Mechanical Engineer

Are you an experienced and dynamic Mechanical Engineer looking for your next position?

At Tarmac, ‘who you are’ matters. We want to get to know you. If you share our values and are proud of a job well done, collaborative in working well with others, and ambitious to make things better, then have a read of what we have on offer. Tarmac is the UK’s leading sustainable building materials and construction solutions business. Our innovative products and solutions not only deliver the infrastructure needed to grow the UK economy today but also help to create a more sustainable built environment for the country’s long-term future.

We are currently looking for a Mechanical Engineer at our Dunbar Cement Plant, which is located close to Edinburgh. The site is easily accessible from Edinburgh, Berwick upon Tweed, North Berwick, Bonnyrigg, Haddington, and surrounding areas.

Here at Tarmac, we are working hard to create a dynamic and inclusive environment and it’s important that our people come from a variety of different backgrounds.

Main Responsibilities

As the successful Mechanical Engineer reporting into the Engineering Manager, you will be responsible for providing engineering solutions and problem-solving capabilities to support plant efficiency and production output, whilst identifying opportunities to improve methods and ways of working.

You will assist with the execution of scheduled maintenance shutdowns including leading specific tasks - planning & execution, contractor management, supervision of teams / areas as required, handovers on task status & requirements, overseeing safety standards and quality control of work carried out.

On a day-to-day basis, duties and responsibilities of the Mechanical Engineer will include (not exhaustive) :

• Reviewing competencies and facilitating availability for training requirements within the team.
• Building relationships with key suppliers / contract companies & other departments onsite.
• Conducting safety briefs and toolbox talks, actively participating in near hit reporting / actions & safety online actions.
• Liaising with the production team to secure plant availability for maintenance and ensuring plant is handed back ready for operation.
• Monitoring work activities with regular site visits, ensuring the quality of mechanical execution work is to a high standard.
• Ensuring all work, including breaking, has a work order, valid job plan, and specific risk assessment.
• Checking all planned and scheduled tasks have suitable job plans, scaffolding, and parts ready for execution.
• Ensuring compliance with safety rules and procedures, ensuring the team is working safely.
• Achieving an acceptable schedule compliance ensuring jobs are closed out on time.

The Ideal Candidate

The ideal Mechanical Engineer will be able to demonstrate proven experience in mechanical engineering, safety-related control systems, and industrial automation. You will have a technical knowledge of a cement plant and be able to respond to breaks in work in a timely manner.

Specific requirements :

Why Us

Along with the role of Mechanical Engineer, we additionally offer an extensive range of career development opportunities and industry-leading rewards, incentives, and benefits :

Interested? Why not click here to find out more? Go on… are you ready to build your future?

Tarmac, a CRH company, is an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to creating an inclusive work environment for all employees and actively encourage applications from all sectors of the community.

Please click on the apply button to complete your application. Occasionally we receive a large volume of applications for our roles and when this happens we sometimes bring the published closing date forward, so please apply promptly to avoid disappointment.

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