At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and repair automated plant equipment, ensuring maximum uptime and safety.
- Company: Join a leading industrial processing business with a focus on innovation.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, standby allowance, and opportunities for career development.
- Other info: Dynamic team environment with a commitment to continuous improvement.
- Why this job: Gain autonomy and technical variety while working on cutting-edge industrial technology.
- Qualifications: Engineering qualification and strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills required.
The predicted salary is between 45000 - 50000 £ per year.
Astute's Renewables team is partnering with a leading industrial processing business to recruit a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer for its site in Chipping Campden. The role comes with a salary of £45,000 - £50,000 DOE, a £460 per week standby allowance (1 week in 4), and the opportunity to join a growing engineering team responsible for maintaining highly automated plant equipment. If you're a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding experience and are looking to join a business where you'll have genuine autonomy, technical variety, and opportunities for continuous improvement, then submit your CV to apply today.
Responsibilities and duties:
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive breakdown repairs across a range of industrial plant and machinery.
- Diagnose and repair both electrical and mechanical faults, ensuring maximum equipment uptime.
- Fault-find and troubleshoot PLCs, sensors, instrumentation, control systems and associated automation equipment.
- Maintain and repair three-phase electrical systems, motors, drives, switchgear, relays and control panels.
- Repair and overhaul mechanical equipment including conveyors, pumps, gearboxes, hydraulics, pneumatics and valves.
- Complete maintenance records accurately using the site's CMMS system.
- Ensure all maintenance activities are completed safely, following Lock Out Tag Out (LOTO) procedures and company health & safety standards.
- Support continuous improvement projects by identifying opportunities to improve equipment reliability and performance.
- Participate in the on-call rota (1 week in every 4), responding to site breakdowns when required.
Professional qualifications:
- Recognised engineering qualification (NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds, BTEC, HNC/HND or equivalent).
- Strong multi-skilled maintenance experience with both mechanical and electrical competency.
- 18th Edition Wiring Regulations qualification.
- Experience fault-finding on PLC-controlled machinery and automated production equipment.
- Previous experience within manufacturing, processing, FMCG, automated warehousing or heavy industrial environments.
- BS2391 Inspection & Testing and COMPEX qualifications would be advantageous but are not essential.
Personal skills:
- Equally confident working on both electrical and mechanical systems.
- Calm under pressure with excellent fault-finding and diagnostic skills.
- Self-motivated with strong attention to detail.
- Safety conscious with a proactive approach to engineering best practice.
- An effective communicator who enjoys working collaboratively across departments.
- Committed to continuous improvement and finding long-term engineering solutions.
Salary and benefits:
- £45,000 - £50,000 depending on experience.
- £460 per week standby allowance (1 week in every 4).
- Monday to Friday working pattern (42.5 hours per week).
- Opportunity to work on a wide variety of industrial equipment and automation systems.
- Long-term career development within a growing engineering business.
Contact Details:
Astute Technical Recruitment Ltd Recruitment Team
