Role: Maintenance Technician
Location: Newbie, Annan
Salary: £40,670
Working Hours: 8:00am – 4:30pm Monday to Thursday, 8:00am – 1:00pm Friday
Employment Type: Full-time, Permanent
This role is ideal for a hands-on Maintenance Technician with a strong mechanical background and a genuine interest in working with boiler plant and associated equipment. It offers a predominantly workshop-based position, focused on the upkeep, inspection, and preparation of specialist hire assets within a well-established engineering environment.
Suited to a Maintenance Technician, Fitter, or Process Maintenance Engineer, the position would appeal to someone who enjoys varied technical work, takes pride in high standards, and is confident working independently as well as part of a wider engineering team. Experience gained within heavy engineering, manufacturing, process, or boiler-related environments will be highly relevant.
The role:
The position centres on the inspection, servicing, and maintenance of packaged boiler house equipment and associated hire plant, ensuring all assets are safe, compliant, and fully operational before and after deployment. A high level of attention to detail is essential, particularly in maintaining presentation, functionality, and serviceability standards across the hire fleet.
The successful candidate will work closely with the Hire Supervisor and internal engineering teams to carry out routine maintenance, inspections, and equipment preparation, along with occasional commissioning support and secondary breakdown assistance when required. While the role is primarily based in Annan, there may be occasional travel to customer sites; however, a dedicated UK-wide team of Service Engineers typically manages the majority of onsite issues.
Responsibilities:
- Undertake pre-hire inspections to ensure equipment meets required standards of functionality, presentation, and serviceability.
- Carry out post-hire inspections to identify damage, degradation, or missing items.
- Perform routine servicing and general maintenance across mechanical and electrical systems.
- Prepare and reinstate boilers for annual insurance inspections and NDE works in line with company and third-party requirements.
- Assist with commissioning and set-to-work of hire plant on customer sites when necessary.
- Provide secondary breakdown support for hire fleet assets where appropriate.
- Maintain accurate service and inspection records.
- Work safely and efficiently using hand tools, power tools, and workshop equipment.
About you:
- BOAS qualification is essential.
- Recognised Mechanical Engineering qualification (time-served apprenticeship or equivalent) is essential.
- Strong hands-on maintenance experience within a boiler, process, manufacturing, or heavy engineering environment.
- Good knowledge and understanding of boiler plant, burners, combustion equipment, and associated control systems.
- Electrical knowledge and the ability to read and interpret schematic drawings would be desirable.
- Strong problem-solving skills with excellent attention to detail.
- Self-motivated, organised, and able to work on own initiative.
- Physically fit and competent in the use of tools and plant equipment.
- Full UK driving licence.
What’s on offer:
- 25 days holiday plus Scottish Bank Holidays.
- Enhanced pension (above statutory employer contribution following qualifying service) and death in service cover.
- Medicash scheme.
- Overtime paid at time and a half (Monday–Saturday) and double time on Sundays.
- Travel and overnight stays paid at overtime rate, with all reasonable expenses covered.
- Company credit card and access to a pool vehicle or van when required (no dedicated company vehicle).