Lead Engineer

Our Client is looking to recruit a Lead Engineer with a background in heavy plant machinery repair, to complete PPM and Reactive maintenance, this role will transition into a Maintenance Manager role as our client moves to their new site.

What you can expect in this role:

• Complete planned and preventative maintenance on a variety of different machinery (Conveyors, Electromagnets as well as maintaining their skips on sight using MIG/STICK welding)
• Organise the maintenance workshop, ensuring a right control of inventory for materials and equipment.
• Day to day machine breakdown resolution
• Arranging subcontractors for PPM and reactive maintenance
• Creating Maintenance plans for new site, and creating a database for logging maintenance.

What we need from you:

• Be an experienced multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer with a minimum of 4 years Industrial / Manufacturing or related experience, NVQ level 3 qualified or equivalent.
• Have previous experience in a fast paced engineering environment.
• Be able to support a team and work together to overcome challenges
• Be able to work under your own initiative
• Able to arrange subcontractors to complete work on site
• Be able to create PPM plans and lead a team to complete them.
• Must be able to Weld (MIG/MMA)

What we can offer you:

• A Salary of £40,000 (May be negotiable for the right candidate)
• 37.5 Hours a week
• Opportunities for Career Development in a well established, international company
• 22 days holiday + Bank Holidays
• Training Top up Courses
• Company Pension
• Moving to a brand new site at the end of the year

If this role is something you would be interested in, feel free to give me a call on , or simply click Apply.

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