Crane Engineer - South Covering Shoreham, Dartford & Reading

All About the Role Based at our sites in Shoreham, Dartford and Reading the purpose of this role is to carry out Preventative Maintenance on the groups Electric Overhead Travelling Cranes. Specific tasks include: Ensure that own and team operations, including those undertaken on the Company's behalf are conducted in manner which fully complies with Barrett Steel Health and Safety, Quality, Environmental and Group Policies. Maintain the groups Overhead cranes, prolonging the life of the equipment under our remit by means of preventative maintenance and PPM tasking. Reduce avoidable costs where possible for the group by achieving first time fix rate. Advise the group/site in crane related and lifting operation matters. Reduce crane breakdowns by Preventative Maintenance on component items. Carry out fault diagnosis and root cause analysis on components after failure. Completion of Risk Assessment/Method Statements and Point of Work Risk Assessments. Collate crane performance data and send monthly reports to manager for all sites. Understand and deploy continuous improvement and problem-solving techniques to optimise crane availability, reliability, and performance. We offer you 25 days holiday plus bank holidays Cycle to work scheme Life assurance Company discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure Barrett Steel pension Career progression All About You You will have the passion, drive, and confidence to work within the business in a collaborative, creative way. Essential Skills for the role: Be qualified in an appropriate technical discipline Electrical/Mechanical & ideally, hold LEEA diploma qualifications Strong electrical knowledge of overhead cranes is essential. PLC knowledge is advantageous. To have knowledge and experience of working on Konecranes, Abus and Demag Cranes. Be able to work at Heights & have a working knowledge of Health & Safety requirements. Ideally IOSH trained. To hold a full and clean driving licence. To hold IPAF 3a and 3b powered access licence How it feels to work for us We provide a fantastic opportunity to work within a forward-thinking organisation that is respected as the UK’s leading steel stockholder. Our people are the driving force behind Barrett Steel, and we seek individuals who are passionate, hard-working, ambitious and demonstrate a ‘can-do’ attitude to help us build and develop the business. Barrett Steel encourages innovative thinking and has an open door for people to lead and influence change. REF-221 088

Location: Reading, GB

Posted Date: 4/19/2025