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Hunter Selection Limited; Halstead; On-site; GBP 34,000 - 48,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Overtime

Holiday entitlement (23 days + BH)

Performance bonus

Private healthcare

Job summary

Hunter Selection Limited is seeking an experienced mechanically biased maintenance engineer to join a UK-based industrial manufacturer in Halstead. You will handle planned and reactive maintenance, overhaul projects and work in a small team.

The role requires fault finding on gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, motors and conveyors, with basic electrical skills and a readiness to work overtime and Saturdays. A driving licence and mechanical engineering qualifications are essential.

Qualifications

• Must be a mechanically biased engineer/plant fitter.
• Experience in heavier industrial sector.
• Comfortable in dusty, dirty, wet & messy environments.
• Must be able to drive due to site location.

Responsibilities

• Responsible for planned, reactive maintenance and project overhaul work.
• Working in a small team of engineers and extra hours on Saturdays.
• Repairing production machinery, conveyors, industrial plant equipment, cranes, fleet vehicles.
• Dealing with repairs on gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, bearings, shafts, motors, valves, hoses.
• Basic electrical fault finding on 3-phase motors, VFDs, industrial controls.
• Mechanical fabrication & fitting.

Skills

Mechanical bias

Plant fitter

Team player

Driving licence

Education

Mechanical engineering qualifications

Job description

Monday-Friday 7am-4pm + 1 in 2 Saturdays (Paid at Overtime)

Regular Overtime Available

23 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays

Company Performance Bonus, Private Healthcare

Our client is a leading industrial manufacturer, that values hard work, teamwork and developing people. Part of a UK group supplying into various different industry sectors, they are looking for an experience mechanical biased maintenance engineer to join their maintenance team!

Role & Responsibilities as a maintenance engineer:

• Responsible for all planned, reactive maintenance and project overhaul work


• Working in a small team of engineers, working extra hours to help out when needed


• Repairing production machinery, conveyors, industrial plant equipment, cranes, fleet vehicles


• Dealing with repairs on gearboxes, drives, pneumatics, bearings, shafts, motors, valves, hoses


• Basic electrical fault finding on 3-phase motors, VFD's, industrial controls


• Mechanical fabrication & fitting

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

• Must be a mechanically biased engineer / plant fitter


• Worked in a small team previously where everyone does extra hours to get the job done, helps out on Saturdays - "if one person lets the team down, it lets everyone down"\


• Team fit really important, get stuck in, work hard mentality


• Comfortable working in a dusty, dirty, wet & messy environment


• Must have worked in a heavier industrial sector


• Basic fabrication & fitting skills would be beneficial


• Experience in fixing plant machinery, production & fleet equipment


• Hold on mechanical engineering qualifications


• Must be able to drive due to site location - no public transport access

Code: INDENM

Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010.

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