Maintenance Engineer

Our client is a very established and successful heavy industry manufacturing company, and Staffbase have been appointed to recruit for the position of Maintenance Engineer (Multiskilled).

The maintenance engineer will join the busy team to perform electrical & mechanical maintenance activities in a highly automated heavy industry production environment.

The Role:

Reporting to the engineering manager, you will be required to undertake planned and reactive electrical maintenance activities on a wide range of plant, machinery, and site facilities.

Your duties will include but are not limited to the following:

1. Mechanical & electrical maintenance/repair of a wide range of machinery including conveyors, robots, ovens, heavy presses, cutting equipment, screens, and more.
2. Maintenance and repair of hydraulic & pneumatic machinery.
3. Assist with electrical installations, upgrades, etc.
4. Electrical fault find and repair motors, inverters, contactors, sensors, relays, etc.
5. PLC fault find and repair.
6. Site facilities maintenance.

Candidate:

The successful candidate will be a competent maintenance engineer with good electrical and mechanical fault find and repair skills.

You will hold formal mechanical and electrical engineering qualifications, e.g., 17th/18th Edition certification or NVQ level 3 or HND/HNC.

Previous work experience in a heavy industry production environment such as foundry, recycling, or quarry and aggregates sectors would be an advantage; however, all applicants with necessary skills will be considered.

Hours of Work:

Monday to Friday 40 hours + OT.

Benefits:

Excellent basic salary £48K - £50K + OT
28 days annual leave
Free on-site parking
Pension