Mechanical Technician

Job Introduction

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer.

We are currently looking for a Mechanical Technician to join our friendly team at the Tunstead site in Buxton. This role will offer suitable candidates the opportunity for training as well as development opportunities within Tarmac.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Role Responsibility

This is an exciting role within the Cement Packing Plant for someone with a proactive approach to maintenance, plant optimisation and self-development

Reporting to the Packing Plant Maintenance Engineer and being part of the maintenance team, the job holder will be accountable for executing all preventative maintenance, responding to breakdowns and plant improvements of the Packing Plant.

This job is an integral part of the Packing Plant structure, working as one team with the operations personnel to ensure all KPI’s are achieved on a daily, weekly & annual basis.

On a day to day basis, the successful Mechanical Technician's duties & responsibilities will include (but are not limited to) the following:

• Contractor management process is followed for all contractual works carried out on site.

• Maintain & develop Risk Assessment/SSOW systems to ensure all are kept up to date and relevant.

• Carrying out period inspections throughout the plant & reporting findings into Maintenance reliability technician

• Facilitating the execution of all maintenance work orders.

• Responding to breakdowns in a timely manner

• Being able to fault find and carry out corrective maintenance in a cost-effective manner

• Using databases to locate spares and retrieve from P&S department as required

• Continuous improvements of the plant, maintenance methods to deliver cost reductions

• Building relationships and working with all OEM suppliers & engineers.

• Assisting with annual shutdown to include planning, execution & contractor management.

The Ideal Candidate

In order to be considered for this position, we are ideally looking to hear from candidates who ideally have experience of working in an industrial maintenance environment and working with automated machinery.

We are looking for an individual who is flexible, self-motivated and possesses a positive attitude in their approach to work that will add to the already highly performing team. A commitment to maintaining and improving health, safety and environmental standards is also essential.

Why Tarmac

We offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives and benefits:

• Contributory pension scheme
• Access to the Tarmac Reward website with discounts on retailers, holidays, etc.
• Access to our Employee Assistance helpline for free and confidential advice
• Access to join our Employee Communities ( employee networks) we currently have nine communities inc.(REACH) Religious, Ethnic, Cultural Heritage, LGBTQ+ , Parents & carers, Ability , Wellbeing, Female voice and menopause
• Training and development opportunities