Maintenance Engineer in Telford

The Whittan Group is the largest manufacturer of steel storage products in the United Kingdom. Operating through a number of market leading brands, we design, manufacture and install storage solutions for commercial and industrial environments in the UK and Europe. We are looking for x2 Maintenance Engineers to join our busy and growing organisation.

The Maintenance Engineer will respond to machine breakdowns whilst diagnosing faults, repairing equipment and assisting with the implementation of continuous improvement projects. This is a shift-based role rotating 6am to 2pm / 2pm to 10pm, but flexibility to other work shift patterns when the business needs.

Key Responsibilities

• Deliver daily OEE requirements via machine uptime activity.
• Ensure all planned work requests are reacted to quickly and effectively to resolve production issues.
• Conduct planned/predictive maintenance work as required.
• Ensure the spare parts are available to deliver fast effective repairs.
• Identify and control critical spares usage.
• Acknowledge customer work requests and report progress.
• Always operate in line with safe working practices.
• Communication of priorities between shifts.
• Ensure all incomplete work requests are followed up and completed on time to improve customer satisfaction.
• Record machine history data on the CMMS.
• Undertake training as required to carry out the job function.
• Delivery clear shift hand over information to incoming shift.

Essential Required experience/skills/qualifications

• Previous experience in a planned maintenance capacity.
• Competent electrical fault finding ability.
• PLC knowledge.
• Previous experience in a maintenance capacity in a fast-moving manufacturing environment.
• Knowledge of maintenance processes such as rolling machines, auto welders, welding, paint plant, press tooling and facilities is preferred but not essential.
• Proven evidence of a hands-on approach in previous roles.
• Experience within a continuous improvement environment.
• Ability to analyse and report data effectively.
• Proven ability of meeting and exceeding internal and external stakeholder requirements.
• Ability to adapt and respond to change.
• Able to demonstrate ability to achieve objectives and exceed expectations.
• Process experience.
• Confident PC user, experience with CMMS.
• Punctual, reliable and flexible.

Desirable

• Engineering Qualifications NVQ or BTEC.
• Experience with Press tooling.
• Ability to operate workshop machinery (lathes, milling machine, pedestal drill, surface grinder).

Company Benefits

• Competitive Salary.
• 33 days holiday per annum including bank holidays.
• Company pension.
• Life assurance.
• Employee discount scheme.
• Medicash Scheme.
• Long Service Awards.
• Monthly STAR Awards.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Support from Trained Mental Health First Aiders.
• Cycle2Work Scheme.

For more information, please contact HR@whittan.com.

The Whittan Group promotes equality of opportunity in that everyone who works for us and any job applicants will be treated equally, regardless of gender or gender reassignment, age, ethnic or national origin, nationality, race, colour, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, sexual orientation, religion or belief.