Multi Skilled Engineer in Caerphilly, Caerphilly County Borough

Candour Talent are currently recruiting for a Multi-Skilled Engineer to join our client based in Caerphilly.

• Employment Type: Permanent/Full Time
• Working Hours: Mon-Fri, Days/Nights, 12-hr shift
• Salary: £45k+ Negotiable DOE
• Benefits: Excellent, including private medical, life assurance, and company pension scheme.

Our client is looking for an experienced and highly motivated Multi-Skilled Engineer to join its team in Caerphilly. The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring production machinery and site equipment operates at peak performance by delivering preventative and planned maintenance activities, as well as responding promptly to breakdowns, while playing a key role in driving reliability, safety, and continuous improvement across the business.

The Role:

• Minimise production downtime and related quality issues related to machinery condition
• Complete scheduled, planned, and preventative maintenance, and undertake necessary corrective actions in a timely manner.
• Participate as a member of the team in investigating and correcting processes, product, and quality related issues, and the delivery of robust corrective actions
• Maintain and develop the physical environment of the company as a safe, secure and productive place to work
• Provide on-call maintenance support as determined by the on-call duty rota (one weekend in five with expenses).
•  Minimise production downtime and quality losses related to machine performance and breakdown through the provision of a skilled and responsive front line maintenance service
• Participate in fault finding, diagnostic, and corrective actions to maintain and improve the operation of the process equipment
• Act as incident coordinator (on shift) in the event of major breakdowns / incidents requiring the involvement / call in of other maintenance and support services
• Understanding safety regulations, including Lock Out-Tag Out, risk assessments, and environmental compliance.

The Ideal Candidate:

• Multi-Skilled Engineer with experience providing preventative and reactive maintenance in a fast-paced manufacturing environment.
• Apprentice trained / Level 3 Engineering qualification (NVQ, BTEC, City & Guilds, ONC/OND, or equivalent in an engineering discipline
• Good mechanical appreciation and knowledge of rolls, bearings, pumps, hydraulics, pneumatics, gearboxes, valves, pistons, and conveyors.
• Experience of working with variable speed drives AC / DC and knowledge of industrial sensors and transducers (proximity, photoelectric, thermocouples etc)
• PLC Experience
• Toolroom experience and welding skills (not essential)
• Ability to read and interpret electrical / mechanical drawings
• Experience of electromechanical maintenance of high-speed and continuous production machines
• Demonstrable expertise in component and sub-system fault finding and reporting
• Possess the ability to plan, review, and implement Continuous Improvement initiatives.
• Proactive, organized, and excellent attention to detail
• Strong communication skills and a commitment to team-based problem solving.

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How to Apply:

Email: adele @ candourtalent. co. uk

Phone: (phone number removed)

We thank you for considering Candour Talent Recruitment for your career aspirations and encourage you to continue exploring opportunities with us in the future. Good Luck with your application and we look forward to receiving your CV.

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