Maintenance Engineer

Role

Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical)

£40,000 to £45,000 DOE

Whetstone, Leicester LE8

Rotating Shifts / Mon - Fri (Apply online only)

The ideal candidate will be experienced in Mechanical & Electrical and responsible for minimising down-time through Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), improve production facilities, reduce the costs of breakdowns, resource and repairs, and increase overall reliability and safety of the plant, personnel and production processes.

• Carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work and responding to equipment faults.
• Dealing with emergencies, breakdowns and repairs.
• Checking and calibrating instruments to ensure accuracy.
• Breakdowns:
  Use diagnostic and fault-finding methods to establish route cause and repair plant and equipment ensuring the minimal downtime. Using your findings, contribute to improving planned preventative maintenance.
• Always adhere to safety protocols and regulations.
• Fit new parts and making sure equipment is working correctly.
• Ensure that there is continuous cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns.
• Provide training to operators to enable them to perform routine basic maintenance activities such as cleaning valves etc.
• Participate in training programmes to stay updated with new technologies and best practices in maintenance engineering.
• Collaborate with other departments to address maintenance issues and improve overall efficiencies.
• Keep accurate records of maintenance activities and equipment performance.
• Manage external contractors whilst onsite.
• Assist with new plant builds and installations across the sites.

• Capacity to understand a range of engineering functions and procedures.
• Team-working skills to collaborate and liaise with people at all levels.
• Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Confidence to respond positively when under pressure.
• Ability to logically fault find.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical drawings (desirable).
• Understanding of hydraulics and compressed air systems (desirable).

• A mechanical engineering apprenticeship or qualification.
• Industrial, agricultural or manufacturing background.
• Electrical and mechanical training/experience within an industrial setting.

• An electrical engineering qualification.
• Working at Heights.
• Fabrication - manual machining/fitting/welding.
• Planned Preventative Maintenance.
• PLC Fault Finding / 3
  
  Phase.

Pension / 33 days Holiday (FTE)

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