Job Description

Position description

As a Mine Fitter for British Gypsum you can expect a rewarding and exciting role where you will be joining a business that is focused on continuing being a global leader in their field, who can offer you the career progression and security associated with an established and respected brand.

This is site based role at our Birkshead mine in Kirby Thor.

The Mine Fitter will be a crucial part of a technical minded engineering team reporting into the Mine Engineering manager and be responsible for mechanical inspections, machinery performance as well as to provide mechanical maintenance to fixed and mobile plant.

Here\'s a short breakdown of the key focus areas in this role

• Attend to breakdowns, assess and recover or plan for repairs and assist others when required.
• Able to identify and report defects and a course of action.
• Capable of welding and fabrication work to a good standard (welding to BS4872).
• Knowledge of compressed air and hydraulic systems and fault finding on them.
• A background knowledge of maintenance and repair of underground vehicles and mobile plant or similar would be beneficial.
• Good knowledge of maintenance, repair and installation of material handling (conveying, crushing and screening) pumping and compressed air systems would be beneficial.
• Able to work a 3 shift pattern of Days, Nights and Afters as required, with flexibility to provide out of hours cover as needed.
• Mining based qualification or HNC or NVQ level 3 in Engineering or recognised mechanical apprenticeship or equivalent.

Is this role right for me?

Our key attitudes; Innovative. Customer Focused. Agile. Open and Engaging. Entrepreneurial - are what makes us and how we like to work at Saint-Gobain. These are shared characteristics of us all and traits we look for in future team members. We are looking for the right person to fit in with our Saint-Gobain culture, but we know this needs to be right for you too. So if you think you match with the following, then we would love to hear from you!

REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS

Are British Gypsum and Saint-Gobain an Inclusive employer?

We\'re working hard to be, and we\'re keen to hire talented people regardless of their background, abilities, ethnicity, religion, sexual orientation, gender, national origin, taste in music, fashion sense or anything else that makes you, you!

We understand that a diverse workplace is not only a more enjoyable place to be, but also facilitates better decision making and innovation. So, whoever you are, and whichever Saint-Gobain business you join, you can be sure of a warm welcome with us.

And what about flexibility?

The world of work is changing, and at Saint-Gobain we are open to new ways of working in order to attract talented people to our business. We understand that everyone has different needs and commitments. Therefore, we are very open to discuss any flexible requirement or need that you may have for this role (this could be flexible hours, a job share, part time, to name a few). We can\'t guarantee to meet all requests for flexibility when we are recruiting, but we promise to listen.

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