Principal Mechanic

Principal Mechanic Pay: £48K £58K per annum, DOE

Qualifications, skills, and all relevant experience needed for this role can be found in the full description below.
Hrs: 38 hr week, MonThu: 7:30am4pm, Fri: 7:30am2pm
Driver Hire Aberdeen are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Principal Mechanic to lead and oversee all mechanical and hydraulic workshop activities across their Aberdeen operations.
This is a senior leadership role responsible for managing mechanical delivery, supervising Mechanical Supervisors and ensuring all build, refurbishment, maintenance, mobilisation and testing activities are completed safely, efficiently and to a consistently high standard.
The successful candidate will bring strong mechanical and hydraulic experience, a disciplined approach to workshop operations and the ability to lead teams across multiple concurrent work scopes.
This is an immediate requirement with a long-term opportunity for the right candidate.
Key Responsibilities Lead all mechanical and hydraulic activities across workshop, yard and site operations
Manage and support Mechanical Supervisors and wider mechanical teams
Oversee equipment build, refurbishment, maintenance and mobilisation activities
Ensure work scopes are properly planned, resourced and executed
Provide senior technical support for mechanical and hydraulic fault finding activities
Support commissioning, FATs, testing and operational readiness
Ensure all work is completed in line with HSEQ, QA and operational standards
Drive continuous improvement across mechanical execution, planning and team performance
Requirements Strong mechanical and hydraulic background within offshore equipment or heavy engineering environments
Proven experience leading xwzovoh mechanical teams and complex workshop activities
Strong fault-finding and diagnostic capability
Ability to read and interpret mechanical and hydraulic drawings
Experience managing multiple work scopes and workshop priorities
Good understanding of safe systems of work and workshop controls
Previous FlexLay equipment experience advantageous
Package £48K £58K per annum, DOEO
38 hr working week - MonThu: 7:30am4pm, Fri: 7:30am2pm
Aberdeen based
Immediate start available
Apply today with updated CV and any required credentials.