Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing Company.
Mechanical Maintenance Engineer
Job Summary
Responsible for the mechanical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing
environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance
and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques.
You will be highly motivated, with a ‘can do’ attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands.
You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.
Main Duties and Responsibilities
• Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, including various furnaces.
• You will be required to understand mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.
• Take part in the development, creation, and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.
• Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Pirana), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.
• Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies internal system.
• Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.
• Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.
• Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are
achieved.
• To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.
• Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge, and experience.
• Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.
• Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.
Skills Experience and Qualification
Desirable
• A relevant vocational qualification e.g., NVQ, ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. E
• Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training.
• Experience of furnace mechanics and their control system would be advantageous but NOT ESSENTIAL
• Experience of furnace systems would be advantageous but NOT ESSENTIAL
Demonstrable
• Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.
• Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential – mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.
Panama shift pattern
The position also includes a bonus of up to 10% paid quarterly OTE £59,220
Reference: 52425055
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