Mechanical Technician – Energy Centre

About the role

The Day Mechanical Technician will be trained on all processes and techniques related to predictive maintenance, CMMS (Pemac), and reliability for a range of utility plant equipment. The role is based on‑site in Clondalkin, Dublin, working Monday‑Thursday 07:30‑16:00 and Friday 07:30‑15:30, with occasional out‑of‑hours support.

Key responsibilities

• Coordinate daily work with shift technicians, especially during morning change‑over.
• Act as the primary contact for external service providers.
• Troubleshoot and conduct high‑level investigations of equipment faults, performing root‑cause analysis.
• Record and investigate deviations, ensuring compliance with quality and safety standards.
• Execute planned preventive, predictive, and corrective maintenance tasks and ensure PMs are completed on time.
• Develop and maintain PMs, job plans, and SOPs for plant equipment.
• Liaise with the site planner to identify spare‑part requirements and support capital improvement projects.
• Provide leadership, mentoring, and decision‑making support for plant operation and outage management.

Required profile

• Strong knowledge of fuel‑oil storage and distribution systems.
• Experience with industrial gas installations and distribution.
• Familiarity with gas and steam turbines, diesel generators, boilers, compressors and pumps.
• Ability to make informed decisions on plant offline/online status and to lead outage response.
• Capability to support root‑cause analysis and continuous‑improvement initiatives.

Required skills

• Predictive maintenance
• CMMS (Pemac) operation
• Fuel oil storage and distribution
• Industrial gas installations and distribution
• Gas turbines
• Steam turbines
• Diesel generators
• Boilers
• Compressors
• Pumps
• Root cause analysis