Company Overview
Cheshire West Recycling Limited is a council owned company committed to environmental sustainability and social responsibility. We operate in the waste management and recycling industry, striving to serve our community with innovative and eco-friendly solutions.
Summary
'Heavy Plant Technician (Fitter)' is a vital role at Cheshire West Recycling Ltd, where you will maintain and repair heavy plant to ensure smooth operations. Based at our Site in Ellesmere Port, you will contribute to our mission of sustainable waste management and environmental care.
The Plant Technician is responsible for maintaining, inspecting, diagnosing, and repairing Cheshire West Recycling’s plant to ensure it is safe and available to support operational service delivery for:
- JCB material handlers
- CAT loading shovels
- FLTs
- Conveyors
- Screens
- Bailers
- Hydraulic systems
- Fixed processing plant
Requiring knowledge of:
- Hydraulics
- Diesel engines
- Electrical fault finding
- Welding/fabrication
- Bearings, gearboxes and conveyors
- PLC awareness (even if not programming)
The role delivers planned preventative maintenance, breakdowns, statutory inspections, fault diagnosis, and reactive repairs across the recycling plant, taking a proactive and preventative approach to identifying defects and emerging issues to maximise operational activities to reduce avoidable downtime and cost. All work is carried out to required technical, safety, and quality standards and accurately recorded using approved systems.
Qualified to:
- Related qualifications which may include NVQ, Apprenticeship, City & Guilds I, II and III
- Must have a valid UK driving licence up to HGV Standard
Experience in:
- JCB material handlers
- CAT loading shovels
- FLTs
- Conveyors
- Screens
- Bailers
- Hydraulic systems
- Fixed processing plant
- Preventative maintenance and breakdown response
- Hydraulics
- Diesel engines
- Electrical fault finding
- Welding/fabrication
- Bearings, gearboxes and conveyors
- PLC awareness (even if not programming)
Skills and Apptitudes:
- Ability to work effectively in a fast-paced environment and customer-demanding situations
- Strong communication skills and the ability to follow written or spoken instructions
- Able to follow instructions and work to challenging deadlines
- Excellent understanding of technologies and functionality of plant
- No compromise approach to health and safety.
- Excellent problem-solving and practical skills
Principal Accountabilities
- Planned maintenance and servicing: Carry out planned preventative maintenance and servicing of plant in line with statutory, manufacturer, and organisational requirements.
- Statutory inspections and safety checks: Complete safety inspections and checks to ensure plant remain compliant and safe for operational use.
- Fault diagnosis and repair: Diagnose mechanical, electrical, and hydraulic faults and complete repairs efficiently and to the required standard.
- Plant repairs: Undertake major and minor repairs to all plant and associated equipment.
- Inspection preparation: Prepare plant for statutory inspections and support defect identification and rectification.
- Defect clinic participation: Take part in early morning and late afternoon defect clinics to support daily fleet readiness.
- Breakdown and emergency response: Respond to breakdowns and emergency repair requirements, including participation in out of hours call out arrangements where required.
- Record keeping and systems use: Complete all maintenance, inspection, and repair records accurately and promptly using approved systems, ensuring documentation is complete and audit ready.
- Risk escalation: Identify and escalate recurring defects, emerging risks, and safety concerns to the Workshop Lead or Engineering Manager.
- Plant presentation and housekeeping: Maintain high standards of plant presentation, cleanliness, and workshop housekeeping in line with prescribed schedules.
- Alternative fuel and emerging technology work: Carry out maintenance and repair work on alternative and emerging fuel technologies, including electric, hydrogen, HVO and other systems, in line with training, competence, and authorisation.
- Health, safety and compliance: Adhere to health, safety, environmental, and quality procedures and report hazards, incidents, near misses, and non compliance in line with company processes.
- Training and development: Engage in training, competency assessments, and continuous professional development relevant to the role.
- Flexible working: Work flexibly across CWR locations to support fleet maintenance and operational requirements.
- Adhere to approved policies and procedures: Ensure work is delivered in line with CMS and ISO standards and take personal responsibility for handling personal and sensitive information in line with legislation and organisational requirements.
Pay: £48,711.00 per year
Benefits:
- Bereavement leave
- Casual dress
- Company pension
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee discount
- Enhanced maternity leave
- Enhanced paternity leave
- Free parking
- Health & wellbeing programme
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Referral programme
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- What are your qualifications?
- What specific plant experience do you have?
- Do you have a licence to drive an HGV?
- Is there any part of this role you are unsure about?
Work Location: In person
