Maintenance Engineer

Senior plc; Royston; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 40,000; Full time

Job summary

Senior plc seeks a Maintenance Engineer with electrical bias in Royston, Hertfordshire. This role involves maintaining plant equipment and ensuring safety standards are met. The successful candidate will manage both electrical and mechanical repairs while contributing to preventative maintenance tasks.

Ideal applicants will have relevant qualifications such as City & Guilds/NVQ in Maintenance, along with experience in a manufacturing environment. The position offers opportunities for learning and development in a dynamic aerospace manufacturing setting.

Qualifications

• Qualified in City & Guilds/NVQ Maintenance or similar discipline.
• Experience with electrical and mechanical systems.
• Ability to supervise external contractors.

Responsibilities

• Perform electrical and mechanical maintenance on site.
• Ensure health and safety compliance in work areas.
• Conduct fault finding on plant equipment.

Skills

Electrical/Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding and repair

Lean engineering principles

Team collaboration

Education

City & Guilds/NVQ Maintenance or similar

18th Edition - Level 3 Electrical Installations Award - BS7671:2018

Tools

Omron PLC

Job description

Thermal Engineering specialises in manufacturing hot and cold formed components, complex fabricated assemblies and thermal insulation heat shields and systems.

The business is based in Royston, Hertfordshire, UK, approximately 35 miles north of London. Thermal Engineering operates from a 6500m2 (70,000 sqft) purpose-built aerospace manufacturing and assembly facility that was opened in 2005.

The business provides a complete service from supply chain management, tooling development and design, manufacturing, post-forming treatments and quality testing facilities to ensure that customers receive innovative, practical and cost-effective solutions.

Job Description

Job Title – Maintenance Engineer With Electrical Bias

Reporting to – Maintenance Facilities Supervisor

Purpose of Role

• Working as part of the maintenance and facilities team, ensuring that plant, equipment and facilities on site are maintained and are running correctly and safety.
• Ensure that all work carried out in a professional and safe manner and in accordance with current regulations.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure Health & Safety is adhered and a high priority in the work areas
• Electrical and Mechanical maintenance and repair of plant, equipment and facilities on site.
• Installation and replacement of equipment.
• Electrical and Mechanical fault finding on plant
• Machine and plant installation, replacement and repair ranging from high value projects to smaller improvement projects.
• Perform planned, preventative maintenance tasks to the prescribed schedule
• Assist with maintenance site facilities ranging from infrastructure, communal facilities to include WC’s, drainage and groundworks.
• Perform all reasonable request made by management

Key Requirements

• Ideally City & Guilds/NVQ Maintenance or similar discipline qualified.
• Time served apprenticeship or demonstrable equivalent experience.
• Electrical/Mechanical experience in manufacturing machines, involving plc controllers, hydraulics and pneumatics, fault finding and repair.
• Positive, problem-solving attitude and willing to learn new skills.
• Be able to contribute to and work within a small team, whilst still able to work on own initiative.
• To be flexible with working hours to support planned repairs and unplanned breakdowns
• You may be required on occasion to perform Ad hoc responsibilities to support business needs
• Resourceful and able adapt to changing priorities and maintain a positive attitude and possess a strong work ethic
• Experience and knowledge of lean engineering principles and techniques
• 18th Edition - Level 3 Electrical Installations Award - BS7671:2018
• Omron PLC experience and knowledge.
• Previous experience working in a manufacturing environment, preferably aerospace or automotive, particularly hot, and cold forming presses or process control, chemical.
• Experience working with and supervising external contractors
• Experience working with chemical processing