Reactive Engineer

Permanent

Grantham

£40,000pa

We are looking for a Reactive Engineer to join our client’s team in Grantham. This is an exciting opportunity to join one of the UK’s largest groups and growing! You will be a hands-on engineer for maintaining and improving a wide variety of plant machinery, with a focus on reactive and planned preventive maintenance. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer who thrives in a hands-on, production-driven environment.

Your main duties as a Reactive Engineer will be:

* Perform reactive maintenance to ensure machinery operates at optimal performance levels.

* Overhaul, adapt, and carry out improvements on existing machinery.

* Mechanically biased role with some electrical work involved.

* Replace bearings, inspect compressors, and maintain hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

* Maintain and repair equipment including conveyors, pipework, hydraulics, pneumatics, and welding tasks.

* Identify continuous improvement opportunities within the plant and suggest new methods and procedures.

* Complete all documentation to a high standard.

* Carry out basic facility and site service maintenance as needed.

* Ensure effective teamwork and adopt a flexible, first-time-right approach.

Requirements for the Reactive Engineer are:

* Qualification of Level 3 or equivalent in Engineering.

* Mechanical knowledge such as bearings, compressors, chains, hydraulics and pneumatics is essential.

* Ability to work at height and confined spaces.

* Knowledge and implementation of continuous improvement

This role would suit someone from an aircraft mechanic, industrial scrapyard, recycling, plant machinery or FLT maintenance type of work.

This is on a rotating shift pattern 4 on 4 off, Hours are 06:00-18:00 & 18:00-06:00.

Examples of Company Benefits:

* A competitive salary in a growing company committed to our people.

* A competitive holiday allowance.

* Company pension scheme.

* Enhanced family friendly policies.

* Employee Assistance Program

* Employee Life Insurance.

* Bike2Work scheme.

* Free on-site parking.

* Holiday Purchase Scheme

* Lifestyle & Leisure Discounts: Discounts for gym, leisure, cinema, shopping and many more…

To apply for this role of Reactive Engineer please email an up-to-date copy of your CV to us or call (phone number removed).

This vacancy is being advertised on behalf of Travail Employment Group who are acting as an employment agency in this instance