LANXESS UK is now recruiting a Mechanical Maintenance Technician to join our team in Trafford Park!
About the role!
We’re looking for a skilled Mechanical Maintenance Technician to support safe, reliable, and efficient operation across our upper tier COMAH Site. Reporting to the Mechanical Maintenance Superintendent, you will play a key role in maintaining critical rotating equipment, pressure systems, and plant infrastructure.
You’ll work under our Permit to Work and LOTOTO systems, carrying out planned, predictive, and reactive maintenance to minimise downtime and ensure compliance with COMAH and site engineering standards.
Main Responsibilities:
• Carry out planned, reactive, preventive, and predictive mechanical maintenance.
• Diagnose mechanical faults and perform repairs to rotating equipment (pumps, gearboxes, agitators, etc.).
• Overhaul, disassemble, inspect, and reassemble pressure systems, ancillary equipment, and heat exchangers.
• Prepare plant and equipment for statutory inspections, ensuring safe reinstatement.
• Undertake alignment, lubrication, condition monitoring, and mechanical diagnostics.
• Install, test, commission, and maintain pipework, vessels, and associated plant equipment.
• Work closely with Operations to ensure safe handover, isolation, and recommissioning of equipment.
• Maintain and update technical records and record activities in SAP CMMS.
• Participate in Emergency Response Team (ERT) duties as required.
• Contribute to site safety by identifying hazards, completing RAMS, and supporting continual improvement.
• Complete Multidisciplinary working to support the needs of the production units where trained and competent
