Line maintenance technician, £43,229 - £53,820 (DOE), annual bonus, 9% company pension contribution, cash health plan, subsided canteen.

Shifts: 4 on 4 off (2d2n)

ATA is supporting a large manufacturing group who are looking to add an experienced line maintenance technician to their team. With over 200 years of experience, this group has a well-established history of delivering sustainable packaging products to various industries, including Food, Beverage, Retail and E-commerce. The group are a true global leader within their field, operating across 40 plants in 17 countries, employ over 6,000 staff and turnover an impressive £2billion.

This site in Leicestershire has been at the heart of the community for over 40 years with a lot of their employees being at the site for near its full tenure including the plant manager who started on the shop floor. The site has always offered a great place to work and with investment plans on the horizon, it will soon become the groups UKs flagship site. 

About the role

Due to the efficient nature of the site, the role is focussed on the operation of machinery (90%) used in the manufacturing of packaged products. Whilst also reacting to breakdowns, resolving machining and process problems (10%).

Responsibilities of a line maintenance technician include:

Making process and tooling adjustments.
Fault finding and reacting to breakdowns.
Strip and rebuild of mechanical systems including hydraulics and pneumatics
Product quality checks and quality reporting
About you

To be considered for this line maintenance technician you should be/have the following:

Strong mechanical knowledge and practical experience.
You should have experience maintaining hydraulic and pneumatic systems.
Excellent attention to detail.    
Experience using hand tools and measuring equipment.
Ideally you would have completed a mechanical/maintenance engineering apprenticeship.
Benefits

Joining our client as a line maintenance technician, you will receive a host of benefits. You will be joining a company who put personal development and growth at the forefront of everything they do. Personal development can take many forms, but here, it could include technical growth and progression into senior positions. The group prefer to promote from within, this has been demonstrated many times across the business. The current plant manager started on site as an apprentice.

If you feel like you are the right line maintenance technician for this role and would like to hear more about, please press apply, call Ashton on (phone number removed) or email your CV too   

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