Maintenance Engineer Night Shift

APRIL QUEST LIMITED; City Of London; On-site; GBP 40,000 - 55,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significantly enhanced pension scheme

25 days holiday + ability to purchase

Company Bonus Scheme

Share allocation scheme

Health plan, 24 hour doctors

Life Insurance (3 x annual salary)

Job summary

APRIL QUEST LIMITED in City of London is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for a 24-hour production line on the night shift. You will maintain high‑end electro‑mechanical equipment including pick & place machines, SMT printers, ovens, conveyors and robotics.

The role involves fault finding, root cause analysis and running small CI projects to improve downtime and performance. Time served or an HNC (or equivalent) in electrical, mechanical or electro‑mechanical engineering is required, with 2–3+

Qualifications

• Time served or HNC (or equivalent) in an electrical, mechanical or electro‑mechanical discipline.
• 2/3+ years' experience in a similar maintenance role.
• Experience with root cause analysis and fault diagnosis.
• Knowledge of PLCs, vision systems, sensors, robotics and pneumatics.
• Lean methodologies: SMED, 5 Whys, Ishikawa; proactive improvements.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a 24-hour production line including key equipment such as pick & place machines, SMT printers, ovens, conveyors and robotics.
• Lead reactive and planned maintenance activities with a small night shift team.
• Run small continuous improvement projects to reduce downtime and improve performance.
• Supervise one Technician during night shift.
• Identify cost-saving opportunities and drive improvements.

Skills

Root cause analysis

Fault diagnosis

Problem solving

Decision making

Proactive mindset

Education

Time served or HNC in electrical/mechanical/electro-mechanical

Tools

PLC systems

Vision systems

Fibre optic sensors

Pneumatics

Robotics

Test equipment

Job description

A global leader in high quality, safety-critical electro-mechanical products that are sold globally are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their 24 hour production line.

Info about what the Maintenance Engineer (night shift) role entails

Exciting electro-mechanical Maintenance Engineer role on a small night shift team, supervising one Technician in a fast paced, high tech manufacturing facility. You will maintain a cutting edge 24 hour production line including pick & place machines, SMT screen printers, ovens, conveyors, automated optical inspection machines, assembly lines, robotics, conveyors & laser marking machines amongst others.

The night shift can be a challenge as there are less people available to help so you will be comfortable with root cause analysis & fault diagnosis / identification. Alongside reactive maintenance & planned maintenance activities you will run small CI projects to improve downtime and machinery performance.

Time served or HNC (or equivalent) qualification in an electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering discipline. They do a lot of small mechanical adjustments, very little 3 phase electrical maintenance.

2/3 + years' experience in a similar role - some experience in maintenance environment will be essential

Some knowledge of electrical & electronic systems & sensors e.g. PLCs, vision systems, fibre optic sensors, mechanics, pneumatics, robotics and test equipment etc.

Good problem solving & decision making is keyyou will be able to fault find and diagnose - main thing is a good track record fault finding and RCA.

Experience with RCA making improvements to machines & processes - e.g. RCA methodologies, SMED, 5Whys, fishbone, Ishikawa - predictive and preventative strategy.

You will have a proactive mindset always looking for cost savings and improvements

Desirable Requirements of the Maintenance Engineer

• Experience of robotics, conveyors or hydraulics
• 18th Edition qualified
• Experience mentoring / leading apprentices etc - if you don't have that experience it can be developed with in house management courses, 121s & distance learning opportunities.
• Lean - proactive approach to eliminate waste, SMED etc environment, the people, the process and the equipment.

37 hours per week

Night shift

start from Sunday at 10.30pm - finish at 6am, then Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday 10pm start, 6am finish.

Overtime at time and a half

Significantly enhanced pension scheme

25 days holiday + ability to purchase extra days

Company Bonus Scheme

Share allocation scheme

Health plan, access to 24 hour doctors etc

Life Insurance (3 x annual salary and up to 6 x annual salary depending on Ts and Cs)