Shift Maintenance Engineer

Shift Maintenance Engineer

£33,000 PA

Working pattern 6am - 6pm/ 6pm - 6am ( 4 on 4 off)

An exciting oppourtunity for an experience shift maiantence engineer to join a well established factory in the CF3 area.

Duties to include:

• Maintenance - Breakdowns and Repairs & Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Responsible for all reactive and proactive maintenance work, whilst making sure it is carried out to the highest possible standards across the whole of the site.
• Expected to carry out all maintenance across the factory
• Attend to breakdowns onsite ensuring that there is always a rapid response and that plant equipment and machinery breakdown time is minimised. Always endeavour to reduce downtime of site plant and machinery
• Carry out repairs to plant and equipment during production, effectively and efficiently, either alone and/or as part of a team
• To carry out PPM onsite whilst always ensuring that there is a pro-active approach to planned maintenance and a high PPM output
• Deliver on plant uptime and maintenance KPI's through planned, preventative & predictive maintenance
• Deliver improvement work on machinery and site improvement work
• Ensure Engineering time is managed effectively and that there is low Engineering down-time and Improve OEE.
• Maintain daily Engineering/Maintenance Reporting via a CMMS PPM System
• Assist with stores organisation/stock control

QUALIFICATIONS

• Minimum of 3 years engineering experience
• Multi-skilled with formal engineering qualification to NVQ Level 3 or higher, ideally electrical biased
• Nationally recognised apprenticeship in an engineering discipline
• Possess 17th or 18th Edition Certification.

Successful candidate will have the following:

• Have a proactive approach to fault finding, a commitment to continuous improvement, and personal development
• Must have the knowledge, discipline and initiative to work alone
• Practical attitude
• Applies a team approach to engineering issues
• Ability to work under pressure and to tight deadlines
• Must have effective communication skills (written and verbal)
• Computer literate and a working knowledge of MS Office and a CMMS PPM system
• Ability to understand electrical and mechanical drawings/manuals
• A logical and flexible approach to working
• Demonstrate a sense of urgency and should be proactive in driving through continuous improvement initiatives
• Possess excellent decision making skills.

QUALIFICATIONS (Essential)

• Minimum of 3 years engineering experience
• Multi-skilled with formal engineering qualification to NVQ Level 3 or higher, ideally electrical biased
• Nationally recognised apprenticeship in an engineering discipline
• Possess 17th or 18th Edition Certification.

EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

• Proven experience of working within a fast paced environment is essential
• Health and Safety experience essential (safe isolation, working at height, COSHH)
• Experience with PLC's, Pneumatics, hydraulics and Steam preferred
• FLT/MEWP experience preferred
• Welding experience preferred

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