Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment; Southwick; On-site; GBP 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading recruitment firm is seeking a Maintenance Engineer in Southwick, UK, to ensure factory operations and provide support to junior engineers. Ideal candidates will possess electrical expertise and be committed to safety standards. The role offers growth opportunities, with employee-first progression policies, regular salary reviews, and benefits including private healthcare and pension contributions.

Benefits

Private healthcare

7% pension contribution

Internal training

External qualification training

Qualifications

• Experience in electrical and mechanical fault-finding.
• Ability to check I/O's, read schematics, and check HMI screens.
• Willingness to comply with food safety and health and safety regulations.

Responsibilities

• Perform reactive and planned maintenance work.
• Ensure smooth running of the factory.
• Support junior engineers and production staff.
• Take ownership of the workshop.

Skills

Experience in a multi-skilled environment

Ability to work with electrical equipment

Leadership skills

Education

Level 3 in an electrical field

Job description

Maintenance Engineer, £45,000, private healthcare, 7% pension contribution, internal training, external qualification training.

Shift - 4 on 4 off (Nights)

About the company

The company we are currently in partnership with is market leading in their sector and operate across the whole of the UK. Established over 100+ years ago, our client is a family business which has now grown to over 12 sites across the country, all operating with a different focus. Our client is constantly looking to increase, improve and initiate positive change fuelled by investment and acquisition to broaden their product portfolio.

Our client is community-driven. At the forefront of their mission statement is ensuring that everything local to them thrives to it's full extent. As well as this, every decision they make business related is taken in mind with the environmental impact it may have.

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join one of the largest as well as one of most stable companies in the FMCG sector. Due to growth and demand from the customers, the opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer has arisen. The successful Maintenance Engineer will have the opportunity to grow into leadership positions, as well as having real recognition for the effort they make in the workplace.

Responsibilities

• Ensuring the smooth running of the factory, by performing reactive and planned maintenance work. Electrical installations.
• Taking ownership of looking after the workshop.
• To provide assistance and support to junior engineers as well as production staff.
• Fault‑finding on both the electrical and mechanical components. No programming required but need to have the ability to check I/O's, read schematics and check HMI Screens.
• The ideal candidate will have an electrical bias.

About you

To be considered for the Maintenance Engineer position, you should have the following:

• Experience in a multi-skilled environment, being able to work with electrical equipment.
• Due to the nature of the work, you should be happy to work to food safety as well as health and safety requirements.
• Educated to a minimum of a Level 3 in an electrical field.
• To have initiative, as well as leadership skills when you may be required to if you are the most senior member on shift.

Why join our client

Training in any Electrical as well as food safety, health safety and other benefits with training.

An employee-first approach with clear routes of progression into leadership positions. 40% of promotions are internal.

Regular salary reviews as well as unlimited overtime opportunities.

If you want to hear more about becoming a Maintenance Engineer at this industry leading group, then please press apply or give Karolis a call on (phone number removed), alternatively drop me an email on

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.