Maintenance Engineer

Nylacast Engineered Products Ltd; Leicester Forest East; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering solutions company is seeking a Maintenance Engineer based in Leicester to enhance the efficiency of operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for reactive and preventative maintenance, ensuring machinery uptime and engineering support to production. Candidates must have recognized engineering qualifications and experience in a manufacturing environment. Excellent communication skills and self-management are essential. The role offers shift options with competitive working hours.

Qualifications

• Time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical) required.
• Previous maintenance experience in a manufacturing environment essential.
• Self-managing with the ability to work both independently and as part of a team.

Responsibilities

• Aid overall effectiveness by reducing downtime on machines.
• Record all maintenance work accurately and timely.
• Provide engineering support to ensure efficient equipment performance.

Skills

Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance

Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)

Fault finding and analysis skills

Excellent communication skills

Education

Recognised engineering qualifications

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Location

The role will be based at our manufacturing Site in Leicester.

Hours

Either working the Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm) or the Double Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 14:00 & 14:00 to 22:00, rotating weekly).

The Company

The Nylacast Group are a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and supply of engineering plastic solutions, with a global brand presence and 9 worldwide locations.

The Role

The Maintenance Engineer roll will aid the overall effectiveness & efficiency of the division by reducing downtime on machines whilst continuously striving to improve processes to plant & machinery and furthermore to provide a support service to the production and to the Division in relation to maintenance issues to ensure machinery has maximum uptime possible.

Experience & Requirements

• Responsible for Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance
• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Support in the improvement of processes and machinery
• Comply with Nylacast Ltd H&S policy and all statutory Safety, Health and Environment requirements and ensure that all H&S procedures, engineering best practices are adhered to at all times.
• Ensure accurate & timely records are entered / recorded of all work carried out, root causes of failures and of spares / consumables used.
• Regular sourcing and interaction with our suppliers and sub-contractors for products and services
• Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged, monitor repair times, and find new methods / procedures to reduce these.
• Provide engineering support to production to ensure efficient performance of all equipment.

Desired Skills and Qualifications

• Must be a time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical)
• Recognised engineering qualifications (essential)
• Previous maintenance experience - manufacturing environment preferable (essential)
• Competent electrical / electronic fault finding and analysis skills (essential)
• Self‑managing - Must be able to work under own supervision or as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills

Equal opportunities

Nylacast Ltd welcomes the talent of people from diverse backgrounds to provide expertise dedication and imagination to propel us to a prosperous future. We believe that all employees have a right to be treated with dignity and as such will not tolerate any form of harassment and furthermore Nylacast operates Non‑Smoking Policies.

Please note due to the high level of Applications/CV's that we will potentially receive, we will only be contacting applicants that will be taken through to the next stage.