Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Hyde; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 42,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime available

28 days holiday

Pension

Life assurance

Training opportunities

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd seeks a Maintenance Engineer to join a major UK manufacturer in Hyde, Greater Manchester. You will maintain production machinery, site services and other equipment, working in a small team with a strong focus on reactive and preventive maintenance, training apprentices, and continuous improvement.

The role requires fault-finding on PLCs and HMIs, with an apprentice-trained background and electrical/mechanical expertise.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained or equivalent qualification.
• NVQ Level 3 or equivalent required; HNC/HND desirable.
• Good fault-finding skills and knowledge of BS 7671 (18th Edition).
• Experience fault-finding on PLCs and HMIs in a factory environment.

Responsibilities

• Maintain production machinery and site services within a fast-paced environment.
• Reactive and preventive (PPM) maintenance focus with tablet-based job tracking.
• Assist and mentor apprentices as part of the training culture.

Skills

Electrical aptitude

Fault finding

PLC/HMI fault-finding

Education

NVQ Level 3 or equivalent

HNC or HND desirable

Tools

PLCs

HMIs

Job description

Maintenance Engineer, Hyde, Greater Manchester, Double Days.
Monday - Thursday 6am - 1:30pm/ 1:30pm - 9pm
Friday 6am - 12pm/12pm - 6pm -36 average hours a week.

Overtime available, 28 holiday, pension, life assurance covering annual salary + additional benefits.

The Opportunity

We are recruiting for a Maintenance Engineer to join one of the leading manufacturers in the UK of designed products for the home. That supply to trade customers, other blind manufacturers, retailers, accredited stockists, commercial companies and the residential market. You’ll be implemented into a team of 5 other Engineers. Maintaining all production machinery, site services and miscellaneous equipment.

The Role

As a maintenance engineer, you’ll work with a range of machinery including:

• Fabric inspection machinery, cutting machines, stenter ovens, pleating machinery and lamination equipment

Your focus will be reactive and PPM, using a tablet system for job tracking. The role places a strong emphasis on maintenance and repair within a fast-paced environment. As well as being committed to continuous improvement. Experience fault finding on a PLC or HMI is essential. Additionally, this person will assist with the training and mentoring of apprentices.

The Person We're Looking For

To succeed in this role as a maintenance engineer, the successful candidate will have:

• A proven track record in a similar role and a strong understanding of electrical and mechanical practices.

• Be apprentice trained or hold an equivalent qualification, with at least an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent; an HNC or HND would be desirable.

• Have good fault-finding and diagnostic skills, knowledge of the 18th Edition Wiring Regulations (BS 7671).

• Have experience of working with and fault-finding on PLCs and HMIs. Previous experience in a factory or production environment.

This is an ideal role for a maintenance engineer who wants to develop their skills in a stable, well-backed facility with real training opportunities.

Joining our client, you will be joining a business that place emphasis on training, development of their engineers. The company has been established for over 55 years, the site in Hyde is one of five in the UK; therefore, it offers strong job security. You will be joining a company that look after their engineer's future.

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation