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We pride ourselves on innovative recycling solutions and delivering environmental sustainability through efficient, compliant, and high-performance waste management.\nWe are looking for a Reactive Maintenance Engineer to join our dynamic team in Grantham. In this role, you will be responsible for maintaining, troubleshooting, and improving a wide variety of machinery used in fridge recycling operations with a particular focus on the fridge degassing and foam treatment plant (“Jerry”).\nYou will carry out both reactive and planned preventive maintenance, ensuring maximum uptime, environmental compliance, and safe operation of critical plant and equipment. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives in a hands-on, production-driven environment and enjoys technical problem-solving in a fast-moving industrial setting.\nKey Responsibilities\nGeneral Maintenance Duties\n\nPerform reactive maintenance to ensure machinery operates at optimal performance levels.\nOverhaul, adapt, and improve existing machinery to enhance reliability and performance.\nCarry out mechanical maintenance with some electrical work as required.\nReplace bearings, inspect compressors, and maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems.\nMaintain and repair equipment including conveyors, pipework, hydraulics, pneumatics, and welding tasks.\nIdentify continuous improvement opportunities and propose new methods and procedures.\nComplete all documentation, logs, and work records to a high standard.\nCarry out basic facility and site service maintenance as required.\nWork as part of a cohesive team, adopting a flexible, first-time-right approach.\n Jerry (Fridge Degassing & Foam Treatment Plant) - Specialist Responsibilities\n\nSafety, Compliance & Environmental\nEnsure full compliance with F-Gas, DSEAR/ATEX, LOTO, PUWER, LOLER, and permit-to-work systems.\nManage environmental controls: vacuum integrity, condensers/chillers, emissions capture, foam dust suppression, and activated carbon media.\nSupport internal and external audits with accurate documentation and system knowledge.\n\nAsset Care (PPM)\n\nMaintain vacuum pumps, refrigerant recovery units, compressors, condensers, fans, ducting, instrumentation, and gas detection systems.\nConduct electrical tasks including VSD/PLC fault-finding, safety circuit checks, I/O inspections, and interlock validation.\nReactive Troubleshooting\n\nDiagnose and repair failures such as: \nLoss of vacuum\nCarbon bed breakthrough\nGas detector alarms\nMechanical binding, electrical trips, failed actuators\nChiller/condensation issues\nProcess Control & Performance\n\nMonitor: Vacuum levels\nFlow/pressure temperatures\nChiller performance\nExtraction rates\nGas alarm status\nInterlocks with fridge shredding stages\n\nConduct emissions and ambient checks per SOP.\n Continuous Improvement\n\nLead performance reviews for Jerry (uptime, refrigerant capture efficiency, leak rate, carbon media life).\nImplement improvements to reduce downtime and enhance plant safety and efficiency.\n This is not an exhaustive list. You may also be required to carry out any other duties as required by the business that you are qualified/trained in that meet the requirements of this role.\nAdditional Details\n\nFull-time role based in Grantham.\nCompetitive Salary \n42.5 hours\n24/7 Operation, 42.5 hours per week - Tuesday to Saturday evenings\nWork environment is predominantly in a warehouse or processing facility.\nRegular exposure to noise, dust, and heavy machinery.\nPersonal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided and must be worn.\nSkills, Knowledge and Expertise\nMechanical bias with Level 3 qualification or equivalent.\nA minimum of 1 year mechanical experience, preferably in hydraulics, pneumatics, conveyors, and general plant machinery.\nStrong problem-solving skills and attention to detail.\nAbility to work in a fast-paced, production-driven environment, ideally with experience in a recycling plant or similar industry.\nA flexible, team-oriented attitude with the ability to adapt to different tasks and shifts as required.\nKnowledge in continuous improvement and new working methods.\n12-hour shifts based on a 4 on, 4 off shift pattern (06:00-18:00).\nFlexibility required for covering other shifts when needed.\nFull-time role based in Grantham.\nCompetitive Salary \n12 hour shifts \n24/7 Operation, 4 on 4 off shift pattern 6-6 days\nWork environment is predominantly in a warehouse or processing facility.\nRegular exposure to noise, dust, and heavy machinery.\nPersonal protective equipment (PPE) will be provided and must be worn.\n\nWhy Work For Enva?\nEnva is committed to providing more than just jobs, we want to grow our business by offering career paths that match the aspirations of the talent that is increasingly aware of the need to protect the planet we all share. 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