Trainee Maintenance Engineer: Hands-On Growth

Vanta Staffing

Princes Risborough

On-site

GBP 28,000 - 34,000

Full time

4 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Full training and development

Hands-on engineering experience

Long-term career progression

Mentoring from engineering team

Job summary

Vanta Staffing are recruiting for a Trainee Maintenance Engineer to join a busy manufacturing facility in Princes Risborough. The role offers hands-on training, mentoring from an experienced team and a clear pathway to a qualified Maintenance Engineer.

The position is permanent, full-time, 39 hours per week, with full training and development to build long-term experience in maintenance, reliability and continuous improvement of production equipment.

Qualifications

Engineering apprenticeship or relevant engineering training
Reading electrical and mechanical drawings
Logical and structured fault finding
PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance)
Pneumatics
Inverter, servo and DC drives
Electrical circuits ranging from 415V to 24VDC
Basic fabrication
Facilities/Maintenance environments
Maintenance best practice and Continuous Improvement

Responsibilities

Assist with the maintenance and repair of production machinery
Carry out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) as scheduled
Inspect equipment and identify potential faults, safety risks or deterioration in performance
Assist with fault finding and corrective maintenance
Maintain accurate machine maintenance records and logs
Support the Maintenance & Facilities team with various tasks
Work with Production and Maintenance to minimise downtime
Ensure equipment is safely returned to production after maintenance
Complete risk assessments before maintenance work
Follow Health & Safety procedures and SSOW/Risk Assessments
Identify opportunities for improvements