Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Jenrick Engineering; Thurcaston; On-site; GBP 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Leicester is seeking a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills. The ideal candidate will have at least 3 years of experience in maintenance engineering, especially within fast-paced manufacturing environments. The role involves proactive and reactive maintenance to minimize downtime and improve machinery efficiency. Competitive salary of £55,945.21 including shift allowance and excellent benefits offered.

Benefits

23 days holidays plus birthday

Employer doubles pension contribution up to 5%

Option to buy/sell 3 extra days

Qualifications

• 3+ years of maintenance engineering experience in a relevant field.
• Experience in fast-paced manufacturing environments such as food or pharmaceutical.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for reactive and proactive maintenance to high standards.
• Minimise breakdown time and ensure rapid response.
• Carry out effective repairs and participate in planned maintenance.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

Continuous improvement

Team player

PLC systems familiarity

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

City & Guilds 2391 certification

Job description

Overview

Job: Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Shifts: 4 on 4 off Days & Nights (4 days 4 off, 4 nights 4 off etc)

Location: Leicester

Salary: £55,945.21 including shift allowance

Holidays: 23 days off plus your birthday (option to buy/sell up to 3 extra days for year)

Pension: Employer doubles contribution up to 5%

Details

Are you an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer looking to join a food manufacturing company based in Leicester? You must be truly multi-skilled with a strong electrical & mechanical skill set. Ideally Engineers will have worked within a fast-paced manufacturing environment such as food, pharmaceutical or FMCG and looking for their next role, to be part of a great team of Engineers all striving to make the site run as efficiently as possible.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all reactive and proactive maintenance work, whilst making sure it is carried out to the highest possible standards across the whole of the site
• Attend to breakdowns when necessary, ensuring that there is always a rapid response, and that plant equipment and machinery breakdown time is minimised. Always endeavour to reduce downtime of site plant and machinery
• Carry out repairs to plant and equipment effectively and efficiently, either alone and/or as part of a team
• To carry out PPM onsite whilst always ensuring that there is a pro-active approach to planned maintenance and a high PPM output
• Deliver on plant uptime and maintenance KPI's through planned, preventative & predictive maintenance
• Deliver improvement work on machinery and site improvement work

Ideal Candidate

• Minimum 3 years maintenance engineering experience
• Strong electrical & mechanical skill set
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent
• Holder of City & Guilds 2391 certification (Inspection & Testing)
• Strong team player with a focus on continuous improvement
• Familiar with PLC systems; experience with Allen Bradley and/or Siemens is a plus

Please send your updated CV to the advert now