Mechanical Maintenance Engineer...

WHAT IS IN IT FOR YOU? – Permanent role – County Durham location – Starting salary £42K-£44K per annum – rises after 6-month probation to £45K – 3 on 3 off, alternating days and nights, 3 sets of each – 7am/7pm start times – Choice to be paid weekly or monthly – 24 days holiday (pro-rata) inclusive statutory – Health care plan – Life Insurance and Death in Service – Readily available overtime paid at enhanced rates time & ¼ THE BUSINESS Our client is seeking to recruit a Mechanically Biased Maintenance Technician to work for our client in the County Durham area. The role centres on a continental shift pattern, 12 hour shifts days and nights, 3 on 3 off. This role will involve delivering planned and reactive maintenance within a high-volume manufacturing facility. The role encompasses anything from delivering line-based maintenance, to facilities maintenance, to working in the tool room undertaking up keep and repairs. To be considered for this role applicants have to have served an apprenticeship within a mechanical discipline. THE ROLE – Delivering planned and reactive maintenance on automated production lines – Mechanical fault finding – Completing PPM’s and updating maintenance systems – Asset strip down maintenance and repair – Delivering maintenance within hydraulic systems, DC motors, gear boxes, vacuum pumps and ideally servo motors – Ensuring the completion of basic facilities maintenance to maintain the upkeep of the plant – Working to ensure maximum production up-time within a 24/7 production facility – Working as part of a maintenance team, each shift comprised of 1 Electrical, 1 Mechanical and 1 multi-skilled Technician THE PERSON – Time served within a Mechanical Discipline – Tool room knowledge – ability to deliver basic welding and manual machining to undertake running repairs and replace machine guards – Any knowledge of PLC’s, ABB Robotics, AC Inverters and Servo Motors would be a nice to have for the role – Hydraulic systems, DC motors, gear boxes, pumps – Electrical multi-skilling beneficial TO APPLY Please send your updated CV to Harry Mann or apply direct by calling Westray Recruitment Group