Maintenance Engineer Backshift - Westhill, Aberdeen

We reward our people, you will have good benefits, a competitive salary, bonus scheme, ongoing development, and an opportunity to develop your career. This full‐time role is 40 hours per week Monday to Thursday, based at Westhill, Aberdeenshire. You will have 26 days holiday per year, pension, sick pay, life assurance and inclusion in our Flexible Benefits programme that includes cycle to work scheme, gym membership, dental insurance and dine‐out discounts as well as access to our Employee Assistance Programme.

Our purpose is simple. We are building the sustainable low‐carbon homes of the future. In our factory controlled environments in the UK, we are changing the way we build homes, delivering engineered sustainable homes and buildings across Scotland and the UK.

A bit about the role: As a Maintenance Engineer for our backshift, you will be an important member of the manufacturing team, responsible for meeting or exceeding production targets while ensuring our production equipment and facility remain fully maintained and operational. Reporting to the Head of Engineering UK, you will be working in a fast‐paced environment, where you will take responsibility for our planned preventative maintenance programme to ensure all machinery and equipment is optimised for availability and performance, while meeting health & safety requirements and relevant legislation.

Where unplanned stoppages do occur, you will work safely and systematically to resolve any issues quickly to minimise impact on production timelines – and contribute to Root Cause Analysis and countermeasures to reduce recurrence. You will be responsible for managing the use of approved maintenance contractors where required, ensuring works are undertaken to the highest compliance standards, minimising business impact. You will perform works scheduled by and record activities in our CMMS system (FIIX). You will play a key role in the introduction of new products, equipment and manufacturing techniques and will be an active contributor to Continuous Improvement and Lean Culture.

Key responsibilities:

• Maintain and troubleshoot production equipment and facility
• Plan and execute preventative maintenance programme
• Respond to and resolve unplanned stoppages promptly
• Document maintenance activities in CMMS (FIIX)
• Manage maintenance contractors and ensure compliance
• Contribute to Root Cause Analysis and countermeasures
• Support introduction of new products, equipment and manufacturing techniques
• Champion Continuous Improvement and Lean Culture initiatives

Qualifications & experience:

• Apprentice‐trained or have recognised qualifications with several years of experience as a Maintenance Engineer or Maintenance Technician in a production environment
• Experience with PLC fault diagnosis preferred
• Comfortable making decisions and recommending solutions based on data
• Good working knowledge of PUWER/LOLER/COSHH and other relevant Health & Safety regulations
• Experience in maintaining robots and understanding of data communications in a machine environment/field buses/IP addressing and common communication protocols (EtherCAT/Ethernet/Profibus/Profinet/Modbus/TCPIP/UDP)
• Competent in working with IT networks

Our ambition is to reduce waste and reduce carbon, creating positive futures for generations to come. Our facilities in Westhill, Aberdeenshire and Witney, Oxfordshire are known for driving quality and innovation, building over 10,000 timber frame homes a year to the highest standards. Our products are award‐winning, accredited, and sustainable.

We value our people, so you can expect a company that is supportive and encouraging, we make you feel welcome, looked after and secure. We invest in our people so you can benefit from training and support as you learn and develop your skills. You will have your own learning path, a way to learn new skills, grow and flourish on an ongoing basis. This also ensures you are ready for the next step when it comes along.