Maintenance Engineer in Perthy, Shropshire

We’re looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join a long-established manufacturing business based in Shropshire, operating on a large-scale supplying their products across the UK. 

You will be working at a manufacturing site with around 90 employees, and they are looking to expand their maintenance operations x2. As a mechanically bias Maintenance Engineer, you'll be responsible for keeping a range of heavy industrial machinery mechanically reliable, carrying out planned maintenance, breakdown repairs and fault finding across conveyors, saws, gearboxes, bearings, hydraulics, pneumatics and drive systems. You'll be hands-on, responding to breakdowns and working proactively to reduce downtime and keep production moving.

The role at the moment is straight days but will be moving to a double day shift in the future. 

Maintenance Engineer Benefits: 

• £40,000 - £45,000 
• Premium OT (x1.5 & x2). 
• 31 days holiday. 
• Pension. 
• EV Charging points. 
• Stable career. 

Maintenance Engineer Duties include:

• Carrying out planned preventative and reactive mechanical maintenance 
• Fault finding on production and automated machinery 
• Maintaining and repairing conveyors, saws, rollers and processing equipment 
• Working on bearings, shafts, chains, belts, pulleys and couplings 
• Maintenance of gearboxes, motors, pumps and drive systems 
• Fault finding and repairs on hydraulic and pneumatic systems 
• Replacing and aligning bearings, belts, chains and mechanical components 
• Carrying out lubrication, inspections and condition checks 
• Fabrication, welding and basic machining where required

Maintenance Engineer Requirements include: 

• Apprentice trained. 
• Mechanical engineering qualifications. 
• Mig and Stick welding. 
• Hydraulics and pneumatics. 
• Fabrication skills. 
• Experience working in a heavy manufacturing environment. 

Please apply find out more about this fantastic role. 

This Maintenance Engineer position is commutable from: Shrewsbury, Ellesmere, Wrexham, Oswestry, and surrounding areas. 

Please Note: Candidates must have the right to live and work in the UK.

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