Mechanical Maintenance Engineer in North East

Baltic Recruitment are delighted to be supporting an industry leading business in the Hartlepool area with their search for a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer.

Key Duties

• Reporting to the Maintenance manager you will be responsible for ensuring the plants are maintained to achieve the required plant runtime.
• Ensuring that all the planned weekly preventative maintenance shift for each site and plant is carried out to specification.
• Work varies on a day-to-day basis but includes fault finding, fault diagnosing, testing and repair of mechanical equipment, static and mobile plant.
• Plan and complete preventative maintenance for each site within agreed timeframes.
• Agree and maintain part stock of essentials parts as well as adhering to the department budget with the aid of order numbers and spend controls.
• Complete project and installation work to improve efficiency and safety of all sites.
• Keep up to date with relevant legislation and develop technical knowledge.

Key Requirements

• Detailed knowledge and understanding of Health and Safety .
• Minimum of apprentice trained or equivalent, City and guilds level 3,or NVQ level 3.
• Previous experience in a mechanical maintenance function.
• Experience of working in a technically challenging and value driven culture.

The Package

• Starting salary of £48,000 per annum which will increase up to £53,000 per annum over time.
• Continental shift pattern: working 2 weeks of days followed by 2 weeks of nights. 36hrs week 1, 48 hrs week 2 on rotation.
• Company van and fuel card provided which can be used for work.
• Company pension scheme.
• 28 days holiday including bank holidays.