Days Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection; West of England; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 63,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

5% Bonus Scheme

Pension + Life Assurance

25 days holiday

Private Healthcare

GP Service 24/7

Parental leave

Volunteer days

Income protection

Free parking

EV charging

Job summary

Maintenance Engineer role based in East London (E16) for a global food manufacturer. Monday-Friday days (7am-3pm) with a salary of £55,000 plus overtime.

Excellent benefits include a 5% bonus scheme, pension with 9% employer contribution, life assurance, 25 days holiday plus bank holidays, private healthcare and more. Applicants should be multi-skilled with strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding experience in food manufacturing, with knowledge of motors, gearboxes, VSDs, PLCs and SAP

Qualifications

• Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with electrical and mechanical fault-finding abilities.
• Recognised apprenticeship completed or equivalent.
• HNC/HND in Engineering preferred.
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding and problem solving skills.
• Experience in food manufacturing or FMCG environment.
• Knowledge of electrical safety isolation procedures beneficial.
• Experience with motors, sensors, inverters, gearboxes, VSDs, pneumatics, drives.
• Experience with PLC systems advantageous.
• Exposure to ATEX/CompEX environment beneficial.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned and reactive maintenance and safety checks on high-speed food production lines and packaging equipment.
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs, stripdowns & overhauls.
• Work on motors, gearboxes, VSDs, inverters, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, drives, bearings.
• Improve plant availability and reliability; support continuous improvement.
• Monitor on-site contractors, order spares and parts.

Skills

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Electrical fault finding

Mechanical fault finding

Motors & gearboxes

VSDs & inverters

Pneumatics & hydraulics

Drives & sensors

SAP (beneficial)

PLC systems (advantageous)

ATEX / CompEX experience (advantageous

Education

HNC / HND in Engineering

Recognised apprenticeship

Tools

SAP

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

East London (E16)

Monday-Friday Days (7am-3pm)

£55,000 + Overtime

Benefits:-

• 5% Bonus Scheme
• Group Private Pension (9% Employer Contribution) + X4 Life Assurance
• 25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
• Private Healthcare, 24/7 GP Service, EAP
• Enhanced Parental Policies, 3 Days Paid Voluntary Work, Income Protection
• Free Parking, EV Charging Zones

Our client is an established food manufacturer, part of a larger global group, with multiple sites worldwide. Due to growth & CI Projects at the site, they are looking for a new maintenance engineer to join their production & packaging team.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Carry out planned, reactive maintenance and safety checks on all high-speed food production lines, packaging machinery, conveyors, metal detectors, labellers, baggers, checkweighers, PLC's, control panels, robotics, depositors
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs, stripdowns & overhauls
• Working on motors, gearboxes, VSD's, inverters, sensors, pneumatics, hydraulics, drives, bearings
• Improving plant availability, reliability and continuous improvement work
• Monitor contractors on site, ordering spares & parts

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer
• Ideally have completed a recognised apprenticeship
• HNC / HND qualified in Engineering
• Electrical & mechanical fault finding and problem solving skills
• Previously have dealt with industrial processing & equipment and manufacturing systems
• Must have worked in a similar food manufacturing or FMCG environment
• Knowledge of electrical safety isolation procedures would be beneficial
• Must have worked on motors, sensors, inverters, gearboxes, VSD's, pneumatics, drives
• Experience of using SAP would be beneficial
• Advantageous if worked with PLC systems
• Any experience of working in an ATEX / CompEX environment would be great

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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