booming business working with companies looking to reduce their scope 1 emissions, and to offset their remaining emissions. They offer carbon neutral or negative biomethane (green gas) to decarbonise gas or heat networks.

They are a highly experienced developer and operator of Anaerobic Digestion (AD) plants across the UK and employ multiple Mechanical Maintenance Technicians to service these plants.

Their plants convert a wide range of feedstocks into clean, renewable energy, through a process of anaerobic digestion which produces biogas. Biogas can either be used to generate green electricity or upgraded into biomethane and injected in to the UK’s national gas network.

As a Mechanical Maintenance Technician, you’ll be part of their engineering team, which is one of the largest Anaerobic Digestion teams in the UK made up of over 160 people that span production, scheduled maintenance and unplanned engineering.

What the Mechanical Maintenance Technician will be doing:

• Carrying out fault finding and repairs on Electrical and Mechanical plant such as pumps, motors, compressors and PLCs

• Responding to breakdowns and carrying out fault finding

• Planning and implementation of planned preventative maintenance to ensure full plant efficiency

• Supervision of third-party contractors on sit

The experience we’re looking for:

• Experience in the Anaerobic Digestion (AD) sector is desired but not essential

• Relevant engineering qualification (NVQ/BTEC/HNC/Apprenticeship)

• Previous experience within a Process Environment such as water treatment, food processing plant, chemical plant etc

• The ability to work an out of hours callout rota

• A full UK driving licence is essential for this role

What’s on offer:

• Basic salary £42, 500 per annum

• Bonus Scheme

• 33 days holiday, excluding bank holidays

• Company vehicles, laptop & tools

• Company pension

• Private healthcare

If you feel this role sounds right for you or if you know someone who may be interested, then please get in touch.

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of RecruitME who are acting as a recruitment agency.

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