At a Glance
- Tasks: Maintain and repair machinery in a dynamic manufacturing environment.
- Company: Family-owned business with over 50 years of expertise and innovation.
- Benefits: Highly competitive salary, enhanced overtime rates, and day shift hours.
- Other info: Opportunity for career growth and working with cutting-edge machinery.
- Why this job: Join a passionate team and make a real impact on machinery performance.
- Qualifications: Recognised apprenticeship, 3-5 years experience, and strong technical skills required.
The predicted salary is between 29700 - 36300 £ per year.
Our client is a family-owned business with more than 50 years of expertise within their specialist field. They are passionate about their products, customer service and are constantly innovating to service their customer base that stretches across the UK and Ireland.
As a critical member of the company's maintenance team, you will work at maintaining, troubleshooting and repairing machinery in our manufacturing facilities. You will work closely with all staff in each department to ensure optimum machinery performance and reduction of downtime. Your core duties and responsibilities will include, but are not limited to:
- Mechanical reactive and preventative maintenance
- Plant improvements, upgrades and installations
- Fault diagnosis to establish root cause of failure on mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems.
In order to be considered for this role you will need to demonstrate the following skills, experience and qualifications:
Essential Criteria
- Must have a recognised time-served apprenticeship and achieved a relevant recognised qualification
- 3 - 5 years' experience gained working within a manufacturing environment in a similar role
- Strong technical skills
- Welding and fabrication experience
- Strong analytical skills with proven problem-solving ability
- Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems
- Experience of troubleshooting, fault-finding and repairs on modern machinery and equipment, hydraulics and pneumatics systems
- Confident in reading and understanding engineering drawings to include hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams
- Ability to work under pressure
- Ability to work on your own or as part of a team
- Reliable, honest, trustworthy and hard-working
- Good communications skills.
Desirable Criteria
- Experience of working with heavy plant/industrial machinery
- Experience in major mechanical upgrades and installations
- Machining experience - use of manual lathes, milling machines
- Electrical qualification and experience - specifically relevant to maintenance and fault-finding.
This role offers a highly competitive salary package (DoE) for working across an attractive day shift pattern Monday - Friday 07:30 - 16:00. An enhanced OT rate of 1.5 is also available.
If you're interested in this role, click 'apply now' to forward an up-to-date copy of your CV, or call us now. If this job isn't quite right for you, but you are looking for a new position, please contact us for a confidential discussion about your career.
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Fitter - Limavady - Days employer: HAYS Specialist Recruitment
Join a well-established construction contractor in Northern Ireland that prioritises quality, safety, and collaboration. With a strong commitment to employee growth, this company offers a competitive salary, comprehensive benefits, and ongoing professional development opportunities, making it an excellent employer for ambitious construction professionals looking to advance their careers while working on prestigious projects in the Greater Belfast and Newry areas.
Contact Details:
HAYS Specialist Recruitment Recruitment Team
