Mechanic

Key Responsibilities:

Maintenance and Repair Activities:

• Perform planned maintenance, inspections, and overhauls of plant equipment and site facilities.
• Respond to and resolve reactive maintenance issues to minimise downtime.
• Conduct testing, inspection, and reporting of plant conditions to ensure reliability.
• Undertake post-maintenance and post-installation proving of equipment prior to operational handover.
• Install and commission new equipment and make modifications to existing systems.

Safety, Health, and Environment (SHE):

• Comply with site SHE procedures, proactively identify improvement opportunities, and promote a positive safety culture.
• Conduct risk assessments for routine and non-routine activities, ensuring safety is a priority.
• Support and encourage SHE compliance among colleagues and contractors.

Collaboration and Communication:

• Coordinate with other trades and support functions to complete tasks efficiently.
• Use computerised and paper-based systems to record maintenance history and ensure task continuity.
• Communicate effectively with colleagues across departments to set priorities and meet deadlines.

Continuous Improvement and Development:

• Share and develop skills across multiple disciplines to enhance team performance.
• Stay proactive in developing knowledge and skills to meet the evolving needs of the business.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of engineering practices and processes.

General Duties:

• Maintain high housekeeping standards within the workshop and across the site.
• Ensure compliance with the site quality management system and assist in quality checks and calibrations.
• Use of FLT and MEWP as required

Essential Qualifications and Experience:

• HNC/HND in a relevant mechanical engineering discipline (or working towards).
• Experience of working in a manufacturing environment.
• NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering.
• Time-served mechanical apprenticeship.
• Proficiency in Microsoft Office and other computer systems.
• Strong communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Ability to undertake certified confined space entry tasks as required

Desirable Experience:

• Maintenance of hydraulic, pneumatic, and rotating equipment.
• Working knowledge of computerized maintenance management systems (CMMS).
• Familiarity with continuous improvement initiatives such as lean manufacturing or Six Sigma.

About us

We are ALTANA: one group of companies – four divisions: BYK, ECKART, ELANTAS, and ACTEGA. Global leader in specialty chemicals with over 6,700 employees, sales of around 2.7 billion euros, and myriad opportunities for you to develop and grow. Would you like to enrich your life with this decisive plus?

BYK, as part of the ALTANA Group, is a leading global supplier of specialty chemicals. Our innovative BYK additives improve scratch resistance and surface gloss, the mechanical strength or flow behaviour of materials, and properties such as UV-and light stability or flame retardancy. BYK has a global network of subsidiaries and employs a workforce of more than 2,500 people worldwide.

BYK Additives Limited based in Widnes is a leading manufacturer of specialty chemicals, supplying additives to the coatings, consumer care, oil field and other specialty markets. The site has been the home of inorganic chemical manufacture since 1923 and has been part of the BYK Division of ALTANA AG, a privately owned speciality chemicals company, since 2013.