Electric Overhead Crane Engineer in Northampton

All About Us

Barrett Steel are the UK’s largest steel distributor and processor, with over 160 years of heritage we are still family owned and operate from  29 sites across the UK and Ireland,  holding more than 120,000 tonnes of steel stock.  Although we are a business with significant scale, our success is built on the people who make it happen every day. We continually invest in our people, the latest processing machinery, technology, and materials-handling equipment so that we can deliver an exceptional service to our customers. Our people, our customers, and the communities in which we operate are at the heart of what we do. We are a forward-thinking business that values hard work, ambition, teamwork, and are always open to new ideas.  We now have an opening for an experienced Electric Overhead Crane Engineer.

All About the Role
n We are looking for a Midlands based Electric Overhead Crane Engineer to look after our assets across our Northampton, Burton, Dartford and Gloucester sites, others may also need support from time to time. In this key role as part of our Asset Care Cranes Division you will carry out Preventative Maintenance of 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.
nMaintain the groups Overhead cranes, prolonging the life of the equipment under our remit by means of preventative maintenance and PPM tasking.
nReduce avoidable costs where possible for the group by achieving first time fix rate.
nAdvise the group/site in crane related and lifting operation matters.
nReduce crane breakdowns by Preventative Maintenance on component items.
nCarry out fault diagnosis and root cause analysis on components after failure.
nCompletion of Risk Assessment/Method Statements and Point of Work Risk Assessments. 
nCollate crane performance data and send monthly reports to manager for all sites.
nUnderstand and deploy continuous improvement and problem-solving techniques to optimise crane availability, reliability, and performance.

We offer you

A fabulous salary and benefits package that will depend on your experience 
nCompany Van
n25 days holiday plus bank holidays
nAnnual Cycle to work scheme
nLife assurance
nCompany discount scheme for savings on retail and leisure
nBarrett Steel pension 
nCareer 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 Safety focused and adhere to current standards relevant to the lifting industry.
nBe qualified in an appropriate technical discipline Electrical/Mechanical & ideally, hold LEEA diploma qualifications
nStrong electrical knowledge of overhead cranes is essential.
nTo have knowledge and experience of working on Konecranes, Abus and Demag Cranes.
nBe able to work at Heights & have a working knowledge of Health & Safety requirements. Ideally IOSH trained.
nTo hold a full UK driving licence.
nTo hold IPAF 3a and 3b powered access licence