Maintenance Engineer

ETS Consulting Ltd; Preston; On-site; GBP 51,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading food packaging manufacturer in Preston is seeking a Maintenance Engineer. You will service and maintain production machinery while ensuring compliance with Health & Safety policies. Applicants should ideally be fully apprentice-trained in mechanical or electrical engineering with experience in PLC systems and preventative maintenance. This role offers a competitive salary of £50,500, pension, and opportunities for overtime, alongside the scope to broaden your skills in a secure environment.

Benefits

Pension

Overtime opportunities

Qualifications

• Apprentice trained engineer in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Experience with conveyors, inverters, drives, and packaging machines.
• Knowledge of Health & Safety compliance.

Responsibilities

• Service and maintain manufacturing equipment.
• Work with Engineering on PPM schedules.
• Undertake electrical repairs and upgrades.
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies.
• Complete planned maintenance to high standards.

Skills

Multi-skilled engineering

Experience of PLC systems

Understanding of PPM systems

Education

Full apprenticeship in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

Salary: £50,500 + Pension + Overtime

Shift Pattern: Continental Shift Pattern - 4 on 4 off 2 days 2 nights 6-6

Location: Preston

Reference: Jo6830/LW

The Company

My client is one of the UK's leading manufacturers within its field of food based packaging products and associated processes. The group is a well established producer to the European markets and have been established over 30 years. The site in Preston is looking once again to expand due to further investment, within this secure organisation.

Key Skills

• Apprentice Trained Engineer in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering but MUST be multi-skilled
• Experience of PLC systems & Automated machinery
• Understanding of PPM systems

The Role

• Service and maintain manufacturing equipment: corrugator machines, palletizing lines, conveyor systems
• Work in collaboration with Engineering department on PPM schedules
• Undertake electrical repairs and upgrade of circuits
• Ensure compliance with Health & Safety policies
• Complete planned, preventative maintenance to high quality standards

You will have served a minimum of ideally a full apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering and have experience working within planned and preventative maintenance schedules, working on conveyors, inverters, drives, sensors, plastics or insulation machines, packaging machines, motors, print units, cutting units, stacking, and folding machines.

On a day to day basis, you will be responsible for all production equipment including compliance with Health & Safety policies are met and any maintenance activities are completed to the highest standards. There is a huge scope and variety on offer, so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.

If you are interested in this role, please send a copy of your current CV using the details provided, interviews will be held locally, and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.