Maintenance Engineer

Job description

Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer required to work within a team to inspect, fault-find, and repair production machinery and company facilities, maintaining an efficient, productive, and safe site. Possesses good mechanical experience and electrical skills, with knowledge of hydraulics and pneumatics. Familiar with various mechanical drive arrangements

 Skilled needed:

• Good mechanical and electrical skills.
• Pneumatic and Hydraulic knowledge, along with PLC, inverter, instrumentation and control experience.
• Knowledge of various mechanical drive arrangements, including simplex, duplex, chain, belt, gearboxes and transmission equipment is required.
• You must hold a valid UK driving license and have experience in a heavy industrial environment.
• A forklift and MEWP licence would be desirable but not essential.

Role responsibilities:

• In house fabrication, maintenance including welding (mma, mag & mig), flame cutting, plasma cutting. Handling power tools including, but not limited to, abrasive wheels, plasma cutter, mag drills and punch
• Performing preventative maintenance routines and condition monitoring of production machinery and facilities as per the inspection schedules.
• Maintaining accurate records of findings and works carried out
• Liaising closely with the Maintenance Supervisor and operations staff in all aspects to ensure efficient, effective and planned reactive maintenance at all times
• Making safety inspections of tools and equipment
• Diagnosing faults and repairing machines in a safe manner to minimise downtime and cost
• Anticipating machine failures and making such changes or recommendations to prevent re-occurrence and to minimise downtime
• Working to improve reliability and productivity of equipment
• Completing written records of all maintenance activities
• Carrying out maintenance tasks diligently and in good time using appropriate methodology
• Being proactive in identifying and carrying out potential machine upgrades to improve lifespan, efficiency, productivity or safety of the machine and communicating these to the management team for consideration
• Attending all training courses as and when required
• Follow all safe systems of work at all times.  Identify and report any shortcomings that become apparent whilst undertaking tasks or if the tasks change or new activities are undertaken.  Liaise with the HS&E department to ensure such risks are assessed and procedures amended as necessary
• Actively engaging in the identification of risks within the workplace and the subsequent assessment development of suitable safe systems of work. 
• When necessary, intervening to prevent breaches of health and safety and/or report as necessary
• Follow the requirements of the Company Quality Management Systems, policies and procedures to help achieve a quality product for the customer and reduce the non-conformances

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