CNC Maintenance Engineer

Nylacast Engineered Products Ltd; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering products company in Leicester is seeking a CNC Maintenance Engineer. This role focuses on maintaining and improving machinery efficiency, ensuring maximum uptime, and supporting production needs. Ideal candidates will have CNC experience, engineering qualifications, and the ability to work independently or in teams. Responsibilities include reactive maintenance and process improvements.

Qualifications

• Must be a time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical).
• Experienced CNC machine tool engineer.
• Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment preferred.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance equipment.
• Support in the improvement of processes and machinery.
• Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged.

Skills

CNC repair and scheduled maintenance

Mechanical or Electrical engineering

Knowledge of Fanuc and Heidenhain

Electrical / electronic fault finding

Excellent communication skills

Education

Recognised engineering qualifications

Job description

CNC Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to: | Maintenance Manager

Location | The role will be based at our manufacturing Site in Leicester.

Hours | Either working the Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm) or the Double Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 14:00 & 14:00 to 22:00, rotating weekly)

The Company

The Nylacast Group are a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and supply of engineering plastic solutions, with a global brand presence and 9 worldwide locations.

CNC Maintenance Engineer Role

The Maintenance Engineer role will aid the overall effectiveness & efficiency of the division by reducing downtime on machines whilst continuously striving to improve processes to plant & machinery and furthermore to provide a support service to the production and to the Division in relation to maintenance issues to ensure machinery has maximum uptime possible.

CNC Maintenance Engineer Experience & Requirements

Main duties include:

• Responsible for Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance equipment
• CNC repair and scheduled maintenance
• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Support in the improvement of processes and machinery
• Comply with Nylacast Ltd H&S policy and all statutory Safety, Health and Environment requirements and ensure that all H&S procedures, engineering best practices are adhered to at all times
• Ensure accurate & timely records are entered / recorded of all work carried out, root causes of failures and of spares / consumables used
• Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged, monitor repair times, and find new methods / procedures to reduce these
• Provide engineering support to production to ensure efficient performance of all equipment

CNC Maintenance Engineer Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Must be a time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical)
• Experienced CNC machine tool engineer
• Knowledge of Fanuc and Heidenhain
• Recognised engineering qualifications (essential)
• Previous maintenance experience - manufacturing environment preferable (essential)
• Competent electrical / electronic fault finding and analysis skills (essential)
• Self-managing - Must be able to work under own supervision or as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills

Equal opportunities and other information/terms

Nylacast Ltd welcomes the talent of people from diverse backgrounds to provide expertise dedication and imagination to propel us to a prosperous future. We believe that all employees have a right to be treated with dignity and as such will not tolerate any form of harassment and furthermore Nylacast operates Non-Smoking Policies.

Please note due to the high level of Applications/CV's that we will potentially receive, we will only be contacting applicants that will be taken through to the next stage