Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician

Canmore Recruitment; Greater London; On-site; GBP 46,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Inverness-shire Manufacturer is seeking a time-served, dual-trained maintenance engineer to work across electrical and mechanical assets on site. You will carry out planned and reactive maintenance, diagnose faults with electrical test equipment and PLCs, and keep asset records up to date.

The role offers a permanent, full-time position on a four-week, 12-hour shift pattern (days and nights) with overtime opportunities. A safety-first mindset and strong fault-finding skills are essential.

Qualifications

• Time served, dual trained electrical and mechanical engineer with industrial experience.
• C&G or NVQ, 18th Edition or equivalent.
• Experience with motor controls, plus temperature and pressure sensing and control systems.
• Planned preventative maintenance experience.
• Strong fault-finding skills and the ability to read electrical drawings.
• Knowledge of bearings, belt drives, couplings, conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, pneumatics and hydraulics.
• Safety-first mindset and a good level of computer literacy.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out electrical and mechanical maintenance across the site.
• Completing visual inspections, reporting findings and making repairs.
• Diagnosing and repairing faults using electrical repair and test equipment.
• Responding quickly to breakdowns and emergency call outs.
• Running weekly, monthly and six-monthly planned maintenance checks.
• Diagnosing PLC control level issues.
• Carrying out root cause analysis and keeping accurate repair records.
• Working closely with production to keep downtime to a minimum.

Skills

Electrical maintenance

Mechanical maintenance

Fault finding

Reading electrical drawings

PLC diagnosis

Safety minded

Education

C&G or NVQ, 18th Edition or equivalent

Tools

Electrical test equipment

Job description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician | Inverness-shire | Permanent | £46k to £52k

A leading UK and Ireland manufacturer is recruiting a Maintenance Technician for its Highlands site. The business has more than a century behind it, has just grown again through acquisition, and keeps investing in its people and its plant. This is a permanent position with real stability, and a real chance to be part of something that is growing.

You will keep the plant safe, reliable and running, with a healthy mix of planned work and fault finding. It is hands on, varied and it matters.

What you will be doing:

• Carrying out electrical and mechanical maintenance across the site


• Completing visual inspections, reporting findings and making repairs


• Diagnosing and repairing faults using electrical repair and test equipment


• Responding quickly to breakdowns and emergency call outs


• Running weekly, monthly and six-monthly planned maintenance checks


• Diagnosing PLC control level issues


• Carrying out root cause analysis and keeping accurate repair records


• Working closely with production to keep downtime to a minimum

What you will bring:

• A time served, dual trained electrical and mechanical engineer with industrial experience


• C&G or NVQ, 18th Edition or equivalent


• Experience with motor controls, plus temperature and pressure sensing and control systems


• Planned preventative maintenance experience


• Strong fault-finding skills and the ability to read electrical drawings


• Working knowledge of bearings, belt drives, couplings, conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, pneumatics and hydraulics


• A safety-first mindset and a good level of computer literacy

The shifts:

This is a four-week rotation of 12-hour shifts, 7am to 7pm on days and 7pm to 7am on nights. Weeks one and three are Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Weeks two and four are Wednesday and Thursday. Days run in weeks one and two, nights in weeks three and four. That is 84 hours per fortnight, with overtime at time and a half after 72 hours. You will also need to be available to cover holidays when required.

You do not need to tick every single box.

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