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Lucy Pook

Senior Recruitment Partner at Astute People Ltd
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from 73 reviews
Job
Mechanical Technician - OCGT
CONTRACT
Astute’s Power team looking to recruit a Mechanical Maintenance Technician on an OCGT Power Station on a 3/6-month contract basis for its plant in Birmingham from November 2025. The Mechanical Maintenance Technician role comes with a day rate of between £300-350 per day (Inside IR35).             Key skills  
  • Responsible for the planned, reactive and breakdown maintenance on mechanical assets such as pumps, gearboxes, valves, gas turbines etc
  • Work in line with maintenance techniques and practises
  • Assisting in plant developments
  • Involved in continuous improvement activities, plant inspections and fault investigation work.
  • Liaise with the operations team to ensure plant availability.
  • Ideally C&G/NVQ Level 3 minimum in Engineering or Apprentice qualified – Mechanically biased
  • Prior experience within heavy process engineering environments such as Power Stations (EfW, Biomass, OCGT/CCGT, CHP)
  • Must be familiar with pumps, valves, piping and rotating equipment.
Location, remuneration and timeframe of the Mechanical Maintenance Technician role  
  • Birmingham
  • November 2025
  • 3-6 Months minimum
  • £300-350 per day (Inside IR35)