Maintenance Engineer

Hunter Selection; Aberdare; On-site; GBP 53,000 - 64,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary £58,500

Progression into management

Excellent training scheme

Very good Pension

Stable organisation

Bonus Scheme available

Job summary

Hunter Selection is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a busy site in the United Kingdom. The role covers both mechanical and electrical disciplines with a strong emphasis on reliability, safety and continuous improvement.

You will support a team of multi-skilled technicians across shift patterns, monitor HV switchgear, pumps and compressors, and lead projects from specification to delivery. The role offers excellent training, progression into management, a solid pension, and a generous

Qualifications

• Maintenance engineer with mechanical and electrical discipline experience.
• Strong fluid power, fabrication, and gearbox machining experience.
• Solid understanding of electrical control principles and hardware.
• Experience with AC/DC motors and drives; PLC fault finding essential.
• Strong process knowledge and project management experience.
• Resilience to solve complex problems and maintain safe production.

Responsibilities

• Ensure adherence to safety and environmental standards and improvements.
• Provide hands-on support to a multi-skilled team across shifts.
• Monitor and maintain site services: HV switchgear, electrical systems, process water, and compressors.
• Support projects: technical specs, planning and delivery (new machines, retrofits, improvements).
• Achieve maintenance metrics: PPM, task close-out, downtime, fault reduction.
• Implement lean/continuous improvement to boost performance and sustainability.
• Identify actions to minimise conversion costs, focusing on energy and maintenance spend.
• Identify and implement innovative technical solutions to maintenance problems.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Fluid power

Electrical control principles

AC/DC motors & drives

PLC fault finding

Project management

Problem solving

Job description

Benefits Package:

• £58,500
• Opportunity to progress into management.
• Excellent training scheme
• Very good Pension
• Extremely stable organisation
• Bonus Scheme available

Innovation and excellence in manufacturing processes has put this company at the forefront of their industry. Boasting several blue chip clients they are enjoying strong market conditions and are busier than ever, they have multiple sites across the UK and are part of a very large group globally, they are valued as an employer in the local area that would provide you a job for life.

Role & Responsibilities:

• Ensure adherence and improvement in all safety and environmental standards.
• Provide hands‑on, practical support to a team of multiskilled technicians, who operate across a variety of shift patterns, completing both proactive and reactive Maintenance activities.
• Ensure site services, including HV switch gear, electrical distribution systems, process water and compressors are monitored and maintained.
• Support / manage project activity, including the technical specification, planning and delivery of projects such as new machine design, retro‑fitments and improvement activities.
• Support the achievement of all maintenance measures, including; PPM Completion %, Shift Task Close Out Ratio, Machine Downtime, Breakdown and fault reduction activity, meantime between failure, meantime to repair, etc
• Implement lean / continuous improvement activity and strategy to improve performance and drive site sustainability using tools such as 5Why and FMEA to identify areas needing improvement.
• Support the identification and implementation of actions to minimise conversion costs, with specific focus on Energy and Maintenance spend.
• Identify and implement innovative technical solutions to overcome maintenance problems.

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Maintenance Engineer with experience working with both mechanical and electrical disciplines.
• Very experienced with fluid power, fabricating, machining building gearboxes.
• Good understanding of electrical control principles and hardware to provide technical support to technicians
• Excellent experience working with AC/DC Motors and Drives, PLC fault finding capability is a must.
• Excellent process based knowledge and project management skills
• The resilience to deal with complex problems, in a pressured environment with the ability to implement solutions to ensure safe production continuity

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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