Maintenance Engineer
Posted 14/08/2024 by Sierra 57 Consult Ltd
Overview: Working alongside our client, an established injection moulding manufacturer, we are looking for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to join their team to support continued business growth.
Benefits:
- 25 days holiday plus bank holidays (increasing with continuous service)
- Competitive pension scheme
- Life assurance at 3x salary
- Cycle to work scheme
- Employee Assistance Programme
- Healthcare scheme
- Long Service Awards
- Enhanced Maternity & Paternity Leave
- Extensive learning and development opportunities
- Annual Merit Review
- Mon-Fri days role
Remit:
- Fantastic opportunity for a skilled Maintenance Engineer to land a secure position with a forward-thinking company going through an exciting period of business growth.
- Candidates MUST HAVE experience within injection moulding or other disciplines of plastic manufacturing.
- The successful candidate will manage the day to day issues within the department to resolve maintenance issues within a fast paced injection moulding manufacturing environment.
Role:
- As Maintenance Engineer you will work closely with production personnel to ensure equipment / plant efficiency is maximized, without compromising safety or quality
- In the role of Maintenance Engineer, you will be responsible for planning and executing preventative maintenance schedules
- Troubleshoot and solve where possible machine and site breakdowns
- Ensure maintenance records are maintained
- Liaise with suppliers when external expertise isrequired to maintain site or machines
- Responsibility for all stock replenishment of spare parts and consumables whilst working within predetermined budgets
- Liaise with suppliers to ensure stock availability of critical parts
- Control maintenance tools, stores and equipment
- Continuously review the maintenance plan for optimal usage of labour and reduce machine downtime costs
- Together with Production Manager plan preventative maintenance schedules for all machinery and ancillaries
- Undertake planned maintenance programs and review task and frequency to ensure that all machinery and ancillaries receive the optimum maintenance
- Ensure all statutory inspections, testing and certification is undertaken on time and adequate records are maintained
Experience Requirements:
* Strong appreciation and experience of organization of shop floor work processes and priorities
* Time served, high level of technical expertise with injection moulding machinery and equipment. Other plastics manufacturing disciplines will be considered
* Qualification in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering
* Possess a technical aptitude to understand and convey product knowledge through business competency
* Ability to take personal leadership to develop and promote fundamental disciplines and principles through cross-functional team building
* Strongly analytical and display critical thinking and problem-solving skills
Key Words: “Maintenance Engineer”, “Maintenance Technician”, “Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer”, “Mechanical Engineer”, “Electrical Engineer”, “Injection Moulding”, “Plastics”, “Machine Maintenance”
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Technical Engineering & Manufacturing Recruitment Specialist – Plastics, Packaging & Precision Engineering
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- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
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- Job Reference:
- SC24-5678
- Job ID:
- 221565400
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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