Senior Mechanical PPM Technician

Senior PPM Mechanical Maintenance Technician Cockermouth About James Walker James Walker is part of the James Walker Group of Companies, who are a successful global Industrial organisation supplying high performance sealing products and solutions. With state-of-the-art material technology skills, the James Walker Strategic Business Unit (SBU) of the James Walker Group specialises in the provision of sealing solutions (elastomers, polymers, composites, engineering plastics, high nickel alloys).

Our worldwide group of companies has operations, sales and service entities across Europe, Middle East, India, Australia, New Zealand, SE Asia, South Africa and North and South America Your Role The Senior (PPM) Mechanical Maintenance Technician is the lead mechanical technical authority on Day, responsible for managing complex fault diagnosis, coordinating mechanical maintenance activity, and ensuring safe, compliant, and high-quality engineering delivery.

Have good skill on Root causes analysis The postholder will provide advanced fault-finding capability, mentor and guide Shift Technicians and Apprentices and support reliability improvement initiatives. The role operates under site Mechanical Safety Rules, with statutory authority.

Key Responsibilities

Day Senior (PPM) Mechanical Maintenance & Fault Response Core Responsibilities

• Scheduled Care: Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) routines to stop equipment from breaking down unexpectedly
• Fault Finding: Diagnose mechanical issues in pumps, valves, gearboxes, conveyors, and rotating plant machinery.
• Repairs: Fix or replace worn-out parts like bearings, seals, and motors, and test the equipment afterward.
• Record Keeping: Log all maintenance work, servicing reports, and asset history using a computerised system (CMMS).
• Safety Compliance: Follow strict health and safety rules, plus industry compliance standards
• Lead mechanical response to high-risk or complex breakdowns.
• Ensure quality and completeness of repairs before handover.
• Support high-impact shutdown and outage activities.
• Ensure planned tasks are executed to defined engineering standards.
• Involved in Root Cause investigation Advanced Fault Diagnosis Capability
• Diagnose complex mechanical failures involving Multi-system interactions, Recurrent reliability issues, Hydraulic/pneumatic control faults and Rotating equipment alignment and vibration.
• Identify root causes rather than symptom repair.
• Escalate systemic failures with structured technical evidence. System & Asset Understanding
• Demonstrate broad understanding of critical production assets, mechanical safety systems, pressure systems and stored energy risks
• Understand asset criticality and production impact.
• Support asset reliability strategy input. Safety & Compliance Discipline
• Act as role model for mechanical safety standards.
• Support renforcement of isolation discipline.
• Mentor team on safe system compliance.
• Intervene immediately in unsafe practices.
• Support investigations into mechanical incidents. Autonomy & Decision Making
• Make informed repair strategy decisions during shift.
• Determine escalation thresholds.
• Balance production urgency with engineering integrity.
• Prioritise tasks in absence of Planner (within limits). Documentation & CMMS Quality
• Ensure high-quality breakdown reporting in CMMS.
• Review work order feedback for completeness.
• Support failure code accuracy.
• Contribute structured input into maintenance analysis. Improvement & TPM Contribution
• Identify reliability improvement opportunities.
• Support TPM development initiatives.
• Provide feedback on PM effectiveness.
• Contribute to structured root cause analysis. Technical Influence & Support to Others
• Provide technical leadership to Shift Mechanical Technicians and Apprentices
• Coach and develop junior team members.
• Support Planner in job scoping discussions.
• Provide technical input into minor project works.

About you

Preferred Skill & Experience

• Involvement in shutdown leadership
• Reliability improvement project involvement
• Root cause analysis participation Essential Skill & Experience
• Extensive industrial mechanical maintenance experience
• Proven advanced breakdown diagnosis capability
• Experience mentoring or leading others Preferred Qualifications
• HND in Mechanical Engineering
• Advanced hydraulics training
• Vibration / alignment training
• LOLER / PSSR awareness training Essential Qualifications
• Time-serve mechanical apprenticeship
• Level 3 NVQ / equivalent
• HNC in Mechanical Engineering
• Demonstrable advanced mechanical competence
• BOAS Training