Mechanical Craftsperson - Cranes

Location

North West England | United Kingdom

Job description

Job Title: Mechanical Craft - Cranes

Department: Crane Maintenance Team

Location: Shotton (CH5)

Salary: £33,477 - £36,651 + Bonus

Closing Date: Sunday 17th March 2024

We believe that our strength is not just in our steel but the diversity of our workforce. Our people make the difference.

Do you possess the skills to maintain overhead cranes into models of seamless efficiency?

Are you prepared to innovate and shape the future of overhead crane mechanics with your expertise?

Then our Tata Steel Colors business at Shotton should be your next career move.

We are an international business with nearly 50 years’ experience in the development and manufacture of pre-finished steels. You’ll work with equipment that’s used worldwide in an abundance of sectors, from appliances, cladding, bakeware and general building work.

What you will do

You’ll be responsible for mechanical maintenance, refurbishment and repair of mechanical equipment within the Manufacturing Engineering function for high level bay maintenance of cranes.

We're looking for someone with a real hands-on attitude to their work, as general production line maintenance will also be required during periods of downtime.

As part of this job, you’ll be responsible for:

• Health, Safety and Environmental performance adhering to the works IMS procedures and PPE instructions / procedures and facilitating the team safety meetings
• Undertake preventive and corrective maintenance on Overhead travelling cranes
• Repair mechanical items to a high standard from existing drawings to the expected delivery period
• Assist with development of designs for manufacture of spares for cranes
• Undertake repairs and refurbishments of existing equipment
• Take an active role in CI, maintaining and improving safety and housekeeping standards within the Crane maintenance Team
• Undertake work for Workshops, auxiliary plant and downshifts as required
• Undertake Zone Safety audits at a given frequency as per Safety Sub Plan
• Undertake Risk assessments and LOLERs for activities to be undertaken

What you will need

The successful applicant will be a time served fitter and have adequate relevant plant experience in a steel and construction related industry.  An NVQ level 3 in Mechanical engineering is also desirable for this role.

We’d also love to hear from you if you have:

• Excellent communication skills
• Ability to work as part of a multi-disciplined team
• Good risk awareness when planning and undertaking tasks, with the confidence to challenge those that do not

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: [email protected]

What we can offer you

Tata Steel UK offers their employees significant benefits packages. For this role, you will benefit from:

• A market competitive salary
• 35 days holidays per annum
• Annual Pay Review
• Annual Bonus Scheme – subject to business performance
• One of the UK’s leading defined contribution pension schemes (10% employer contribution / 6% employee contribution)

We also have an extensive list of lifestyle benefits including free onsite parking at all of our sites, an employee assistance programme as well as discounts with local and national retailers and services.

Employee discount scheme for companies including Vodafone, Jaguar Land Rover and also various local services

Why us?

Tata Steel is one of the world’s top 10 steel producers. The combined group has an annual aggregate crude steel capacity of more than 33 million tonnes with approximately 80,000 employees across four continents. We’re part of the Tata Group, one of the largest, most diverse conglomerates in the world with businesses in the UK including Tata Steel, Jaguar Land Rover and Tetley Tea.

Sustainability is at the very heart of what we do and we are dedicated to managing our operations responsibly and to continuously improving our performance. Innovating for tomorrow, making a positive impact today.

Tata Steel in the UK is committed to our ambition of reducing energy consumption and to becoming a carbon neutral steelmaker by 2045, to find out more about our journey click here

To learn more about who we are and what we can offer our future employees, please click on the link to watch the following video: Tata Steel – A place you can thrive – YouTube  

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