We're looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a long-established manufacturing business based in Shropshire, operating on a large-scale supplying their products across the UK.
You will be working at a manufacturing site with around 90 employees, and they are looking to expand their maintenance operations x2. As a mechanically bias Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for keeping a range of heavy industrial machinery mechanically reliable, carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs and fault finding across conveyors, saws, gearboxes, bearings, hydraulics, pneumatics and drive systems. You'll be hands-on, responding to breakdowns and working proactively to reduce downtime and keep production moving.
The role at the moment is straight days but will be moving to a double day shift in the future.
Maintenance Engineer Benefits:
- £40,000 - £45,000
- Premium OT (x1.5 & x2).
- 31 days holiday.
- Pension.
- EV Charging points.
- Stable career.
Maintenance Engineer Duties include:
- Carrying out planned preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance
- Fault finding on production and automated machinery
- Maintaining and repairing conveyors, saws, rollers and processing equipment
- Working on bearings, shafts, chains, belts, pulleys and couplings
- Maintenance of gearboxes, motors, pumps and drive systems
- Fault finding and repairs on hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- Replacing and aligning bearings, belts, chains and mechanical components
- Carrying out lubrication, inspections and condition checks
- Fabrication, welding and basic machining where required
Maintenance Engineer Requirements include:
- Apprentice trained.
- Mechanical engineering qualifications.
- Mig and Stick welding.
- Hydraulics and pneumatics.
- Fabrication skills.
- Experience working in a heavy manufacturing environment.
This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Shrewsbury, Ellesmere, Wrexham, Oswestry, and surrounding areas.
Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.
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