Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers – Alternating Shifts

  • Engineering
  • Plymouth

Job Information

Salary :

Please Apply with Salary Expectations

No. of Openings :

2 openings

Job Type :

Permanent

Job Description

Experienced Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer required for large manufacturing company at their site based in Plymouth. Reporting to the Maintenance Engineering Manager, the successful candidate will be responsible for both reactive and planned, preventative maintenance and first-fix repairs on complex, manufacturing machinery. This will be a varied role where you will ensure that all tasks are completed on time and to the highest of standards, communicating with supervisors and managers alike, providing them with feedback to foster an environment of Continuous Improvement. This is an exciting opportunity to join a manufacturing company at a time of sustained growth.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance on equipment ranging from injection moulding machines, extrusion machinery, laser printing and automated production lines (80% of time spent on reactive / planned maintenance, 20% of time spent focussing on Continuous Improvement).
  • Mechanical and Electrical fault finding.
  • The ability to problem solve maintenance related issues within tight deadlines to ensure output on production machinery is fully optimised.
  • Proactive in identifying and eliminating faults by implementing long term solutions.
  • Involvement in commissioning and decommissioning of machinery.
  • Have involvement in machinery moves along with other members of the maintenance team.
  • Adherence to both individual and departmental KPI’s.
  • Adherence to correct Health and Safety procedures.

Essential Experience, Qualifications and Candidate Attributes Required:

  • A recognised Engineering Qualification or Apprenticeship within either Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
  • Proven, Recent, experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within Manufacturing.
  • Mechanical and / or Electrical fault finding experience.
  • Strong problem solving abilities coupled with the ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines.
  • Excellent communication skills coupled with the ability to work well as part of a team along with the ability to work under own initiative during unsupervised periods.

The successful candidate will be required to work a weekly rotating shift comprising of Monday to Friday 06:00 to 14:00 and 14:00 to 22:00. There may be a period of training on static day shift prior to moving to rotating shift, however this will be confirmed at interview stage.

If you have are an Experienced & Qualified Maintenance Engineer and are looking for a new challenge, then please submit an up to date CV by using the ‘apply’ button below.

For informal chat, please phone 01752 252533 and ask for Samantha Luxton. Many thanks for your interest.