Maintenance Fitter

Inform3 Recruitment; Dungannon; On-site; GBP 32,000 - 35,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading company in Co. Antrim is seeking a qualified Maintenance Fitter to join their team. This role involves ensuring the operational efficiency of production equipment through effective preventative maintenance and repairs. Candidates should possess relevant qualifications and experience in fault finding on automated machinery. The position offers competitive remuneration and benefits, including pension and healthcare.

Benefits

Pension

Healthcare

Overtime opportunities

Qualifications

• Time-served electrical and/or mechanical engineer.
• Proven experience with automated machinery, electrical control systems, and PLCs.
• Must be able to read electrical drawings.

Responsibilities

• Minimize downtime on production equipment through preventative maintenance.
• Complete electrical and mechanical repairs promptly.
• Develop planned maintenance schedules for all equipment.

Skills

Fault finding and repair

Excellent communication skills

Technical ability and health & safety knowledge

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Engineering

Job description

Job Title – Maintenance Fitter

Job Location – Co. Antrim

Salary – £32K - £35K

About the Company:

Are you a Qualified Maintenance Fitter based in Co. Antrim? Then this is the role for you. Our client is looking for a suitable candidate that has time-served electrical and/or mechanical engineer and NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Engineering.

You will be responsible to minimise down time on production equipment by completing preventative maintenance activities and responding to equipment breakdowns as required. To continuously improve the uptime / availability on the equipment and upkeep of the facility.

This role will include the working hours of Monday – Thursday 10am – 8pm and Friday 8am – 4pm along with pension, healthcare and other benefits.

Duties Include:

• Ensure compliance with Policies & Procedures, safe systems of work and legislative requirements
• Take personal responsibility for safety. Ensure that risks are eliminated or controlled during all maintenance activities.
• Ensure effective maintenance of all equipment and facilities to maximise on equipment availability.
• Complete Electrical & mechanical repairs whilst minimising downtime to ensure minimal disruption to the production plan.
• Fault finding on equipment and plant to determine the root cause of the failures to enable these to be addressed to maximise on equipment availability.
• Assist in the development of planned maintenance schedules for all equipment.
• Ensure all manufacturing equipment and plant is operationally safe and in compliance with relevant legalisation and company policies.
• Promote best practice standards for good housekeeping and tidiness of work area. Take necessary corrective action regarding housekeeping, unsafe acts or adherence to HSEQ rules and procedures. Reporting non-conformances using Engage Software.
• Participate with information sharing and team work to continuously improve equipment and facilities.
• Support the installation of new equipment and plant.

Skills & Experience Required:

• Time-served electrical and/or mechanical engineer.
• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Engineering.
• Proven experience and knowledge of fault finding and repair on automated machinery, electrical control systems, Servo drives, PLC’s, mechanical drive systems.
• Must be able to read electrical drawings.
• Excellent communication skills.
• Sound technical ability and knowledge of health & safety aspects.
• Flexible to work overtime when required and be on call.

For more information surrounding the role, feel free to contact Caolán McConville on 0283 089 8345.

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