Hands-On Maintenance Manager - PLC & Machinery Reliability

Mansell Recruitment Group; East Hyde; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Mansell Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer/Manager to join a busy manufacturing site. This hands-on role focuses on maintaining production machinery, fault finding, repairs and continuous improvement to maximise plant reliability and uptime.

You will lead a small engineering team, coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, and work with production to minimise downtime while ensuring safe working practices. A recognised engineering qualification is required.

Qualifications

• Hands-on maintenance engineer with strong electrical and mechanical skills.
• Proven experience in maintenance of production machinery.
• Excellent fault finding on PLC controlled systems (Siemens/Allen-Bradley).
• Ability to read electrical schematics and mechanical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out planned preventative and reactive maintenance across production machinery.
• Diagnosing and repairing complex electrical and mechanical faults.
• Fault finding on PLC-controlled systems, including Siemens and Allen-Bradley.
• Working with motor control circuits, VSDs, contactors, sensors and three-phase electrical systems.
• Maintaining and repairing gearboxes, chains, belts, conveyors, pumps, pneumatics and hydraulic systems.
• Reading and interpreting electrical schematics, mechanical drawings and technical manuals.
• Responding quickly to breakdowns to minimise production downtime.
• Identifying and implementing engineering improvements and machinery modifications.
• Working closely with production teams and management to coordinate maintenance activities.
• Ensuring safe working practices are followed, including isolation and Lockout/Tagout procedures.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

PLC fault-finding

VSDs and three-phase systems

Communication and teamwork

Education

HNC/HND in Electrical/Mechanical or Electro-Mechanical Engineering

Tools

Siemens PLC

Allen-Bradley PLC

Electrical schematics

Job description

Mansell Recruitment Group is seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineer/Manager to join a busy manufacturing site. This hands-on role focuses on maintaining production machinery, fault finding, repairs and continuous improvement to maximise plant reliability and uptime.

You will lead a small engineering team, coordinate planned and reactive maintenance, and work with production to minimise downtime while ensuring safe working practices. A recognised engineering qualification is required.