Maintenance Engineer (nights)

APRIL QUEST LIMITED; Southampton; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Significant pension scheme

25 days holiday plus option to buy

Company Bonus Scheme

Share allocation scheme

Health plan and 24-hour doctor access

Life Insurance (3x salary)

Job summary

APRIL QUEST LIMITED is seeking a Maintenance Engineer to join a fast-paced, high-tech manufacturing site operating a 24 hour production line in the Southampton area. This night-shift role involves supervising one Technician and performing fault diagnosis, RCA, and proactive maintenance to minimise downtime.

You will work with electro-mechanical equipment including pick & place machines, SMT printers, conveyors, robotics and sensors, applying problem-solving skills and CI methods to improve

Qualifications

• Time served or HNC in electrical, mechanical or electro-mechanical engineering.
• 2/3+ years' experience in a similar maintenance role.
• Knowledge of PLCs, sensors, robotics and related automation systems.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and operate a 24-hour production line and related equipment.
• Lead root-cause analysis (RCA) and implement continuous improvements.
• Supervise one Technician and support small CI projects.
• Perform reactive and planned maintenance to minimise downtime.

Skills

Fault finding

RCA

Problem solving

Education

HNC or time served

Tools

PLC systems

Vision systems

Robotics

Pneumatics & hydraulics

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.

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)