Senior Maintenance Engineer — Day Shift (Automotive)

Group Lotus; Norwich; On-site; GBP 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

25 Vacation Days + Bank Holidays:

Performance Bonus

Future-Proof Pension

Private Healthcare

Candidates must be eligible to work in

Job summary

Group Lotus in Norwich is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer on a day shift to join our Facilities team at the manufacturing site. You will oversee day-to-day maintenance activities in a high-performance production environment, supporting production managers and responding to plant issues.

Responsibilities include equipment calibration, minor improvements, project work on site services, and coordinating with external contractors.

Qualifications

• GCSEs in maths, science, English and design & technology.
• Understanding of engineering drawings and principles.
• Good practical and technical skills.
• Awareness of health and safety legislation.
• Experience in a maintenance role with other organisation.
• Must be a good team player, able to work unsupervised and on own initiative, calm and ordered in a crisis.

Responsibilities

• Keeping production managers informed of maintenance activities and job progress.
• Checking and calibration of key production and metrology equipment to satisfy internal and external audits
• Undertake minor improvements and project work relating to site services.
• Minor electrical and compressed air installations depending on skills base.
• Carry out building maintenance activities as required
• Moving and installing small items of plant in production areas
• Routine servicing work
• Organising and planning larger maintenance tasks that require method statements and risk assessments.
• Responding to emergency breakdowns
• Updating certificates and legislative documentation records
• Daily monitoring tasks relating to site services and critical plant
• Routine inspections and testing as part of general site walk around.
• Updating repair details & parts records on the computer maintenance system. Keeping asset lists up to date and controlling Line Replacement Units.
• Repair to production equipment, fixing faults and investigations relating to machine failures
• Keeping a level of tidiness and house keeping in maintenance workshop and maintenance work areas around site.
• Following health and safety, environmental and other engineering standard that apply to the maintenance of plant and equipment site wide.
• Obtaining and the stock management of specialist components and spares relating to business critical plant.
• Working to a defined budget.
• Support and daily control of external contractors. This includes checking method statements and risk assessments. Raising work permits to control these activities.

Skills

Good practical and technical skills

Experience in a maintenance role

Education

GCSEs in maths, science, English and design & technology

Job description

Group Lotus in Norwich is seeking a Senior Maintenance Engineer on a day shift to join our Facilities team at the manufacturing site. You will oversee day-to-day maintenance activities in a high-performance production environment, supporting production managers and responding to plant issues.

Responsibilities include equipment calibration, minor improvements, project work on site services, and coordinating with external contractors.