Maintenance Technician

Fresh Start Recruitment (UK) Ltd; Kirkby-in-Ashfield; On-site; GBP 45,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Fresh Start Recruitment (UK) Ltd is seeking a Maintenance Technician for a night-shift role in Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire. Salary ranges from £45,000 to £49,000 depending on experience, with a 37.5 hour week Monday to Friday.

The role involves PPM, rapid response to breakdowns, and continual improvements to machine performance. The candidate should have mechanical or electrical maintenance experience in manufacturing, strong diagnostic skills, and may be apprenticeship trained or

Qualifications

• Mechanical or electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• They will consider someone apprenticeship trained or qualified by experience.

Responsibilities

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in accordance with the maintenance schedule.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns and minimise production downtime.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults.
• Fault-find electrical control systems and PLC-controlled equipment.
• Maintain accurate maintenance and breakdown records.
• Work closely with production and setting teams to improve machine availability and performance.
• Support continuous-improvement activities, including 5S, Lean and TPM.

Skills

Maintenance experience

Fault-finding

Apprenticeship or equivalent

Education

Apprenticeship or equivalent

Job description

Ref 11133

Maintenance Technician

Kirkby-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire

£45,000 - £49,000 DOE

Shift pattern; nights only Monday to Friday

Monday to Friday 37.5 hours per week

Key Responsibilities for Maintenance Technician

• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in accordance with the maintenance schedule.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns and minimise production downtime.
• Diagnose and repair mechanical, electrical, hydraulic and pneumatic faults.
• Fault-find electrical control systems and PLC-controlled equipment.
• Maintain accurate maintenance and breakdown records.
• Work closely with production and setting teams to improve machine availability and performance.
• Support continuous-improvement activities, including 5S, Lean and TPM.

Skills & Experience for Maintenance Technician

• Mechanical or electrical maintenance experience within a manufacturing environment.
• Strong fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
• They will consider someone apprenticeship trained or qualified by experience

All respondents to this position must be eligible to live and work in the UK. Rischer and Butler (part of the Freshstart) are an Equal Opportunities employer.

Please note that due to the high level of applications we are only able to contact you if short listed for this vacancy. If you have not been contacted within 3 days, then your application on this occasion has been unsuccessful