Maintenance Technician

Edinburgh Dungeon is currently seeking a Maintenance Technician to provide vital support to our attraction, ensuring its unique brand of scary fun is being delivered at an efficient level.

Helping to maintain and operate our shows and rides and working in a small multi-skilled team of dungeon dwellers, you’ll be responsible for the maintenance of equipment, theming, rides, and the facility. Including carrying out electrical and mechanical inspection, maintenance activities and provide support to the daily operation of this thrilling attraction.

This naturally means you’ll be dealing with both routine maintenance and breakdowns and therefore you will work swiftly and with care to diagnose and resolve problems. Utilising your hands-on knowledge and experience you will sustain minimal downtime of rides and themed attractions for the visiting peasants.

You will also provide timely and regular communication to the Technical Manager or Supervisor regarding operational issues, ensuring the earliest possible resolution and displaying the ability to make sound decisions and take decisive action.

This is a permanent full-time role, which will include working weekends and bank holidays as required. Flexibility will be required as time and days of shifts will vary.

Qualifications and Experience:

• NVQ/HNC Qualification in Mechanical or Electrical discipline
• Extensive experience in a similar role
• Experience with hydraulic and Pneumatic systems
• IT experience (Microsoft outlook,excel,word)
• A positive and self-motivated individual with a strong eye for detail
• Someone who takes pride in their work

Benefits:

Alongside helping transport guests back to Edinburgh's darkest history, you’ll also receive:

• 25% discount in our retail shops and restaurants
• 40% off LEGO online
• Merlin Magic Pass - giving you free tickets to all our attractions worldwide for you, your family, and friends every year
• Enjoy the Ride Pass - giving you and 5 others a Merlin Annual Pass (Gold Edition)
• Discounted rates at Merlin hotels all over the world
• Cycle to work scheme and O2 discount