Job Title: Lubrication Technician
Working Hours/Shift Pattern: 40 hours weekly (Standard hours)
08:00am - 17:00pm Mon-Friday
Overtime at weekends: Saturdays x1.5 and Sundays x2
Our client is a technology driven and specialist industrial services provider offering a range of engineering solutions and technical services to a wide variety of industries. Their Peterborough site is recruiting for the position of a Lubrication Technician.
With over 300 branches across the UK and Republic of Ireland they continue to provide an excellent experience and service to all their current and potential stakeholders ensuring productivity to enhance growth. Currently operating in 20 countries they are adding value for industrial customers worldwide. Over the last 80 years they have continued to implant an entrepreneurial spirit through our passion, specialism and innovation to make the industry work better.
On a daily basis the Lube Technician will be carrying out maintenance and repair on required machines to ensure the apparatus runs without any ongoing and detrimental issues. Lube technicians will be experienced in demonstrating their ability to change oil, filters and rotate tires, among other tasks.
About the role:
- Using a pre-defined selection of assets, lubricate bearings, spray chains, fill up oil bots
- Using lubricants to apply to rotating elements
- Set route sent via an iPad and work on predefined routes
- Manage weekly stock take and update the system of low levels of stock making sure stock levels are sufficient.
- Deliver lubrication know-how using techniques and methodologies to optimize regime.
- Carry out first line maintenance activities, assessing and escalating issues when necessary.
- Liaise with the client regarding lubrication issues as identified during day-to-day duties.
- Carrying out repairs and modifications to issues found whilst carrying out lubrication duties as required in a safe and efficient manner.
- Assisting with lubrication training of the client's operational personnel as and when required.
- Reporting asset defects to the client and entering notifications on the client's ERP system.
About You:
- Can demonstrate they have Tribology knowledge/ methodology of lubricants
- Has exposure to rotating equipment and can confidently support with training where necessary
- Has obtained a technical apprenticeship, A level or relevant NVQ level 3 or equivalent.
- Has proficient computer skills