Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Contract type: Full-time

About Us

Kronospan is the world leading manufacturer of wood panel boards. At Kronospan, we pride ourselves on delivering “Wood Perfected” and have invested in innovation since 1897 and no more so than now. Over the last three years, we have invested £300m at our production facility in Chirk, North Wales and we have an additional £200m investment planned for the next couple of years.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

Kronospan has exciting opportunities for Mechanical Maintenance Technicians to join our rapidly growing engineering team based in Chirk, North Wales.

These are full-time, permanent positions offering earning up to £58,000+ including shift allowance, overtime and bonus.

Kronospan can also offer Relocation Assistance (up to £8000) along with Home Office Employer Sponsorship and Financial Support towards VISA applications.

Day Mechanical Technician Hours: 08:00 – 16:30 (5 days; Monday to Friday) or you can choose to work 07:00 – 17:00 (4 days between Monday to Friday).

Shift Mechanical Technician Hours: Full Continental 4 on 4 off (06:00 – 18:00 & 18:00 – 06:00).

The Role:

• Providing front line maintenance support to a specific area of our industry leading plant.
• Drive continuous improvement projects.
• Bring fresh ideas – could we be doing this better
• Heavy involvement in planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance.

Requirements

The candidate:

• Experienced in manufacturing maintenance.
• You will be educated to NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in Mechanical Engineering.
• A ‘Hands-on' individual – you will also be positive, with a ‘can-do' approach to your work.
• This is an ideal opportunity for ambitious, resilient and driven individuals to progress your career in a successful, multi-national organization.

What We Offer

Just some of what we are able to offer includes:

• Expected earnings between £42,000 & £58,000.
• Exciting and challenging work.
• Continued training, support and career development.
• The opportunity to work with and learn from industry leading people who are committed to technical excellence.