Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Salary Starting from £30,000 per year, negotiable, depending on experience. (Bideford, Devon)
This is a great opportunity to join a successful, established business that has a global presence in specialist material. They have manufacturing sites strategically positioned across the UK, Germany, Brazil, and China. Our client continually invests in their people and machinery to ensure they remain successful and competitive in their industry.
You will be a qualified and skilled Mechanical Maintenance Engineer joining a dynamic function where you will be working in a fast-paced environment focusing on maintenance and delivering solutions that enhance and optimise operational effectiveness.
You will be provided with development opportunities that can support career progression along with a competitive salary and additional benefits.
What we need from you as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer:
- You will have a least 5 years of experience working within an engineering role or hold the relevant qualifications
- Demonstratable experience in fault finding and diagnosis on hydraulic and pneumatic systems
- A learning and development mindset
- Excellent time-keeping attitude and flexible attitude to work
- Have excellent communication skills
- Flexibility
- Able to multitask
What the role involves:
You will ensure the smooth running of all plant and production machinery. Duties to include:
- Ensure smooth running of the plant and all production machinery
- Respond to breakdowns, resolving mechanical problems quickly to ensure minimum downtime
- Focus on energy savings and waste reduction when undertaking responsibilities
- Continuously demonstrate an ability to carry out fault-finding diagnostics, troubleshooting, and problem-solving
- Repair pneumatics & hydraulics
- Undertake reactive maintenance activities as required
- Produce reports and handle required documents
- Accountable for planned and preventative maintenance to ensure production machinery is always optimised
- Handling service and maintenance of systems and machinery
- Running and supporting continuous improvement projects as required
- Support the installation of new machines
- Liaise and communicate effectively with all levels of team members within the business
- Undertake internal/external training and development
- Ensure effective communication within the engineering team and handovers are completed daily with all necessary information shared
- Ensuring the best and most cost-effective methods are adapted to all tasks and that the factory is maintained in a safe working condition
- Ensure the work area is maintained in a clean, tidy, and safe condition
Salary: Starting from £30,000 per year, negotiable, depending on experience.
Hours: This a Day shift role working 7.45am – 5pm Monday to Thursday and 8am – 12noon on Fridays (39-hour working week).
Or; Shift work: 6am - 2pm Monday – Friday and 2pm – 10.30pm Monday – Thursday and 2pm – 8pm Friday (37.5 hour working week week).
Benefits:
- Medicash benefit/Death in service/Pension
- 25 days holiday + Bank Holidays
- Opportunity to buy more annual leave
- Subsidised canteen
- Free car parking
**Closing date for applications 17/10/24**
