A competent Mechanical Technician with over 15 years’ experience in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry. Extensive experience of maintenance, breakdown, installation, inspection and continuous improvement work. A high level of ability and willingness to develop strong, professional relationships and work as part of a team or as a lone worker. Working on an upper tier COMAH site, in an environment that promotes a high focus on HSE & Quality. A highly committed, self-motivated worker now looking for a new challenge.Current RoleShift Mechanical TechnicianNovartis Grimsby Ltd (2014 – Present)• Responsible role, working under pressure with tight time constraints to meet production requirements and minimise plant downtime.• Routine and reactive maintenance of complex plant, working on rotating and static equipment, including pumps, fans, reactors, pipework, distillation columns and various other equipment associated with the chemical and pharmaceutical industry.• Lone working out of hours, being self-managed and self-driven, managing personal work load, liaising with the production planners to prioritise work around set production targets.• Working in production units, site services, CHP & Effluent treatment plant.• Assisting with plant change over, cleaning and set up, achieving set targets and timings.• Communicating and liaising with production operatives and shift supervisors, and carrying out detailed shift handovers to the oncoming shift and day support staff.• Writing job specific method statements and risk assessments in line with the permit to work system.• Carrying out DSEAR inspections.• Managing the CMMS within SAP.• Engineering stores access with control over spares.Previous RoleMechanical CraftsmanNovartis Grimsby Ltd (2006 –2014)• Carrying out preventative and routine maintenance in accordance with company standard operating procedures.• Responding to production breakdowns and rectifying problems using fault finding techniques in a timely manner to minimise plant downtime• Upgrading and commissioning of existing plant equipment• Communicating with process technicians to plan jobs so that there is minimal impact on production• Communicating with external contractors• Dedicating myself to a strong HSE and Quality culture• Filling in for the Senior Engineering Technician