Front End Maintenance Technician — 4-on/4-off Shift

Ball Aerospace; Wakefield; Hybrid; GBP 26,000 - 38,000; Full time

Job summary

Ball Corporation in Wakefield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Front End Maintainer to support production goals within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The role involves operating and maintaining production equipment, performing disassembly/rebuilds, and conducting data input and inspections to meet customer specs.

Qualified candidates will have an apprenticeship or engineering qualification, with essential pneumatics/hydraulics experience and strong analytical skills.

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship or relevant qualification in Engineering or Mechanical discipline.
• Pneumatics and hydraulics experience is essential.
• Surface grinding experience is preferable.
• Proven experience in an engineering or fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Strong analytical and troubleshooting skills with the ability to interpret numerical data.
• Proficiency in the use of hand and power tools; forklift operation experience is an advantage.
• Good computer literacy, communication, and organizational skills.

Responsibilities

• Complies and maintains established safe working practices, policies, and procedures as specified in plant and corporate directives.
• Supports and adheres to the guidelines of the food safety system.
• Performs duties to ensure compliance with the plant’s quality standards.
• Performs various manual or mechanical production tasks by operating, adjusting, and repairing production equipment to meet customer specifications.
• Disassembles, overhauls, and rebuilds production equipment.
• Performs troubleshooting on production equipment as required.
• Performs preventative maintenance on production equipment as required.
• Inputs real-time data on a computer terminal.
• Conducts inspection of in-process or finished product to meet customer specifications.
• Supports in other positions within or below pay grade as needed.

Skills

Engineering background

Pneumatics & Hydraulics

Surface grinding

Analytical skills

Hand & power tools

Forklift experience

Computer literacy

Education

Apprenticeship or qualification in Engineering or Mechanical

Tools

Forklift operation

Hand tools

Power tools

Measuring instruments

Job description

Ball Corporation in Wakefield, United Kingdom, is seeking a Front End Maintainer to support production goals within a fast-paced manufacturing environment. The role involves operating and maintaining production equipment, performing disassembly/rebuilds, and conducting data input and inspections to meet customer specs.

Qualified candidates will have an apprenticeship or engineering qualification, with essential pneumatics/hydraulics experience and strong analytical skills.