Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

McLaren Automotive Ltd; Sheffield (TX); On-site; USD 54,000 - 68,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Annual bonus

Enhanced pension scheme

Private medical insurance

Life assurance

Sabbatical option

Wellbeing initiatives

Parental leave

Career development

Job summary

McLaren Automotive is seeking a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Composites Technology Centre in Sheffield on a permanent basis. You will deliver reactive, preventative and predictive maintenance across a range of machinery, with fault finding on electrical, mechanical and fluid power systems.

The role involves documentation, CMMS logging, contractor supervision, and supporting R&D for future models while maintaining high health and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Full engineering apprenticeship or NVQ3/City & Guilds Level 3 in a relevant subject.
• Multiskilled in electrical and mechanical disciplines with hydraulic experience.
• Experience using CMMS and fault finding from electrical/mechanical fluid power schematics.

Responsibilities

• Perform complete planned preventative maintenance on site equipment.
• Respond promptly to breakdowns and fault-find to resolve issues.
• Support continuous improvement by providing feedback on maintenance activities and breakdowns.
• Supervise contractors and manage permits to work; log tasks in CMMS.
• Support inventory management of critical spares using the CMMS system.

Skills

Electrical skills

Mechanical skills

CMMS experience

Hydraulic systems

Fault finding from schematics

Education

NVQ level 3 / City & Guilds Level 3 equivalent

HNC / HND (preferred)

Tools

Siemens TIA Portal

CMMS

Job description

What to Expect

This is an exciting opportunity for a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer to join our Composites Technology Centre located in Sheffield, on a permanent basis.

In this role, you will be responsible for delivering effective and efficient reactive, preventative, and predictive maintenance. You will also be responsible for timely reactive maintenance, improvements, installations, inspections, documentation, fault finding and other engineering tasks. Therefore, you will be an experienced fault finder on electrical, mechanical and fluid power systems with an appreciation of the importance of preventative maintenance processes.

Principle Accountabilities

You will ensure that your activities comply with health, safety and environmental requirements. You will establish and develop successful working relationships with a network of local and international suppliers. You will work with contracting resources and OEM's to perform a variety of tasks. You will be supporting Research and Development work on future models by providing support, ideas and bespoke items required to develop new processes. You will monitor and react to feedback from equipment monitoring systems.

Shift pattern

Alternating Mornings (06:00 - 14:00) and Afternoons (14:00 - 22:00)

What You'll Do

• Complete planned preventative maintenance on a variety of machinery and equipment across the site
• React promptly to equipment breakdowns, communicate clearly and effectively with group leaders and fault find effectively to resolve the issue
• Support continuous improvement activities by providing feedback to the maintenance team leader on planned maintenance activities and equipment breakdowns
• Management/supervision of contractors and issuing of permits to work
• Effective logging and documentation of reactive and planned maintenance tasks using the CMMS system
• Support the management of critical spares inventory using the sites CMMS system.

Basic Qualifications & Experience

• Served a full Engineering Apprenticeship and/or qualified to a minimum of NVQ level 3 or equivalent in a relevant Engineering subject (City and Guilds Level 3, SVQ/IVQ)
• Multi skilled in both electrical and mechanical disciplines
• Experience of computerised maintenance management systems (CMMS)
• Experience working with hydraulic systems
• Experience in interpreting and fault finding using electrical, mechanical, and fluid power schematic drawings.

Preferred Qualifications And Experience

• HNC, HND in a relevant Engineering discipline
• Experience in robotic fault finding, operation/recovery and maintenance
• Experience using Siemens TIA portal to troubleshoot stoppages using PLC logic (Ladder & FBD)

Personal Attributes

• You will have robust experience in Engineering and Maintenance gained within a manufacturing environment.
• Ability to work on own initiative but also cohesively within a small professional team.
• You will have the ability to work methodically and calmly under pressure
• Effective communication skills.

What We'll Do for You

• Structured career development framework
• 25 days' holiday, plus bank holiday. Annual buy & sell up to five days
• Enhanced company pension scheme
• Discretionary annual bonus award
• Private medical insurance and health cash plan
• Life assurance benefit
• Ability to apply for a sabbatical of up to one year after only two years' service
• Benefits you can adapt to your lifestyle, such as discounted shopping
• Generous parental leave policies
• A range of wellbeing initiatives, such as employee assistance programme and free financial & mortgage advice

Who Are We?

No restraints. No limitations. We don't simply push boundaries. We completely rethink them. McLaren Automotive exists to create breath-taking performance road cars.

It takes a community to do what we do. A diverse group of people with many areas of expertise, united by their passion to deliver visionary products and set new benchmarks.

McLaren Automotive commits to equal opportunity for all. Diversity, Equality and Inclusion is at the heart of our impact, it drives our innovation and enables us to truly create something special. Join us on our journey.