Maintenance Engineer - £52000

ZipRecruiter; Bedford; On-site; GBP 52,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading manufacturer in Bedford is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for an ongoing contract. This role offers a competitive salary of £52,000, opportunities for career progression, and a friendly team environment. The position involves maintaining manufacturing machinery and participating in continuous improvement projects.

Benefits

Opportunities for overtime

Career progression

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining manufacturing machinery.
• Experience in a factory setting.

Responsibilities

• Complete reactive and planned maintenance tasks.
• Mechanical fault finding and repair.
• Suggest improvement ideas.

Skills

Maintenance Engineer qualification

experience in a manufacturing environment

Job description

Job Description

Maintenance Engineer Bedford needed for an ongoing contract with experience maintaining manufacturing machinery. This role is with a high-speed manufacturer with a very friendly team. The Maintenance Engineer position offers a salary of £52,000 and comes with many opportunities for career progression and development.

This is a shift role, working 12-hour days and nights, with lots of time off and opportunities for overtime. Candidates must have experience maintaining machinery in a factory setting.

The company has established a strong market presence and a good reputation. They continue to grow through innovation, creating new products, and investing in their facilities. This role provides an excellent opportunity to work on maintenance and continuous improvement projects, focusing on machinery efficiency, preventative maintenance, root cause analysis of breakdowns, and implementing fixes and changes.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Maintenance Engineer qualification or equivalent (including apprenticeships) and experience in a manufacturing environment.

Typical Duties for Maintenance Engineer

• Complete reactive and planned maintenance tasks, ensuring adherence to service level agreements.
• Mechanical fault finding and repair.
• Multi-skilled role involving various machinery.
• Suggest improvement ideas.
• Participate in future project work within maintenance.

For more information on the Maintenance Engineer role, please contact Simon (phone number removed), email (URL removed), or apply now. The role is suitable for candidates living in Bedford, Sandy, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, Royston, Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, or Biggleswade.

About us: Proactive specializes in FMCG manufacturing and has a growing presence in pharmaceuticals, injection moulding, and household care. Our FMCG division is divided into engineering, operations (technical and production), and senior appointments. We operate a network of offices supplying permanent and contract workforce nationwide.

Application Process: We aim to contact all applicants; if you do not hear within two weeks, you have been unsuccessful. We also offer a referral scheme: if you refer someone who is successfully placed, you will receive £250* (T&Cs apply). Proactive Global is committed to equality and is an equal opportunity employer. We act as an employment business in relation to this vacancy.