Maintenance Technician
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Job Location:
Huddersfield - UK
Monthly Salary:
Not Disclosed
Posted on:
2 days ago
Vacancies:
1 Vacancy
Job Summary
Arxada is a global leader in innovative solutions that protect our world. Our groundbreaking technologies in-depth regulatory know-how manufacturing and process development help our customers to safeguard nutrition health and infrastructure efficiently through chemistry and biotechnology that enhance sustainability. We offer a broad portfolio of ingredients and services for multiple end-markets that include Human Health & Nutrition Home & Personal Care Professional Hygiene Paints & Coatings and Wood Protection. With customers in more than 100 countries the company achieved sales of CHF 2 billion in 2024. Headquartered in Basel (Switzerland) Arxada employs 3200 associates across 24 production sites and 14 R&D centers all committed to our customers success.
As a Maintenance Technician at our Huddersfield site you will be a key handson technical resource responsible for ensuring equipment reliability supporting safe operations and helping to reduce downtime across the facility. You will work closely with engineering operations and external partners to deliver highquality maintenance repairs and plant inspections. This is an excellent opportunity for someone who enjoys problemsolving takes ownership and thrives in a collaborative environment.
Key Responsibilities
- Carry out repairs on electrical and mechanical equipment and provide reactive maintenance support.
- Plan execute and improve the preventative maintenance schedule using the sites CMMS.
- Conduct routine inspections maintenance tasks and technical engineering activities.
- Support alarm and trip systems and contribute to vessel inspection programmes.
- Coordinate and oversee external contractors (e.g. lift engineers gas detection industrial doors).
- Provide basic training to production staff on equipment operation and maintenance.
- Deputise for the Engineering Manager in their absence.
- Support small to medium engineering projects as required.
Qualifications & Experience
- Timeserved Electrician with mechanical experience.
- HNC qualification or equivalent in an electrical discipline.
- City & Guilds BS 7671 (18th Edition).
- Certificate in Inspection Testing & Certification of Electrical Installations.
- Minimum 5 years experience in a manufacturing environment.
- Strong teamwork communication skills and a proactive solutionoriented mindset.
- Willingness to provide occasional outofhours support.
Arxada has world class offering in two distinct areas:
Microbial Control Solutions (MCS) focuses on threats posed by microorganisms to people and planet through five distinct business lines including Professional Hygiene Home & Personal Care Wood Protection Paints & Coatings and Material Protection.
Nutrition Care & Environmental (NCE) meanwhile provides materials used to manufacture composites for electronics aerospace and other markets as well as vitamins and nutritional ingredients chemicals and performance intermediates and raw materials for a wide range of high-performance applications.
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Key Skills
- Electrical Experience
- eMaint
- Industrial Maintenance
- HVAC
- Mechanical Knowledge
- Property Maintenance
- Maintenance
- Painting
- Plumbing
- Hydraulics
- Programmable Logic Controllers
- Troubleshooting
About Company
For more than 80 years, Arxada has led the market in the delivery of trusted, innovative wood preservative technologies for residential and industrial applications.
