Electrical Maintenance Engineer in Leicester, Leicestershire

Energy Jobline CVL; Leicester; On-site; GBP 47,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food manufacturing company in Leicester is seeking an experienced Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer. The ideal candidate must have strong electrical and mechanical skills and at least 3 years of maintenance engineering experience. Responsibilities include reactive and proactive maintenance, attending breakdowns, and improving plant uptime. A competitive salary and benefits package are offered.

Benefits

23 days off plus birthday

Option to buy/sell up to 3 extra days

Employer doubles pension contribution up to 5%

Qualifications

• Minimum 3 years maintenance engineering experience.
• Holder of City & Guilds 2391 certification (Inspection & Testing).
• Familiar with PLC systems; experience with Allen Bradley and/or Siemens is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for all reactive and proactive maintenance work.
• Attend to breakdowns ensuring rapid response.
• Carry out repairs to plant and equipment effectively.
• Deliver on plant uptime and maintenance KPI's through planned maintenance.
• Deliver improvement work on machinery.

Skills

Electrical skill set

Mechanical skill set

Team player

Continuous improvement

Familiar with PLC systems

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

City & Guilds 2391 certification

Job description

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Job details

• 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%

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 / Qualifications

• 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

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