Ensuring Chart’s Success…
Howden Maintenance Partners is part of Chart Industries and is a growing service company within the group, specializing in the maintenance, repair, and overhaul of industrial machines, both electrically and mechanically rotating. Think of electric motors, pumps, gearboxes, generators, steam turbines, turbo compressors, reciprocating compressors, and expanders. This can be done on-site at the customer’s location or at one of our facilities.
Chart Industries is represented in more than 40 countries with over 11,700 employees.
As a Service Technician, you will go on-site to overhaul machines at the customer’s location. If more extensive maintenance is required, you will be responsible for disassembly so that the maintenance or repair can be carried out in the workshop. After the maintenance or repair, you will reassemble the machine at the customer’s site.
What Will You Do?
- You will overhaul all kinds of (electro)mechanical equipment such as compressors, turbines, and pumps;
- During disassembly, you will measure the machine, dismantle it, and prepare it for transport;
- After the overhaul or repair in the workshop, you will reinstall the machine on-site, align it, and bring it back into operation;
- When disassembling and assembling the installation, you will handle tasks such as fitting, aligning, determining clearances, final assembly, and possibly installing new equipment. You will use the necessary tools and, in consultation, have any special tools made;
- You will check whether the work can be carried out safely;
- You will be responsible for test-running the repaired or new installation, in consultation with the supervisor/customer;
- You will adjust various components, whether hydraulic, pneumatic, or electric;
- You will keep records of the work performed, newly acquired parts or tools, and hours worked.
What do you bring to the table?
- You have a higher secondary education diploma in a technical field or equivalent through experience;
- Pump technology, hydraulics, and pneumatics hold no secrets for you;
- You have experience with aligning directly coupled machines or belt-driven systems – check!
- A basic knowledge of mounting and dismounting bearings is definitely a plus;
- You enjoy working outside the traditional 9-to-5 framework;
- You have a Category B driving license.
What do we love to see?
- You have a strong affinity with the industrial sector (chemicals, petrochemicals, power, etc.);
- You are passionate about your job and interested in the latest developments in your field;
- You are a team player, but also work well independently—your strong communication skills support you in both;
- You get a boost from working in new environments;
- Organizing, flexibility, and independence are your middle names;
- The idea of occasional international travel makes your heart beat faster.
What's in it for you?
- Working at a company that does what no other company in Europe can do – not too bad, right?
- You’ll be immersed in a unique business with a steep learning curve;
- Howden Maintenance Partners offers a pleasant, family-like SME atmosphere, supported by the strength of a large multinational – Chart Industries. A true win-win;
- You’ll work for a company that genuinely cares about its employees. Your well-being is our top priority;
- A company car of your own;
- A daily net expense allowance for each day worked;
- 32 days off per year to enjoy what you love, plus the ability to build up compensatory time;
- Eco vouchers worth €250 per year.
