Crane Technician

Posted 3 days ago by Barrett Steel

Location:
Bradford
This is a fabulous opportunity to join a market leading steel stock holder 

Barrett Steel Ltd  are the UK’s leading independent steel stockholder, employing over 1200 employees across 29 locations throughout the UK.  Our people are the driving force behind our success, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and can demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business in a positive manner going forward. 

All About the Role

The purpose of this role is to maintain the groups Overhead Travelling Cranes, to a safe and compliant standard and prolong the life of the equipment under our remit by means of preventative maintenance and PPM tasking. You will be responsible for our Kone crane, Demag and ABUS cranes plus other OEM, across our North and Northern sites, this includes Bradford, Chester, Bolton & Preston.   

Specific tasks include:
  • Ensure that own and team operations, including those undertaken on the Company's behalf are conducted in manner which fully complies with Barrett Steel Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and Group Policies.
  • Maintain the groups Overhead cranes, prolonging the life of the equipment under our remit by means of preventative maintenance and PPM tasking.
  • Reduce avoidable costs where possible for the group by achieving first time fix rate.
  • Advise the group/site in crane related and lifting operation matters.
  • Reduce crane breakdowns by Preventative Maintenance on component items.
  • Carry out fault diagnosis and route cause analysis on components after failure.
  • Completion of Risk Assessment/Method Statements and Point of Work Risk Assessments. 
  • Collate crane performance data and send monthly reports to line manager for all sites of responsibility.
  • Understand and deploy continuous improvement and problem-solving techniques to optimise crane availability, reliability and performance.
 
We offer you
  • Very competitive salary paid door to door
  • 25 days holiday plus bank holidays
  • Company van
  • Pension 
  • Life Assurance
  • Discounts on retail and leisure
  • Access to health and wellbeing services 
  • Bonus potential, based on KPI performance
  • Any training requirements to enhance performance within the role.
 
All About You

You will have the passion, drive and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way. Be able to work alone and as part of a strong successful team with a safety-first attitude.

Essential Skills for the role: 
  • Be qualified in an appropriate technical discipline Electrical/Mechanical & ideally, hold LEEA diploma qualifications.
  • To have knowledge and experience of working on Electric Overhead Travelling Cranes.
  • Be able to work at Heights & have a working knowledge of Health & Safety requirements.  Ideally IOSH trained.
  • To hold a full and clean driving licence.
  • The ability to travel as often as needed and stay overnight should the need arise.
  • To hold IPAF 3a and 3b powered access licence.

We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading independent steel stockholder.

Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business.

Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change.

REF-215 237
Type:
Permanent
Start Date:
03/07/2024
Contract Length:
N/A
Job Reference:
215237
Job ID:
221939661

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