MAINTENANCE ENGINEER

My client are seeking a Maintenance Engineer to carry out Mechanical and Electrical maintenance of the company's plant equipment.

Responsibilities:

• Diagnose and repair electrical/mechanical faults that occur on plant and/or equipment.

• Further develop/improve the preventative maintenance programme for all plant and/or equipment (hydraulics, robots, ancillary machines automatic assembly).

• Validation of new plant equipment, automation and upgrades, arranging and liaising with outside contractors if and as required.

• Process/equipment troubleshooting and failure analysis.

• Ensure all items of plant and/or equipment is in good safe working order.

• Maintain and update PAT testing and register.

• Manage new equipment installation, arranging and liaising with outside contractors if and as required.

• Strive to improve the efficiency and safety of plant and equipment.

• Maintain a high standard of record keeping for all repairs and servicing of plant and/or equipment as required for audit, traceability and warranty purposes, in accordance with the Quality Management System.

Requirements:

• Apprentice trained or formally qualified in mechanical and/or electrical engineering.

• A good working knowledge of hydraulics, pneumatics and electronic/electrical automation controls. Some knowledge in PLC programming would be a further advantage.

• Qualified electrician with 17th/18th Edition regulations or equivalent.

• Logic fault-finding & problem-solving skills

• Experience of Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM).

• General troubleshooting problems on a variety of plant and equipment.

Salary & Benefits:

£30,000-£40,000

4 day/40 hour working week, Monday-Thursday, but flexibility is offered

20 days (5 working weeks) paid holiday allowance, plus all statutory holidays – 28 days total.