Maintenance Engineer

April Quest; Emsworth; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Holiday allowance

Bonus scheme

Share scheme

Health plan

Life insurance

Job summary

April Quest Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a global leader in high quality, safety-critical electro-mechanical products on a 24-hour production line. You will supervise a night-shift technician and maintain a busy facility with pick & place machines, conveyors, robotics, and inspection equipment.

The role emphasizes fault finding, root cause analysis and continuous improvement projects to cut downtime and boost machine performance, with a proactive mindset for cost savings.

Qualifications

• Must have time served or HNC in electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering.
• 2+ years in a similar role; manufacturing environment experience beneficial.
• Knowledge of electrical & electronic systems including PLCs, sensors, robotics, pneumatics.

Responsibilities

• Supervise one night-shift technician in a small team.
• Maintain a 24-hour production line with pick & place machines, SMT printers, ovens, conveyors, AOI, robotics and laser marking equipment.
• Conduct root cause analysis and fault diagnosis; implement corrective actions.
• Lead small CI projects to improve downtime and machinery performance.
• Be proactive in seeking cost-saving improvements.

Skills

Fault finding

Root cause analysis

Problem solving

PLC/vision systems knowledge

Robotics and conveyors experience

Cost saving mindset

Lean / SMED / 5Whys / Ishikawa

Education

Time served / HNC in electrical/mechanical engineering

Tools

Robotics

Conveyors

Job description

A global leader in high quality, safety-critical electro-mechanical products that are sold globally are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their 24 hour production line.

Info about what the Maintenance Engineer role entails

Exciting electro-mechanical Maintenance Engineer role on a small night shift team, supervising one Technician in a fast paced, high tech manufacturing facility. You will maintain a cutting edge 24 hour production line including pick & place machines, SMT screen printers, ovens, conveyors, automated optical inspection machines, assembly lines, robotics, conveyors & laser marking machines amongst others.

The night shift can be a challenge as there are less people available to help so you will be comfortable with root cause analysis & fault diagnosis / identification. Alongside reactive maintenance & planned maintenance activities you will run small CI projects to improve downtime and machinery performance.

Essential Requirements of the Maintenance Engineer

• Time served or HNC (or equivalent) qualification in an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering discipline. They do a lot of small mechanical adjustments, very little 3 phase electrical maintenance.
• 2/3 + years’ experience in a similar role – some experience in maintenance environment will be essential
• Some knowledge of electrical & electronic systems & sensors e.g. PLCs, vision systems, fibre optic sensors, mechanics, pneumatics, robotics and test equipment etc.
• Good problem solving & decision making is key you will be able to fault find and diagnose - main thing is a good track record fault finding and RCA.
• Experience with RCA making improvements to machines & processes - e.g. RCA methodologies, SMED, 5Whys, fishbone, Ishikawa - predictive and preventative strategy.
• You will have a proactive mindset always looking for cost savings and improvements

Desirable Requirements of the Maintenance Engineer

• Experience of robotics, conveyors or hydraulics
• 18th Edition qualified
• Experience mentoring / leading apprentices etc - if you don't have that experience it can be developed with in house management courses, 121s & distance learning opportunities.
• Lean - proactive approach to eliminate waste, SMED etc environment, the people, the process and the equipment.

Benefits

• 37 hours per week
• Night shift – start from Sunday at 10.30pm - finish at 6am, then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10pm start, 6am finish.
• Overtime at time and a half
• Significantly enhanced pension scheme
• 25 days holiday + ability to purchase extra days
• Company Bonus Scheme
• Share allocation scheme
• Health plan, access to 24 hour doctors etc
• Life Insurance (3 x annual salary and up to 6 x annual salary depending on Ts and Cs)