Maintenance Engineer & Stores Manager

Allscreens Nationwide Ltd; Rochester; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Benefits package

Job summary

A maintenance engineer position at Allscreens Nationwide Ltd in Rochester combines hands-on maintenance with responsibility for the engineering stores and spares. The role requires responding to breakdowns, performing planned maintenance, and using a CMMS to track work orders and stock levels.

We seek an experienced professional who can help improve efficiency, safety and quality, while keeping accurate maintenance and stock records. A capable team player with initiative is essential for success.

Qualifications

• Experience in a maintenance engineering role with responsibility for stores.
• Experience maintaining and stocking engineering spares and parts.
• Familiarity with CMMS systems and keeping accurate records.

Responsibilities

• Attend machinery breakdowns and minimise production downtime.
• Carry out reactive and planned preventive maintenance across production machinery.
• Complete PPM tasks and daily maintenance checks within required timescales.
• Use the CMMS system to manage work orders, maintenance tasks and engineering spares.
• Identify and implement improvements around efficiency, safety and quality.
• Support training and development of other team members.
• Ensure maintenance work complies with hygiene, safety and legal requirements.
• Maintain tools and equipment to a safe standard.
• Build strong working relationships with the Operations team.
• Provide engineering support to other maintenance teams as required.
• Manage and maintain an organised engineering stores area.
• Coordinate purchasing of parts for reactive maintenance.

Skills

Maintenance engineering

Engineering stores management

CMMS

Electrical control systems

Fault finding

Stock records

Tools

CMMS software

Job description

Hours: Monday to Friday, 9:00am - 5:30pm

Salary: Competitive + Benefits

We are looking for an experienced

Maintenance Engineer & Stores Manager to join a busy manufacturing operation in Rochester. This is a varied role combining

hands-on maintenance engineering with responsibility for the engineering stores, ensuring production machinery is maintained effectively while engineering stock and spares are accurately managed.

You will be responsible for responding to breakdowns, completing planned preventative maintenance, supporting continuous improvement and ensuring the engineering stores remain organised, well-stocked and fully up to date.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance Engineering

• Attend machinery breakdowns and minimise production downtime.
• Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance across production machinery.
• Complete PPM tasks and daily maintenance checks within required timescales.
• Use the CMMS system to manage work orders, maintenance tasks and engineering spares.
• Identify and implement continuous improvements around efficiency, performance, safety, quality and waste reduction.
• Support the training and development of other team members where required.
• Ensure all maintenance work complies with hygiene, food safety, health & safety and legal requirements.
• Maintain tools and equipment to a safe working standard.
• Build strong working relationships with the Operations team.
• Provide engineering support to other maintenance teams as required.

Engineering Stores Management

• Work closely with the Engineering team to understand asset, PPM and spare parts requirements.
• Manage and maintain an organised, accessible and efficient engineering stores area.
• Ensure appropriate levels of engineering spares are available when required.
• Maintain accurate and auditable records covering orders, purchasing and outstanding deliveries.
• Produce reports covering stock reconciliation, stock accuracy and stock turnover.
• Coordinate purchasing of parts required for reactive maintenance work.
• Manage re-ordering of stock in line with agreed minimum and maximum stock levels.
• Set up and complete regular cyclical stocktaking.
• Ensure all stores activities comply with health & safety requirements.

The Ideal Candidate

• Demonstrable experience in a

maintenance engineering role, ideally with responsibility for engineering stores.

• Previous experience within

food manufacturing would be advantageous.

• Strong knowledge of:
• Bearings
• Electrical control systems
• Process control
• Fault finding and diagnosis
• Experience using

CMMS systems.

• Good computer literacy and experience maintaining accurate maintenance and stock records.
• Able to work independently and use initiative while also being a strong team player.
• Comfortable working under pressure in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

What's on Offer

• Competitive salary and benefits package.
• A varied role combining

maintenance engineering and engineering stores management.

• Opportunity to work within a busy manufacturing environment.
• Scope to contribute to continuous improvement and factory performance.

We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive environment in line with the Equality Act 2010. All qualified applicants will be considered regardless of age, disability, gender reassignment, marriage or civil partnership, pregnancy or maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, or sexual orientation.