Onderhoudsmonteur WTB - Mechanical Technician

at  Argent Energy

The Biodiesel production will be further expanded in the coming years through the construction of our new factory at our location in Amsterdam. Therefore, we need to expand our maintenance team with a

ABOUT US

Argent Energy is a waste-based biodiesel producer with a vision to help decarbonise transport worldwide. Argent has 2 operational locations in Europe; Stanlow (England) and Amsterdam (The Netherlands). At Argent we turn waste oils into low carbon fuel which significantly contributes to reducing the CO2 emissions of transport. We believe in using waste materials only and continuously search for new waste to be turned into higher value products. We invest in people and their development as well as R&D to drive innovation in products, technologies and operational excellence.
Argent Energy has been part of the Swire Group since November 2018. John Swire & Sons Ltd. stems from a family business founded in 1816, which has grown in 200 years into a global company with various participations in aviation, maritime, food, trading and industry.

Working as part of a multi-skilled maintenance team responsible for making sure that all maintenance activities are carried out safely, efficiently and to a high standard to ensure we deliver a reliable production unit which maximises its output.
Ensure both preventative and corrective maintenance is carried out in a timely manner and complies with both Argent policies / (safety) standards and external standards.
Contribute to continuous improvement met by constructing plant modifications to improve maintenance performance (technical availability against lowest costs).

Key Responsibilities:

• Ensure all reactive and preventative maintenance work is completed to a high Standard.
• Support the planning process through feedback – highlight improvements and things that go well.
• Support the preventative maintenance process by ensuring all schedules are completed to plan and closed out on time.
• Ensure RAMS are carried out for reactive work and always adhere to the site permit to work system.
• Carry out overhauls of rotating equipment in a methodical and structured manner and work with the reliability engineer/planner to ensure spares are replenished in stock and critical spares are identified.
• Recognise issues with rotating equipment and act upon accordingly – be aware of condition monitoring techniques.
• Carry out static installations and repairs in a methodical and structured manner ensuring best practice is completed and legislation is complied with.
• Actively carry out fault finding and support the reliability engineer in producing ‘Reliability Improvement Reports’ to capture learning and improvements.
• Support the development of Work Instructions to ensure that we maintain a library of procedures & guidelines for all maintenance tasks carried out.
• Ensure equipment aides used comply with legislation e.g. rigging equipment (LOLER)
• Support project installations and actively participate in shutdowns
• Support and ensure the ‘Management of Change’ process is strictly adhered to for all relevant plant modifications.
• Mentor & develop less experienced technicians.
• Participate in the Mechanical Call-in Rotation (consignatiedienst)