Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer

KPI Recruiting; Wigan; On-site; GBP 47,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment agency is seeking an Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer for a role in Wigan. The position offers a salary of £47,333 plus £1,000 for handovers, with a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off. The ideal candidate will have a time-served apprenticeship and experience in maintenance within a similar environment. Responsibilities include supporting manufacturing processes, diagnosing equipment issues, and maintaining compliance with GMP and hygiene standards.

Qualifications

• Experience responding to equipment breakdowns and scheduled maintenance.
• Ability to diagnose issues and implement corrective actions.
• Familiarity with machinery operation and fault finding.

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing processes through maintenance tasks.
• Correct machine processing faults to prevent repeat failures.
• Communicate effectively with other departments to build relationships.

Skills

Time-served apprenticeship

Experience in similar environment

Minimum NVQ Level 3 qualification

Job description

Overview

Electrically Biased Maintenance Engineer – Wigan. Salary: £47,333 + £1,000 for handovers. Shift pattern: 4 on 4 off (2 days, 2 nights, 7:00–19:00).

Responsibilities

• Support manufacturing processes by responding to equipment breakdowns and carrying out scheduled maintenance work.
• Proactively correct and modify machine processing faults to ensure repeat failures do not occur.
• Organise daily tasks to optimise available time.
• Diagnose issues and complete required tasks in a timely manner.
• Identify root causes and implement corrective improvements.
• Flexibly provide additional cover during sickness, holidays, and high workloads.
• Communicate effectively with other departments to build good relationships and ensure cooperation in completing work requirements.
• Respond efficiently and effectively to equipment breakdowns and maintain focus on the nominated production area.
• Accurately record all breakdown information and equipment condition using established and future systems.
• Be familiar with all aspects of machinery operation, proactively identifying running problems and applying corrections/modifications.
• Maintain GMP and hygiene requirements in line with standards; comply with all H&S requirements (legal and internal).
• Comply with engineering stores procedures and documentation.
• Work effectively within a shift structure to ensure technical cover at all times.
• Provide overtime cover as needed for holidays, sickness, maintenance shut-downs, projects, etc.
• Monitor machinery in production and carry out adjustments as necessary.
• Follow reasonable requests from supervisors.
• Fault find efficiently using machine historic information and documentation.
• Perform tasks and operate equipment only to the level of training and competence; comply with GMP standards and wear appropriate workwear correctly.

Skills & Experience

• Time-served apprenticeship.
• Minimum NVQ Level 3 qualification or equivalent.
• Demonstrable experience of working within a similar environment.
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