Maintenance Engineer

ATA Recruitment Ltd; Tilmanstone; On-site; GBP 52,000 - 57,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Share-save scheme

6% pension contribution

Company-specific qualifications

Shift – 4 on 4 off (days/nights)

Job summary

ATA Recruitment Ltd is recruiting a Maintenance Engineer for a market-leading food manufacturing group with 35+ sites across the UK. You will train to become multi-skilled through on-the-job training and qualifications as part of a growing, well-supported team.

The role offers a shift pattern of 4 on 4 off (days/nights) and a competitive remuneration package. You will work to clear safety standards in a fast-paced environment with opportunities for progression.

Qualifications

• Experience in an engineering environment, preferably manufacturing.
• Comfortable with either electrical or mechanical – single skilled engineers encouraged to apply.
• Food safety and health and safety compliance expected.

Responsibilities

• Attend to reactive breakdowns and ensure all PPMs are carried out per schedule and recorded.
• Fault-finding, checking I/O, and maintaining equipment to working standard.
• Diagnose maintenance needs and communicate to Engineering team; monitor machinery performance.
• Fault-finding on electrical and mechanical components; reading schematics and checking HMI screens.
• Ability to work with either electrical or mechanical bias.

Skills

Engineering experience

Electrical or mechanical bias

Reading schematics

Education

Level 3 – mechanical or electrical

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

£51,750 - £56,925

Benefits

• Share-save scheme
• 6% pension contribution
• Company-specific qualifications
• Shift – 4 on 4 off (days/nights)

About the company:

The company we are currently in partnership with is market leading in their sector and have 35+ sites across the UK and they are currently facing huge growth because of the acquisition of a market competitor. With now being the best time to join, anyone successful will be trained to fully qualified multi-skilled engineers.

Our client is a specialist in the fresh and frozen food sector, as well as driving revenues to over £3.5bn across the group. At the heart of the site is a close-knit function, who are looking to find a Maintenance Engineer to join their team.

About the role

This is a fantastic opportunity for a Maintenance Engineer to join a market leader within food manufacturing. The successful Maintenance Engineer will have the opportunity to grow their skill set and receive training to become multi-skilled through on the job training and qualifications.

Responsibilities

• To attend to reactive breakdowns and to ensure that all PPM’s are carried out as per schedule and are accurately recorded.
• Fault-finding skills, checking I/O’s and to maintain the equipment to working standard.
• To diagnose job maintenance and to relay it to the Engineering team, as well as to monitor performance of all machinery.
• 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.
• You will need to have either an electrical or mechanical bias.

About you

• Experience in working in a engineering environment, preferably manufacturing
• Comfortable with either electrical or mechanical – single skilled engineers encouraged to apply.
• Due to the nature of the work, you should be happy to work to food safety as well as health and safety requirements.
• Educated in an Engineering field to a minimum of Level 3 – mechanical or electrical

Why join our client?

• Working for a market-leading company which are acquiring the nearest possible competitors – assuring job stability for their staff.
• Training to become multi-skilled.
• Market-leading remuneration as well as good benefits.
• Opportunities to obtain qualifications and internal/external training as well as career progression across the group.

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