Maintenance Engineer

Premier Technical Recruitment Ltd; Rugby; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 46,000; Full time

Job summary

Premier Technical Recruitment Ltd is seeking a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer for a Rugby-based role with an electrical bias. The position runs 11.30am–8pm, Monday to Friday, in a fast-paced automated warehousing environment.

You will perform PPM and reactive maintenance on conveyors, cranes, robots and vision systems, ensuring safe and productive operations. The ideal candidate has an apprenticeship in electrical maintenance and at least four years’ experience, with knowledge of S7 PLC,

Qualifications

• Apprenticeship in electrical maintenance engineering or equivalent completed.
• At least 4 years' experience in an electrically biased multi-skilled maintenance role.
• Strong knowledge of automation electrical systems and networks (S7 PLC, Profinet, Profibus, CAN bus, ASI).
• Experience with conveyors, shuttle systems, cranes, robots and vision systems.

Responsibilities

• Undertake both preventive planned maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown maintenance on automated systems and mechanical handling equipment.
• Work with operations to resolve issues affecting productivity and drive improvements.
• Document work carried out and contribute to root-cause analysis to prevent recurrence.
• Maintain a safe, clean, and efficient working environment; comfortable working at height.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Automation systems

Fault finding

Root cause analysis

PPM scheduling

Teamwork

Education

Apprenticeship in electrical maintenance engineering

Tools

S7 PLC

Inverter drives

Profinet

Profibus

CAN bus

ASI networks

Barcode scanning

Job description

Maintenance Engineer (11.30am - 8pm Mon to Fri)

Location: Rugby, Warwickshire

Salary: £40k + "lock up" bonus, generous benefits, generous overtime and pension

Our Rugby based client has been established globally for over a century and are recognised as market leaders in the manufacture and distribution of their niche sector solutions, and as a result of continued success and ongoing programme of strategic growth, are now seeking to recruit a multi skilled, electrically biased Maintenance Engineer to complement their professional engineering team - working 11.30am to 8pm Monday to Friday.

Reporting to the Engineering and Process Improvement Manager, the successful candidate will be working as part of a team of multi-disciplinary maintenance engineers tasked with undertaking both PPM and reactive breakdown maintenance repairs on a range of automated systems and mechanical handling equipment including conveyors, shuttle systems, cranes, robots and vision systems in a fast paced automated warehousing and distribution centre environment, ensuring a safe and efficient working environment is sustained at all times.

Working closely with the Engineering and Process Improvement Manager, you will assist in the delivery of improvements to equipment and with projects to develop best practices, and also with the Senior MHE Engineer on maintaining the equipment and liaising with operations where necessary to resolve any problems that could affect productivity.

It is envisaged the successful Maintenance Engineer candidate will have successfully completed an apprenticeship in electrical maintenance engineering or equivalent and demonstrate at least 4 years' experience gained within an Electrically biased multi-skilled maintenance engineer role.

You will have good technical knowledge of automation electrical systems, S7 PLC and inverter driven systems, Profinet, Profibus, Can bus and ASI networks and barcode scanning networks, as well as proven experience of manual/automated picking cranes, pallet and tote conveyer systems and of mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic systems.

You will be skilled in fault finding and repair as well as undertaking root cause analysis activities to prevent re-occurrence, adhering to PPM schedules as appropriate and documenting details of work undertaken. You will also essentially be comfortable in working at heights.

With excellent communication skills at all levels and the ability to work both autonomously and as part of a team, you will be skilled in problem solving and working in a safe and meticulous manner at all times as well as always seeking ways to improve current methods, systems, processes and procedures to ensure increased productivity, quality and reliability wherever possible.

In return an attractive remuneration package and generous benefits are available as well as both training and career progression opportunities.