Mechanical Maintenance Technician

Morgan Gray; Essex; On-site; GBP 30,000 - 45,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading FTSE250 manufacturing company in Essex is seeking a Mechanical Maintenance Technician for an 18-month contract with potential for permanent placement. The role focuses on maintaining complex automated machinery and driving improvements in production efficiency. Applicants should possess NVQ Level 3 in mechanical engineering and have relevant maintenance experience.

Benefits

Paid overtime

34 days annual holiday

Defined pension scheme

Life insurance

Qualifications

• Experience maintaining complex equipment in a production environment.
• Beneficial experience: Fault finding on control systems, CMMS usage.

Responsibilities

• Maintain and optimize automated production machinery.
• Respond to and resolve mechanical/electrical breakdowns.
• Drive continuous improvement strategies.

Skills

Mechanical skills

Fault finding and repair

Proactive maintenance

Education

NVQ Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering

Job description

A FTSE250 manufacturing company in Essex who are a global leader in their industry are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician for their production plant.

Working a rotating double day shift (Mon-Fri) the role would be on an 18-month fixed term contract with poential opportunitiy to go permanent.

The focus of the role is to maintain and optimise a range of complex automated production machinery and equipment.

Key tasks will include:

• Ensuring optimum production performance and minimizing equipment downtime
• Responding to and resolving electrical and mechanical breakdowns
• Driving reliability through a proactive approach to maintenance
• Delivery of continuous improvement strategies and support/lead projects to improve equipment efficiencies
• Working through planned maintenance tasks and using/updating CMMS
• Equipment includes hydraulics, pneumatics, boilers, high speed mechanisms

Successful applicants will need to have mechanical skillset and be educated to NVQ Level 3 in a mechanical engineering discipline. Experience maintaining complex equipment in a production or related environment is also required. Experience of fault finding and repair on control systems is beneficial as experience using a CMMS system.

Benefits of the role include paid overtime, 34 days total annual holiday, a defined pension scheme and life insurance.

The position may be suitable for applicants who are currently a Mechanical Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or similar working in manufacturing, power generation, distribution, or relevant automated environment