Approved Mechanical Fitter Greenock, Scotland
Job description
Date: 08-Apr-2023
Location: Greenock, GB, PA16 8UU
Glasgow, GB, G51 4SD
Fairlie, GB, KA29 0AZ
Company: Peel Ports
Vacancy - Approved Mechanical Fitter
Already one of the UK’s leading port and logistics companies, we have ambitious plans to grow and transform the supply chain to benefit our customers. With multiple settings across the UK and a huge choice of career paths, our business offers exciting opportunities to expand and develop your career. Much of our success depends on our unrivalled facilities and technology. But in our sector, it comes down to having the right talent to enable our organisation to grow. So, if you want to join a thriving and ambitious place to work, where you will be able to broaden your knowledge and progress in your career, a future with Peel Ports could be for you.
Responsibilities
The Approved Mechanical Fitter role, within the Engineering Department, will work with the Engineering Manager and Engineering Team Leader to deliver; On-time delivery, Continuous flow, Customer satisfaction, Zero defects, Compliance of all statutory electrical safety checks and tests.
Responsibilities will also include:
- Ensure all mechanical/maintenance equipment is compliant with current standards and legislation
- Complete planned and reactive maintenance work in an effective and safe manner
- Utilise fault finding diagnostic equipment to ensure the reactive maintenance impact is minimised
- Complete the workload as stipulated by the Manager or Team Leader
- Attend to unplanned failures in a timely manner to meet reliability targets
- Suggest tactical decisions to the Engineering Team Leader/Manager to stay on schedule
Skills and Experience
- Experience of maintaining heavy diesel plant and machinery in a heavy industrial environment
- Strong understanding of hydraulics and pneumatics
- Excellent fault finding skills and the ability to use fault finding diagnostic equipment
- Willing and able to work at heights
- Willing to multi-skill in mechanical and electrical engineering
- Demonstrate commitment to maintaining Peel Health and Safety standards
- Capable of working effectively under pressure in a critical busy environment
- Understand permit to work systems and accident reporting
What we can offer you
By joining Peel Ports, you will be part of an ambitious organisation who has invested over £1billion into key projects to future proof our business, creating 1000s of jobs for local communities along the way. These investments mean we are decarbonizing our operations, which in turn is helping us work towards our goal of having Net Zero Port Operations by 2040. It’s not only our infrastructure we are investing in, we are big believers in investing in our people. We are constantly looking for opportunities to help our people grow and develop by offering training, development and apprenticeship opportunities in a range of areas including; Operations, Marine, Engineering, HR, IT, Accountancy, plus many more!
