At a Glance
- Tasks: Diagnose and repair electrical and mechanical equipment in a dynamic print environment.
- Company: Join Newsquest Printing, part of a leading global media group.
- Benefits: Enjoy 25 days holiday, structured career progression, and employee perks.
- Other info: Collaborative team culture with opportunities for ongoing training and development.
- Why this job: Make a real impact on production efficiency while developing your engineering skills.
- Qualifications: Experience in engineering or manufacturing with strong problem-solving abilities.
The predicted salary is between 30000 - 40000 £ per year.
Overview
We're looking for an Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join our Print Centre Engineering team in Weymouth.
Working on a shift basis, you'll be responsible for fault-finding, repair and maintenance across a wide range of production and ancillary equipment.
You'll play a key role in maximising plant availability through effective breakdown response and planned preventative maintenance (PPM), helping to ensure our print operation runs safely, efficiently and reliably.
Responsibilities
- Diagnose and resolve electrical and mechanical equipment faults.
- Carry out planned preventative maintenance activities.
- Support the installation and commissioning of new plant and equipment.
- Maintain high levels of equipment reliability and performance.
- Use electrical drawings and technical documentation to support fault finding and repairs.
- Calibrate, reset and maintain press equipment and associated systems.
- Support continuous improvement initiatives across the site.
- Ensure engineering areas, workshops and stores are maintained to a high standard.
- Comply with all Health & Safety policies, procedures and safe systems of work.
- Work collaboratively with production teams, contractors and colleagues across the Print Centre.
Skills, Knowledge and Expertise
- Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
- Experience working within an engineering or manufacturing environment.
- Ability to support both electrical and mechanical maintenance activities.
- Good understanding of planned preventative maintenance principles.
- Ability to interpret electrical drawings and technical documentation.
- Strong awareness of Health & Safety and safe working practices.
- Reliable, accountable and able to perform effectively under pressure.
- Willingness to develop technical knowledge and skills across engineering disciplines.
- Physically capable of working throughout a busy production environment, including confined spaces and manual handling activities where required.
Benefits
- 25 days holiday + bank holidays + your birthday off
- Holiday buy scheme for extra flexibility
- Structured career progression & ongoing training
- Pension plan
- Employee Helpline counselling and advice
- Perks & discounts, including: Gym membership, Cycle to Work scheme, Eye care, Retail discounts
- Optional annual Volunteer Charity Day
- About Newsquest Printing
Newsquest Printing is part of one of the world’s largest and most respected media groups with interests in leading marketing solutions, including Print, Mobile, Digital and Television.
Our portfolio of customers includes national daily newspapers, international, regional and specialist titles.
We also work closely with the Public Sector, Local and Central Government, and political parties to create publishing and communications solutions tailored to our clients’ needs.
We know about media.
In the UK, we have over 200 local news brands and magazines, have nearly 30 million digital users per month and 6 million print readers per week.
Our parent company is USA Today Co., the largest publisher in the US.
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