Mechanical maintenance engineer

Job Title: Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Department: Engineering

Location: Lisburn, Northern Ireland

Salary: Circa £35,000 (dependant on skills & experience) + Benefits

Closing Date: Wednesday 23rd October 2024

Interviews to be conducted on w/c 28th October 2024

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

We have an exciting opportunity for a motivated Mechanical maintenance engineer to join our team based at our site in Lisburn, Northern Ireland. 

What you will do:

As Mechanical maintenance engineer, you will play a pivotal role in supporting operations teams by performing necessary breakdown repairs, leading preventative maintenance activity and facilitating the promotion of engineering solutions for process improvement.

These are key to ensure process availability and productivity are optimised.

What you will need:

The position requires an effective engineer with substantial experience in Service Centre or manufacturing activities. The engineer should be qualified to ONC or City & Guilds Mechanical Engineering.

Demonstrable experience of a relevant engineering discipline, continuous improvement processes, preventative maintenance techniques and dealing with contractors. 

Ability to demonstrate excellent communication and organisational skills and be computer literate. The ability to work without close supervision, yet under pressure and to tight timescales is essential.

A knowledge of and ability to apply Continuous Improvement techniques.

Skills to include, but not limited to:-

• Familiarity with Hydraulic and Pneumatic power systems. Ability to read and interpret system drawings to support fault finding and process improvements.
• Knowledge and experience to fault find on Hydraulic and Pneumatic power systems with the ability to introduce modifications in order facilitate necessary repairs.
• Familiarity with changing shear blades and setting gaps with an aim to optimise live and deliver quality demands.
• Knowledge of mechanical principles to support process breakdowns.
• Ability to read engineering drawings to support repair and maintenance.
• Understanding of Isolation and immobilisation processes.
• Overhead crane driving, Forklift truck and MEWP.
• Knowledge and experience working and maintaining press blanking tools.
• Familiarity with turning lathes and ability to manufacture small to turn small to medium parts to support breakdowns.
• Knowledge of the mechanical aspects on overhead cranes. To include wheel and rope changing.
• Understand condition-based monitoring methods and equipment.
• Welding and fabrication

Ready to make a difference?

For more information or for an informal discussion please contact: kelly.coombs@tatasteeleurope.com

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
• Quarterly 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 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.

Tata Steel Distribution – Lisburn, located in Northern Ireland, is part of the Tata Steel Distribution UK & I portfolio of businesses. The business is committed to delivering value to their customers by:- 

• Making customers successful in their markets 

• Delivering operational excellence 

• Offering innovative products & services 

• Being responsible for everything we do 

The process facility comprises of a variety of strip processing equipment including a multi strand blanker, heavy gauge decoiler and wide coil slitter.   

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 Stoves cooking less carbon – YouTube

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