Maintenance Engineer

Wallace Hind; Dundee; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A global materials technology group in Dundee is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to oversee proactive maintenance, diagnostic tasks, and equipment service contracts, ensuring smooth operations in a manufacturing environment. The role offers a basic salary of £30,000 – £35,000 and includes benefits like a performance-related bonus and private healthcare.

Benefits

Performance related bonus

Private health care including family

Death in service x 4 base salary

Up to 6% pension matched

Overtime potential

Qualifications

• Experience in fault diagnosis and problem solving of both mechanical and electrical machinery.
• Awareness of continuous improvement methods and principles.
• Experience of COSHH, risk assessments and ISO standards.

Responsibilities

• Plan, prioritise, and complete the PPM schedule for the site.
• Carry out reactive tasks including fault finding, breakdowns, and repairs.
• Create and maintain records for proactive and reactive work.

Skills

Fault diagnosis

Problem solving

Excellent organisation skills

Communication skills

Reporting skills

Education

Qualified engineer or time-served engineering background

Tools

Film coating machinery

Pneumatic valves

Compressors

Chillers

Lifting equipment

Job description

Are you a Multi-Skilled Maintenance or Service Engineer fed up of silly shifts? Our Maintenance Engineer position is permanent days Mon – Fri! You’ll plan your own maintenance schedules to incorporate PPM’s, service and repairs on the machinery and equipment at our manufacturing site in Dundee.

Salary

BASIC SALARY: £30,000 – £35,000

Benefits

• Performance related bonus
• Private health care including family
• Death in service x 4 base salary
• Up to 6% pension matched
• Overtime potential

Location

LOCATION: Dundee

COMMUTABLE LOCATIONS: Perth, Arbroath, Newport-on-Tay, Tayport, Forfar, Carnoustie, St Andrews, Blairgowrie and Rattray, Letham, Kirriemuir, Meigle, Kinloch, Cupar.

Why should you apply?

• Overtime potential as well as performance related bonus available.
• No ‘silly’ shifts – permanent days Monday to Friday – 37.5 hour week.
• Take control – organise your days to prioritise the work that you identify.
• Work autonomously – be trusted to carry out your duties without being micromanaged.

Job Description

Maintenance Engineer, Service Engineer – Manufacturing, Material Technologies

Reporting to the Operations Manager you’ll carry out various tasks within the engineering function. You’ll have a proactive approach with an eye on continuous improvement across the department and be a link between other departments to maintain good lines of communication throughout the entire business.

Key Responsibilities

As our Maintenance Engineer, you’ll have the responsibility of carrying out various tasks such as :

• Plan, prioritise, and complete the PPM schedule for the site.
• Carry out our reactive tasks including fault finding, breakdowns and repairs.
• Create and maintain records for proactive and reactive work.
• Manage the spares stock and budget.
• Arrange and manage service contracts for machinery and equipment.

Person Specification

As a Maintenance Engineer, you’ll be proactive by nature and be able to manage your time to balance your daily and weekly workload. You will either be a qualified engineer or from a time served engineering background.

We are interested in applications from candidates who have :

• Experience in fault diagnosis and problem solving of both mechanical and electrical machinery and equipment.
• Awareness of continuous improvement methods and principles.
• Excellent organisation, communication, and reporting skills.
• Exposure to equipment such as film coating machinery, vacuums, pneumatic valves, compressors, chillers and lifting equipment as a preference.
• Experience of COSHH, risk assessments and ISO standards.

The Company

Part of a global materials technology group. We specialise in thin film optical coatings. Innovation is in everything we do, and we pride ourselves on the quality and service that is at the forefront of our operation.

It is highly likely you will have worked in any of the following roles and / or markets, and worked with the following products and / or services : Maintenance Engineer, Service Engineer, Maintenance Supervisor, Field Service Engineer, Maintenance Manager, Manufacturing, Film coating, optic materials, machinery maintenance,

Interested?

INTERESTED? Please click apply. You will receive an acknowledgment of your application.

Note

Please Note : Wallace Hind Selection have been chosen as the retained recruitment partner of our client and therefore any direct applications to our client from candidates or agencies will be forwarded on to us direct.

Reference

REF : JN17778, Wallace Hind Selection