Junior Maintenance Engineer

Vickerstock; Strabane; On-site; GBP 80,000 - 100,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FMCG Company based in Strabane is seeking a Junior Maintenance Engineer to ensure the maintenance and uptime of machinery across shifts. The ideal candidate will possess electrical qualifications and have experience in a high-volume production environment. Responsibilities include scheduled maintenance, fault finding, and ensuring operational efficiency. This is a full-time permanent role with a focus on maximizing asset utilization while minimizing costs.

Qualifications

• Essentials include electrical qualifications and proven experience in a similar role.
• Must have experience servicing and repairing automated machinery.
• Mechanical fault finding and maintenance experience required.

Responsibilities

• Ensure maximum uptime of machinery across the shifts.
• Carry out scheduled maintenance on equipment and repairs.
• Identify and rectify potential equipment issues.

Skills

Electrical qualification

Fault finding

Experience in high-volume production

Mechanical maintenance

Preventive Maintenance

Education

IEEE or equivalent qualification

Job description

Junior Maintenance Engineer
Strabane
Days and Nights

Vickerstock are currently working with a leading FMCG Company based in Strabane.

Our client is a leading provider within the food sector providing some of the biggest and best house hold brands across Northern Ireland.

This is a full-time permanent role within their Maintenance de partment. Your primary focus will be to ensure the maximum uptime of machinery across their day and night shift patter (no weekends).

Your Responsibilities as a Junior Maintenance Engineer;

• Work continuously to ensure that all scheduled engineering maintenance works including diagnostic fault analysis are actioned.
• In conjunction with the Engineering Management and Production Manager, maximise the utilisation of the site's assets while taking all opportunities to minimise costs.
• Help drive the site's Net Zero Energy efforts by exploring and taking all available opportunities to reduce energy usage.
• Ensure the upkeep of the assets and fabric of the site.
• Responsibilities:
• Carry out schedule-based maintenance work on equipment, buildings and services and repairs, overhauls and installations as appropriate. General maintenance and breakdown activities, resolving causes of defects for allocated cell/area
• Fault find mechanical and/or electrical faults and repair equipment in a breakdown situation. Deliver sufficient callout support and handovers to ensure reliability and performance of the plants machinery in line with agreed service levels.
• Proactively identify and deal rectify potential equipment/services issues
• Work with other functions as part of the manufacturing team to ensure efficient running of the equipment and prioritize work as agreed.

As a Junior Maintenance Engineer, Ideally you will have;

• It is essentail you are electrically qualified.
• Proven successful experience in a similar role.
• Experience servicing and repair of electrical, electronic, mechanical, electro-mechanical and pneumatic systems.
• Experience in working in a high-volume production environment with automated machinery.
• IEEE or equivalent qualification.
• Mechanical fault finding, maintenance and installation.
• Experience in carrying out preventive Maintenance on motors, gearboxes, conveyor systems, rollers and pneumatic/hydraulic systems.
• Adjust and calibrate equipment and machinery to optimal specifications.

What we hope you will do next;

Contact Warren Watson to discuss this in absolute confidence or send an updated CV via the link on the page - 02890 313720

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As an experienced specialist senior engineering and manufacturing recruitment professional with 7 years' experience; I personally specialise within the recruitment of Maintenance Engineers at all levels across Ireland.

If you are interested in this vacancy, or work within Engineering / Manufacturing in Ireland, then please apply with your CV to me for consideration - (You can also find and connect with me on LinkedIn)