Maintenance Engineer in New Mills, Derbyshire

Energy Jobline CVL; Hague Bar; On-site; GBP 44,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension

Benefits

Job summary

Maintenance Engineer role at a UK-owned leading food manufacturer in New Mills, High Peak. You will be responsible for all day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities, ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and maximizing machine efficiencies.

The ideal candidate is an apprentice-trained mechanical engineer with experience of PLC systems and automated machinery, plus an understanding of PPM systems.

Qualifications

• Apprentice-trained mechanical engineer.
• Experience with PLC systems and automated machinery.
• Understanding of preventive and predictive maintenance (PPM).

Responsibilities

• Handle day-to-day engineering and maintenance tasks to high standards.
• Maximize machine efficiencies and reliability.
• Assist with PLC-related improvements and Machinery upkeep.

Skills

Apprentice Trained

PLC experience

PPM systems

Tools

PLC control systems

Variable speed drives

Hydraulic/Pneumatic systems

Job description

Maintenance Engineer

The Company

An excellent opportunity has arisen with a UK owned leading food manufacturer, a growing and supportive organisation. The Company are extremely well established with over 85 years of manufacturing experience, and is a truly British manufacturer, and is privately owned with over 200 people on site in the High Peak. They are looking to expand their engineering team once again due to increased growth in their market share.

Key Skills

• Apprentice Trained Engineer in Mechanical Engineering
• Experience of PLC systems & Automated machinery
• Understanding of PPM systems

The Role

The ideal candidate will come from a multi skilled engineering background and should be able to work on their own initiative, be a time served engineer with a mechanical bias (but multi-skilled) and have fast moving manufacturing experience. The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and maximising machine efficiencies. If you have worked on PLC systems, it would be advantageous.

You will also work on variable speed drives, conveyors, multi-vac machines, gearboxes, pumps, general mechanical work on pneumatic/hydraulic systems and other manufacturing machinery. There is a huge amount of training on offer so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.

Location: New Mills – High Peak

Salary: £52,331 + Pension + Benefits

4on 4off (4 Days/4 Nights) (6am-6pm/6pm-6am)

Reference: JO7426/PW