Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Fitter - Limavady - Days

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer / Fitter - Limavady - Days - Highly Competitive Salary Package (DoE) Your New Company 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. Your New Role 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. Whilst working 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. What You'll Need To Succeed 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 Due to the nature of the role preference will be given to applicants demonstrating the following * 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. What You'll Get In Return 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. What You Need To Do Now 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. Hays Specialist Recruitment Limited acts as an employment agency for permanent recruitment and employment business for the supply of temporary workers. By applying for this job you accept the T&C's, Privacy Policy and Disclaimers which can be Skills: Mechanical Maintenance Mechanical Fitter Saw Mill Benefits: Highly Competitive Salary Package (DoE) TPBN1_NI