Maintenance Engineer

Ata-Recruitment-Ltd; West Oxfordshire; On-site; GBP 50,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

OEM training

Pension contribution

Life assurances

Employee perks

Job summary

A well established company in Oxfordshire is seeking a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join their team in Chipping Norton. The role offers days-only shift patterns Monday to Friday with a salary of £50,000 to £55,000 (DOE) and strong training and progression opportunities.

The successful candidate will work on state-of-the-art machinery, performing both planned and reactive maintenance, with CMMS support for PPM and reactive tasks.

Qualifications

• Qualified engineer with a recognised engineering qualification.
• Experience maintaining industrial/heavy machinery.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills; root cause analysis.
• Knowledge of PLC is advantageous but not required.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and service state-of-the-art onsite machinery as part of a team.
• Perform planned and reactive maintenance with continuous improvement tasks.
• Read electrical schematics and use test equipment to fault-find.
• Replace worn parts on conveyors and work on gearboxes, belts and hydraulics/pneumatics.
• Operate CMMS for PPM and reactive work.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Electrical fault-finding

Mechanical fault-finding

Root cause analysis

Team player / independent work

Education

Recognised engineering qualification

Tools

CMMS

Multimeter

Job description

Role – Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

Salary – £50,000 to £55,000 (DOE)

Location – Chipping Norton / Oxfordshire

Shift Pattern – DAYS ONLY – Monday - Friday

Benefits

• OEM and External Training
• Pension Contribution
• Life Assurances
• Employee Perks

The Company

A well established and reputable company whose turnover is in the millions, which in turn offers incredible stability and security within the industry. As a market leader that is constantly evolving and growing as a business, they boasts some of the state-of-the-art machinery and constantly investing to bring on machines to improve production. They provide bespoke and high-quality products to meet the unique needs across various industries, with a healthy and growing order book meaning there may be more investments to keep up with demand. As what they do is niche, they have onsite training as well as putting their engineers through external qualifications. They believe in investing in the business as well as their people to keep them above there competition.

They are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer who is looking to make an instant impact on a site and contribute to the growth of the business through hard work, commitment and dedication.

The Role

Your day‑to‑day responsibilities as a Maintenance Engineer will include:

• Working as part of a team of engineers, responsible for the planned and reactive maintenance and service of all the state‑of‑the‑art kit on site, as well as continuous improvement tasks.
• Working on Three Phase Motors, working in panels with sensors, relays, contactors, invertors, fuses, power supplies, breakers, switches
• Reading through electrical schematics, utilizing electrical test equipment such as multi-meters and fault finding on panels.
• Mechanically – replacing worn out parts on the conveyors which will include rollers, bearings and pulleys.
• Also working on Gearboxes, Shafts, Belts, Pneumatic and Hydraulic systems
• Swapping both electrical and mechanical components like for like with the odd strip and rebuild project,
• Working with latest technology working with a CMMS utilising the tablet‑based PPM and reactive work

The Person

To be successful in your application for a Maintenance Engineer you will need, but not limited to;

• A Recognised Engineering Qualification
• Maintenance experience within an industrial environment including Heavy Industry, Manufacturing, Utilities,
• Electrical and Mechanical Fault‑Finding skills, looking at Root Cause Analysis
• PLC experience would be advantageous but not mandatory.
• Able to work alone as well within a team and help support colleagues