Maintenance Engineer - Mechanical Bias

Pioneer Selection; England; On-site; GBP 35,000 - 42,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading engineering recruitment firm is seeking a Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer in the UK. The role involves both planned and reactive maintenance in a manufacturing facility, focusing on mechanical and electrical systems. Candidates should have experience in hydraulics, pneumatics, and maintaining various machinery types. The position offers benefits like private health insurance and a pension scheme.

Benefits

Company pension scheme

Private health insurance

Life insurance

Generous sick pay policy

Qualifications

• Experience with planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance.
• Familiarity with spray dryers, evaporators, welding bays, labeling machines, silos, refrigerators, mills, and blenders.

Responsibilities

• Conduct both planned preventative maintenance and reactive maintenance.
• Liaise with contractors for routine and emergency tasks.

Skills

Hydraulics & pneumatics

Pumps, belts

Gearboxes

General fabrication and welding

3-phase and single-phase systems

Motors: wiring, testing, star-delta configuration

Sensors, relays, inverters

Job description

Maintenance Engineer (mechanical bias)

Salary: £42,000

Shifts: Earlies (6am-2pm) / Lates (2pm-10pm), rotating

Overview

This is a multi-skilled mechanically biased maintenance role based at a full-scale manufacturing. The facility includes on-site laboratory testing and production lines manufacturing over 30 products, with key customers across the UK, Europe, and Asia.

Role Summary for the Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

• The position involves a balance of planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive maintenance. You\'ll also support specialist contractors carrying out both routine and emergency tasks.
• PPM Work: 65%
• Reactive Maintenance: 35%
• Frequent Issues: Sensor-related faults
• Support: Liaising with contractors on site when needed

Machinery the Maintenance Engineer will be working on

• Spray dryers, evaporators, welding bays, labeling machines, silos, refrigerators, mills, and blenders.

Key Skills & Experience for the Maintenance Engineer

Mechanical:

• Hydraulics & pneumatics
• Pumps, belts
• Gearboxes
• General fabrication and welding (bonus)

Electrical:

• 3-phase and single-phase systems
• Motors: wiring, testing, star-delta configuration, direction change
• Sensors, relays, inverters

Benefits for the Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer

• Company pension scheme
• Private health insurance
• Life insurance
• Generous sick pay policy
• Stable, long-term role in a regulated manufacturing environment

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Sam Turner at Pioneer Selection

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