Senior Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Belcan Workforce Solutions is excited to offer a contract opportunity for a Senior Mechanical Maintenance Engineer at the Fife site of a multinational oil and gas corporation.

This position is for a 12-month contract, offering full-time on-site work within an IR35 framework.

As a highly skilled and valued member of the mechanical maintenance team, the candidate will play a key role in working safely to deliver world class maintenance competitiveness as part of the overall site transformation road map.

Working with one of the leading energy companies in the world as part of the routine and base maintenance team the candidate will be responsible for:

• Partnering with the First Line Supervisor to actively develop and build your safety capacity through use of the Personal Safety Management System (Tools), once trained.
• Demonstrating a high level of resilience, ownership and innovation in solving an array of mechanical maintenance problems.
• Collaborating with the site operations team to safely and efficiently execute planned maintenance tasks on site.
• Collaborating with site planning and supervision to ensure the safest and most efficient preventative maintenance and defect repairs are carried out to mechanical equipment both at initial planning phase and as part of After Action Reviews to continuously improve how we work.
• Carrying out Root Cause Failure Analysis on equipment failures and working with other functions (Operations, Engineering) to mitigate future recurrence.

To be part of a high performing team in this role the Candidate will:

• Be passionate about eliminating waste within maintenance processes, driving continuous improvement in maintenance competitiveness.
• Feel a sense of accomplishment and pride with the work you do.
• Have successfully completed an apprenticeship to NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a Mechanical trade. HNC in Mechanical Engineering or equivalent will be advantageous.
• Have experience working within the Oil and Gas or Petrochemical Industry
• Have a good command of written and spoken English.
• Be effective at delivering results both independently or as part of a mechanical maintenance team
• Have a conscientious, careful and independent way of working in order to deliver results in the field.
• Fluency with computer and IT systems, including Microsoft office proficiency (Word, Excel)
• Ideally be fluent in the use of data management systems such as SAP.
• Have the ability to safely adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities, including flexibility to work out of hours where required.
• Demonstrate strong communication skills; with ability to clearly and concisely describe conditions in the field and recommend remediation steps.

Skills and Qualifications

• Discipline appropriate certification(s) if applicable or equivalent professional experience
• Strong communication skills; ability to clearly and concisely describe conditions in the field and recommend remediation steps

• Team Player; exhibits effective teamwork when working with persons over whom the person may have no direct authority and willingness to assist others
• Ability to adapt to tight deadlines, heavy workloads, and frequent changes in priorities
• Proficient in Microsoft Office suite of software programs

If you think this could be a new and exciting career opportunity for you and you would like to learn more or just for an initial, no-obligation conversation, please contact me on or you can apply directly and I will contact you as soon as I receive your contact details.

This vacancy is being advertised by Belcan