Maintenance Engineer

Description

Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical) - IMMEDIATE START

The Electrical & Mechanical Maintenance Engineer plays a key role in the success of the maintenance & smooth running of the machinery in the production department. The post holder is responsible for ensuring maximum reliability & up time with scheduled maintenance managed in a proactive manner.

Key Accountabilities:

Monitor and supply mechanical and electrical support to machine operators for machine set-up & changeovers to ensure that products conform to quality assurance standards, whilst ensuring changeovers are as efficient as possible. Liaise with line manager to ensure that all production and maintenance requirements are undertaken. Carrying out planned preventative maintenance to ensure maximum efficiency of the production process. Fault finding diagnosis and repair. Complete all work instructions in an efficient manner. Specific responsibility for electrical and electronic repairs to primary manufacturing machinery. Maintenance and general housekeeping of the equipment, including mechanical machine repair as in when required and upkeep of the building and its facilities to comply with legislation and company procedures. Maintain maintenance inventory and requisition parts and supplies as needed. Give advice, training and recommendations to the production team regarding improvements to the process to maximise machine productivity and minimise down-time. Ensure that all necessary documentation is up to date and complete Work closely with the production team to develop a dynamic and positive attitude to deal with the challenges of a busy production department. Responsibilities also involve improving and maintaining a safe working environment, ensuring that the team members are fully aware and comply with all Health and Safety standards, company process and procedures. Continuous Improvement

Communicating with all other Departments at all levels ensuring information is passed efficiently and correctly. Instil a culture of continuous improvement and team working by recommending and supporting improvement initiatives that develop team performance and encourage the continuous improvement culture within the team. Skills and Qualifications

City & Guilds trained with an HNC or equivalent in Electrical Engineering. Adaptable technician with experience working with motors, drives and controllers. Possess fault finding and rectification skills. Strong analysis skills and attention to detail. Ability to multitask in a dynamic environment. Excellent communication skills, both internally and externally. The ability to work well in a team of production operatives. Must also be self-motivated with the ability to work under pressure. Flexible when required to accommodate shift rotations. Salary & Hours

Starting salary of 44K with increase to 46K after successful probation at 3 months

Shifts are rotating: 05:45 -14:00, 07:45-16:00 and 13:45-22:00 with 30 mins paid lunch

OT is often available for the engineers, this is paid at 1.5x

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