Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical or Electrically biased or Multi-skilled.

Job Summary

Responsible for the engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques. You will be highly motivated, with a 'can do' attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands. You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, working across all departments. * You will be required and able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately. * Take part in the development, creation and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability. * Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS, as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis. * Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews. * Identify/specify and order engineering parts.

* Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements. * Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary. * Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required. * Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are achieved.

* To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge. * Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge and experience. * Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments for engineering work tasks. * Adhere to safe work practices and procedures, as well as maintaining environmental and legislative requirements.

Skills Experience and Qualification

Desirable * A relevant vocational qualification e.g., NVQ, ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. * Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training. *

Experience of furnace mechanics and their control systems would be advantageous although NOT essential . Experience in machine tool maintenance. Demonstrable * Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.

* Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential - mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic, electrical systems. * Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical engineering drawings.

PLEASE NOTE THE ROLE ALSO INCLUDES A BONUS OF UP TO 10% OTE £4,146