Maintenance Engineer

Job Title:           Shift Maintenance Engineer  

Reports to:       Engineering Manager

Shift Rotation

2 Week Rotation

Week 1 : Monday to Friday 05:00 – 15:00

Week 2 : Monday to Friday 16:00 – 02:00

Key Responsibilities and accountabilities:

• Operate to a high degree of Health and Safety and good housekeeping standards
• Lock off procedures to be always followed to ensure safety of self and others on site.
• Carry out small projects, and modifications as required within any projects.
• Quickly assess the nature of breakdowns & act accordingly.
• Provide constant support for production and packing departments.
• To carry out PPM inspections & maintenance & to carry out corrective maintenance repairs on a timely basis.
• Carry out general maintenance as required including lubrication tasks / maintenance schedules.

Job Related Experience, Knowledge and Skill Requirements:

Essential

• NVQ level 3
• City and Guilds, Electrical / Mechanical
• A thorough understanding of both skills (Mechanical and Electrical)
• Recognised Engineering Apprenticeship
• An aptitude to fault diagnosis and logical thinking
• Must be able to read, understand and work with schematic drawings
• Welding skills (MIG/TIG/ARC)
• Must be capable of Self Organisation & Self-Motivation

Desirable

• ONC / HNC or equivalent level of education
• 17th Edition I.E.E. regulations
• Competency in PLC’s

Functional Skills:

• Detailed knowledge of business and own areas processes and procedures.  Recognised as an expert in your own area
• Delivers quality and accuracy in own work
• Able to cope under pressure and flex with peaks in personal workload
• Able to anticipate/identify problems and use available resources to provide effective solutions
• Able to act on decisions with the required amount of urgency
• Good awareness of a manufacturing environment
• Ability to work to deadlines
• Delivers quality and accuracy in own work
• Able to anticipate/identify problems and use available resources to provide effective solutions