Shift Pattern: 4 on / 4 off Days & Nights
An exciting opportunity has arisen for a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join a leading, high-volume manufacturing business operating within a fast-paced production environment. This role is ideal for an experienced engineer who enjoys both reactive fault finding and proactive maintenance activities while contributing to continuous improvement initiatives.
Key Responsibilities
As a Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, your duties will include:
- Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reliability-based maintenance activities.
- Responding to equipment breakdowns and undertaking effective fault finding to minimise downtime.
- Diagnosing and repairing electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic faults.
- Supporting continuous improvement and lean manufacturing projects focused on increasing reliability and efficiency.
- Working in accordance with Permit to Work systems, safe isolation procedures, and site health and safety policies.
- Updating maintenance records and managing work orders through the CMMS system.
- Ordering and managing spare parts requirements.
- Assisting with installation, commissioning, and improvement of new and existing machinery.
- Producing and updating technical documentation, SOPs, and risk assessments.
- Supporting autonomous maintenance and TPM activities across the site.
- Collaborating closely with production, quality, and health & safety teams to maximise operational performance.
- Supporting and mentoring colleagues where required.
- Working alongside external contractors during maintenance and project activities.
Candidate Requirements
To be successful in this position, you will ideally have:
Essential
- Minimum 3 years' experience in a maintenance engineering role within a manufacturing environment.
- Completed apprenticeship, ONC/HNC, NVQ Level 3, or equivalent qualification in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
- Strong fault-finding experience across automated production machinery.
- Knowledge of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic, and hydraulic systems.
- Ability to read and interpret engineering drawings and schematics.
- Experience working within a fast-paced production environment.
- Strong communication and teamworking skills.
- Good computer literacy and experience using maintenance management systems.
Desirable
- FMCG, food, beverage, packaging, chemical, pharmaceutical, or other high-speed manufacturing experience.
- Basic PLC fault-finding knowledge.
- Experience with Continuous Improvement, Lean Manufacturing, or TPM methodologies.
What We're Looking For
We're seeking an engineer who is:
- Proactive and solutions-focused.
- Comfortable working independently and as part of a team.
- Committed to high health and safety standards.
- Adaptable and capable of working within a fast-paced environment.
- Driven to continuously improve equipment performance and reliability.
- Motivated to develop their technical skills and support others.
Performance Measures
Success in this role will be measured against:
- Reduction in equipment downtime.
- Improvement in OEE performance.
- PPM compliance.
- Delivery of continuous improvement initiatives.
- Health & safety compliance.
- Corrective action completion.
- Maintenance planning and execution standards.
- Contribution to operational efficiency improvements.
What's on Offer
- Competitive salary: £53,000 and excellent benefits package.
- Stable and secure manufacturing environment.
- Opportunity to join a market-leading organisation.
- Ongoing training and development.
- Career progression opportunities.
- Challenging and varied engineering role with exposure to modern manufacturing equipment.
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