Workshop Technician / Mechanical

Workshop Technician / Mechanical Engineer Location: Burnley Salary: £36,000 Hours: Full-time If you’d rather be building, fixing and improving machinery than staring at the same production line every day, this one is worth a look. We’re looking for an experienced Workshop Technician / Mechanical Engineer to join a specialist engineering team in Burnley, building and maintaining highly automated equipment used within the pipeline and coatings industry. This is proper hands-on engineering. You’ll be involved in: Mechanical fitting and complete machine builds Hydraulics and pneumatics Fault finding and refurbishment Hydraulic pipework installation Testing and commissioning Design upgrades and engineering improvements Fabrication and welding Preventative maintenance Reading technical drawings and specifications General machining and component modificationYou may occasionally support installation or refurbishment work at other UK or overseas locations. What We’re Looking For Ideally, you’ll bring: Around 5 years’ mechanical engineering experience Strong fitting and machine-build experience Hydraulic and pneumatic knowledge Fabrication and welding experience Fault diagnosis and maintenance experience General machining skills Ability to read engineering drawings Basic electrical understanding Experience working alongside Design EngineersYou’ll need to be practical, mechanically minded, safety-conscious and happy working independently or as part of a wider engineering team. Most importantly, we want someone who gets genuine satisfaction from standing back at the end of a build and thinking: “Yep. I built that.” Dianne West Forward Assist Recruitment is operating as an employment agency. Forward Assist Recruitment is an Equal Opportunities employer; we welcome applicants from all backgrounds

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