Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

£47,000 to £49,000 (Negotiable DOE) plus benefits

A permanent position for a Maintenance Engineer based in the Huntingdon area. This is a great opportunity to make the position your own, you will have full autonomy and be supported by a small team. The company globally is a large, very dynamic and the market leaders in their industry.

The Maintenance Engineer will work with a team of Maintenance Fitters & Electricians for the delivery of a responsive and effective engineering service to production and site operations. Ability to investigate and resolving equipment failures within a timely manner while communicating effectively with the line managers and other departments.

Pro-actively look at new ways of working, new system upgrades and new equipment, all to meet the changing technological challenges.

Main responsibilities for the Maintenance Engineer:

• Repairing and maintaining site equipment and machinery.
• Respond to breakdowns, systematically fault find and identify root cause and then implement solution to prevent recurrence in a fully automated factory.
• Work with production, support groups and suppliers to implement improvement opportunities to increase equipment efficiency and safety and reduce engineering downtime.
• This role will involve working on various different types of equipment including complex hydraulic, pneumatic and electrical/electronic control systems.
• Lean manufacturing principles are used on a daily basis, adhering to 5s methodology.
• Ensuring site H&S, site compliance and legislative requirements are upheld.
• Applicants should have previous experience of working as part of an engineering team with excellent knowledge of fault finding techniques and the ability to react and interact in a production environment.

Skills and Qualifications for the Maintenance Engineer:

• Ideally you will be a time served Electrical Engineer to ONC, NVQ Level 3, City & Guilds 2320 parts 1 & 2 or suitable equivalent qualification.
• You will also be familiar with current IEE 18th Edition regulations.
• A good knowledge and understanding of PLC’s would also be advantageous.
• Fluid transfer / pump experience.

Hours of work for the Maintenance Engineer:

• Rotating 3 shift system of 6am to 2pm Monday to Friday and 2pm to 10pm Monday to Friday and 10pm to 6am Sunday to Thursday

The working environment is clean and very well organised with an ambient temperature.

Benefits for the Maintenance Engineer:

• 24 days holiday plus Bank Holidays (Increases up to 25 / 26 and 27 days with service up to 5 years)   
• Pension.
• Car Parking.
• Wellbeing.
• Tea Coffee and other soft drinks.
• Happy to send you on courses that will aid in the job post.
• Other benefits available.

For more information on the Maintenance Engineer position, please contact Lisa Parsons