Job title: Mechanical Maintenance Skilled Craftsman (Heat Treat Department)

Reference: E(phone number removed)

Location: Halewood, Merseyside

Duration: Permanent

Start date: ASAP

Salary: £43,912.80 pa (inclusive of 35% holiday bonus for 33 days per year; 25 vacation & 8 bank holidays) plus shift rate of 27.5 %

GPW Recruitment are partnering with Ford Halewood Transmissions Ltd (FHTL) in Halewood to recruit a Mechanical Maintenance Skilled Craftsman (Heat Treat Department)to work in their existing site during a huge transformation. Ford is investing £230m into the Halewood site to produce electric power units and it will be the first site to manufacture EV components in Europe, in 2024 with a capacity of 420,000 units.

Qualifications and Experience required by the Mechanical Maintenance Skilled Craftsman (Heat Treat Department)

* Completed Mechanical Level 4 Apprenticeship

* Candidate to preferably have experience in heat treat production environment working on high temperature carburising furnaces.

Key Responsibilities (including but not limited to):

Production Planned Maintenance Team :- With Mechanical Bias

Assigned to Heat Treatment department for Emergency, Predictive and Preventive maintenance: -

* Plan and carry out preventive maintenance actions on machines and associated equipment.

* Including all electrical, PLC , refrigeration and mechanical functions.

* Collate data from the preventive maintenance actions and analyse information so as to plan required item replacement and overhaul.

* Overhaul machine parts wherever possible to avoid need to buy new.

* Identify and carry out machine improvement actions to improve performance /, OEE improvements.

* Focus on identifying and implementation of root cause fix for breakdowns

* Schedule maintenance improvements and 5 why generation - continuous improvements.

* Kaizen activities; safety, environment, cost reductions.

* Stand in analyst role when required.

On Offer as the Mechanical Maintenance Skilled Craftsman (Heat Treat Department)

Salary of £43,912.80 pa (inclusive of 35% holiday bonus for 33 days per year; 25 vacation & 8 bank holidays) plus a shift rate of £27.5%

Hours of work are on a 7 day continuous shift pattern:

Shifts work in an eight-week cycle with an average of 42 hours worked per week.

This includes days and night shifts (2 days, followed by 2 nights and then 4 days off).

The shift start and finish times are:

Day Shift: 05:30 - 17:30

Night Shift: 17:30 - 05:30

* Access to the Employee Development and Assistance Programme

* A unique opportunity to access Ford's Privilege scheme - allowing you to purchase Ford vehicles at a discount

* A great salary increasing yearly, along with a competitive pension scheme

* An excellent work-life balance, including a generous holiday allowance of 25 days (inclusive of set shutdown dates)

* Cycle to Work Scheme

* On site facilities such as a gym, sauna and steam room

About Ford

Ford Motor Company is a global automotive industry leader that manufactures or distributes vehicles across six continents. With over 200,000 employees and 65 plants worldwide, the UK employ over 13,000 individuals.

The Ford+ plan is transforming the business to align the global organisation into an integrated team to accelerate. This is by focusing on the creation of vehicles revising the customers true demands, reduction of costs, to introduce exciting new technology, enhance quality and improve efficiency.

About Ford Halewood Transmission Limited

Ford Halewood Transmission Limited (FHTL) develops and manufactures transmissions with an employee workforce of circa 600 people. The Plant has a proud 60-year history as a local employer and are dedicated to manufacturing high quality products. Ford are currently investing up to £230 million at the facility to transform it to build electric power units for future Ford all-electric passenger and commercial vehicles.

Future Prospects

The business invests significantly in its employee development.

FHTL supports the onward development and growth of all personnel and has a track record of promoting from within based on performance and achievement.

Proposed start date:

ASAP - Based on personal availability if you accept the offer of employment.

The Company is committed to diversity and equality of opportunity for all and is opposed to any form of less favourable treatment or harassment on the grounds of race, religion or belief, sex, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, age, sexual orientation, gender reassignment or disability. This vacancy is advertised in line with the FORD equal opportunities policy.

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