Maintenance Engineer
£50,300 plus benefits
A permanent position for a Maintenance Engineer based in the Huntingdon area. This is a great opportunity to make the position your own, you will have full autonomy and be supported by a small team. The company globally is a large, very dynamic and the market leaders in their industry.
The Maintenance Engineer will work with a team of Maintenance Fitters & Electricians for the delivery of a responsive and effective engineering service to production and site operations. Ability to investigate and resolving equipment failures within a timely manner while communicating effectively with the line managers and other departments.
Pro-actively look at new ways of working, new system upgrades and new equipment, all to meet the changing technological challenges.
Main responsibilities for the Maintenance Engineer:
- Repair and maintain site equipment and machinery
- Respond to breakdowns and systematically identify root causes
- Carry out electrical and mechanical fault finding
- Identify and implement reliability and efficiency improvements
- Support engineering projects and equipment upgrades
- Work with the Production team to identify and implement improvement opportunities that increase equipment efficiency and safety while reducing downtime
- Ensure parts and materials used are accurately recorded
- Take a proactive approach to all day-to-day duties
- Prioritise workload to meet business requirements
- Comply with all Health & Safety procedures, risk assessments and SOPs
- Maintain good housekeeping and 5S standards
Requirements & Qualifications for the Maintenance Engineer:
- Recognised Level 3 qualification in Electrical Engineering or a relevant multi-skilled engineering discipline with a strong electrical bias
- Proven industrial electrical maintenance and fault-finding experience
- Competent in safe isolation and fault finding on 3-phase, single-phase and control circuits
- Ability to read and understand electrical schematics
- Experience with motors, contactors, relays, sensors, gearboxes and pumps
- Good mechanical maintenance/fault-finding ability
- Ability to work independently and as part of a team
- Flexibility and a positive attitude
Desirable Skills:
- Siemens S7 PLC fault-finding experience
- BS 7671 18th Edition qualification
- CMMS experience, ideally Maximo
- Experience within a fast-paced manufacturing/process environment
Hours of work for the Maintenance Engineer:
At present the company is running a double day shift Monday to Friday (however the post may go to 3 shift)
The working environment is clean and very well organised with an ambient temperature.
Benefits for the Maintenance Engineer:
- 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (Increases up to 25 / 26 and 27 days with service up to 5 years)
- Pension.
- Car Parking.
- Life Insurance
- Wellbeing.
- Tea Coffee and other soft drinks.
- Happy to send you on courses that will aid in the job post.
- Other benefits available.
For more information on the Maintenance Engineer position, please contact Lisa Parsons
