LEV Technician
ABM UK
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- Location
- Belfast, Northern Ireland, United Kingdom
- Workplace
- Onsite
- Type
- Full-time
- Department
- Northern Ireland
- Source
- Workable
Description
Job Title: LEV Technician
Location: Belfast
Shift Pattern: Monday to Friday, 08:00 - 16:30, 40 hours per week
ABM is one of the world’s largest providers of integrated facility services. A driving force for a cleaner, healthier, and more sustainable world, ABM provides essential services across a wide range of industries – from commercial office buildings to airports, hospitals, data centres, manufacturing plants and distribution centres, and more.
Purpose: To maintain effective local exhaust ventilation (LEV) and wet-collector systems across the Belfast contract, supporting control of airborne contaminants at source. Reporting to the Engineering Manager, the technician will deliver planned and reactive maintenance, investigate performance defects, maintain records and support competent examination specialists.
Key Responsibilities
Service Provision
- Deliver planned, reactive and condition-based maintenance of LEV systems and wet collectors within the agreed asset and service scope.
- Inspect and maintain hoods, enclosures, ductwork, fans, drives, filters, seals, dampers, collection units and associated controls within competence.
- Maintain wet-collector water levels, circulation, sprays, separation components and sludge removal in accordance with equipment-specific procedures.
- Take and record approved airflow, pressure and condition readings; compare results with established commissioning or examination benchmarks.
- Investigate poor capture, blockages, leaks, abnormal vibration, filter loading and alarm faults, and escalate loss of effective extraction promptly.
- Coordinate with operations to stop affected processes where exposure control is ineffective; arrange safe isolation and restrict return to use pending agreed verification.
- Keep asset registers, logbooks, CAFM tasks, readings, photographs, repair details and follow-on actions accurate and traceable.
- Support competent specialists undertaking thorough examination and testing; arrange access and track report defects through verified close-out.
- Control exposure during cleaning and waste handling using approved methods, PPE and RPE; observe equipment-specific fire and explosion precautions.
- Escalate changes to process, materials, hoods, ducts or fan settings for technical assessment before modification or return to service.
- Support spares planning, calibrated test equipment, operator checks and contractor coordination.
- Support shutdowns, emergency response, toolbox talks and relevant technical training.
- Coordinate with compliance, QHSE and operations on exposure-control concerns and safe reinstatement.