Maintenance Engineer (nights)

APRIL QUEST LIMITED; Emsworth; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Pension scheme

Company bonus scheme

Share allocation

Health plan

Life insurance

Job summary

APRIL QUEST LIMITED is seeking a Maintenance Engineer for the night shift on a fast-paced electro-mechanical production facility. You will maintain a 24 hour production line with advanced equipment, lead a small night team and drive improvements through RCA and CI projects.

The role requires time served or HNC in electrical/mechanical/electro-mechanical engineering, with 2–3+ years in a similar maintenance position.

Qualifications

• Time served or HNC (or equivalent) qualification in electrical, mechanical or electro‑mechanical engineering.
• 2–3+ years experience in a similar maintenance role within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience with electrical & electronic systems, sensors, PLCs, robotics and related test equipment.
• Strong problem solving and RCA skills; able to fault find and diagnose quickly.
• Experience with RCA methodologies (SMED, 5 Whys, Ishikawa) and continuous improvement.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a 24 hour production line including pick & place, SMT printers, ovens, conveyors and robotics.
• Lead reactive and planned maintenance, plus small CI projects to reduce downtime.
• Provide night shift supervision for one Technician and mentoring where needed.
• Analyse faults, perform root cause analysis and implement robust fixes.
• Identify cost-saving improvements in processes and equipment.

Skills

RCA fault finding

Problem solving

Lean manufacturing

Electrical & mechanical knowledge

Robotics knowledge

PLC/vision systems

Night shift experience

Education

HNC or equivalent

Time served apprenticeship

Tools

PLCs

Pneumatics

Robotics

Vision systems

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 - 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)