Utilities Technician

Are you technically minded, do you enjoy working independently, and do you love ensuring that buildings, installations, and technical facilities function optimally? Then we are looking for you!

As a Utilities Employee, you are responsible for performing inspections, preventive maintenance, and first-line technical activities in the electrical and mechanical fields. You work on diverse installations, buildings, sites, tools, and peripheral equipment.

You ensure that our technical facilities continue to function safely, reliably, and dependably. For more complex malfunctions and maintenance work, you call in external specialists and guide them in the execution of their activities.

It is a versatile role in which you are given a lot of independence and make an important contribution to the continuity and safety of our location.

Your activities are broad and varied. You will be involved in, among other things:

You handle the maintenance and inspections of buildings, sites, and various technical installations and facilities, including:

• Lifting equipment: cranes, hoists, and loose lifting gear.
• Peripheral equipment: air conditioning, elevators, fans, bale presses, vacuum cleaners, loading docks, and ladders.
• Central installations: compressed air, juice silo, bulk glue, heating, air treatment, and battery charging stations.
• Extraction systems: central waste units, flap extraction, and diaper extraction.
• Fire safety installations: sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, fire suppression gas systems, fire extinguishers, and fire hose reels.
• Other facilities: mobile equipment and the Oribi access system.
• Water installations: sanitary, sewage, fire pumps, legionella prevention, rainwater drainage (HWA), well pumps, and water softening installations.

You are the first point of contact for external maintenance companies and specialists. You guide contractors during second-line malfunctions and maintenance work, provide safety instructions, and supervise the correct and safe execution of the activities.

You register and report on usage, malfunctions, maintenance, and the associated costs. Additionally, you identify opportunities for improvement and make proposals regarding maintenance frequency, inspections, replacement, modifications, standardization, and safety.

You participate in the BHV (Emergency Response) organization as a Trained Technical Person (OP-T). In this role, you are involved in the technical management and inspection of sprinkler systems, fire alarm systems, and fire suppression gas systems. Your activities include, among other things:

• Periodically testing diesel engines and well pumps.
• Issuing permits for fire-hazardous work.
• Checking the relevant working environment for fire safety.

You are an independent and accurate technician who takes responsibility for your work. You can work well independently, maintain an overview, and know when to take action yourself or call in external expertise.

• Affinity with mechanical engineering installations.
• The ability to work in a concentrated, accurate, and careful manner.
• An independent, decisive, and flexible working attitude.
• Stress resistance and a strong sense of responsibility.

You will receive a broad technical role in which no two days are the same. You will work with diverse installations and facilities and have plenty of room to organize your work independently. You are an important link in the safe and reliable functioning of our location.

Do you see yourself in this versatile technical role? Then we would love to get in touch with you!

Send your application or questions to:

riaan.van.velzen.ext@essity.com

Jan 05, 2027

Job Requisition ID: Essity261976