Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location :Gloucester

Permanent: Full Time Monday to Sunday (Continuous fixed Pitman dayshift schedule, to be worked from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. )

Salary: Competitive, depending on experience

Hawk 3 Talent solutions are looking to recruit a Maintenance Engineer for their client, a specialist manufacturer based in Gloucester.

Overview

• To maximise machines’ output and maintain manufacturing processes in a fast pace and busy production environment
• To continuously improve manufacturing processes in order to maximise safety, quality and productivity of production lines

Key Responsibilities

• Perform routine maintenance activities on all aspects of production equipment with a focus on electrical and mechanical standards

• Troubleshoot and diagnose electrical faults on production machines, PLCs and control panels ensuring downtime is minimal

• Conduct reactive maintenance on production machines

• Can read and interpret technical diagrams, schematics and machine manuals to repair and improve equipment functionality

• Strong collaborator who can liaise with production teams to ensure maintenance activities are prioritised in the right way

• Ability to implement improvement initiatives to optimise equipment performance and increase operating efficiencies

• Ensures compliance with Health and Safety, Environmental standards whilst maintaining accurate maintenance records

• Liaise with suppliers and contractors as required when sourcing specialist information and spare parts for equipment

• Will participate in training sessions and maintain technical knowledge of industry standards and equipment standards

• Attends Engineering Review meetings

• Attends Manufacturing Short Interval Control meetings

• Understands benefits of 5S - Implements and maintains workplace organization and visual management standards

• Understanding of Maintenance/ Repair and Operations budget

Qualifications

• Electro/ Mechanical Engineering Qualification – Minimum NVQ Level3, City and Guilds or equivalent

• Proven experience as a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer with electrical bias

• Strong electrical fault-finding skills with PLC knowledge

• Competent in both electrical and mechanical maintenance and repairs

• Knowledge of Lean principles and CI methodologies

• Desirably from CNC machine background but not essential

Benefits :

25 days’ holidays plus bank holidays

Pension - Nest

Single Vitality Healthcare – upon successful completion of the probationary period

Perkbox

Hawk 3 Talent Solutions are operating as an employment agency on behalf of its client.

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