Maintenance Engineer

Objective: To take responsibility for all aspects of breakdown and preventative maintenance, for both the manufacturing plant and equipment on site, including the building facility and services.

• Repair machine breakdowns in a timely manner with or without the assistance of a third-party company.
• Organise all Preventative Maintenance and Predictive Maintenance without exceeding the “Point of Diminishing Returns on Investment” for the labour, tools and materials required to perform the work.
• Organise & plan the maintenance of production facilities & building (civil, electrical and mechanical)
• Co-ordinate equipment breakdown support
• Identify and liaise with suppliers of maintenance services required;
• Identify and maintain critical spares that are either held on site or at suppliers
• Investigate maintenance problems affecting production and deal with them in a systematic, methodical manner
• Manage maintenance and project budgets
• Work with regulatory bodies to ensure safety, environmental and design standards are met;
• Ensure HSE objectives and requirements are met plant wide
• Carry out any other duties reasonable within capability as required.
• The ability to diagnose and repair both mechanical and electrical faults on CNC machinery.
• Knowledge of pneumatic and hydraulic machinery and control circuits.
• The ability to work cooperatively and liaise with people at all levels;
• Good team working skills
• Good problem-solving skills
• Good organisational skills
• The confidence to respond positively when under pressure
• IT literate, able to produce reports, monitor breakdown trends, monitor costs

• Time served maintenance engineer.
• Familiar with core maintenance and modern manufacturing techniques such as lean, TPM, PPM, effectiveness, instruction writing, asset care and failure mode analysis.
• Must have Mechanical and Electrical experience in a manufacturing CNC environment
• Qualified to a City and Guilds, HNC / HND or equivalent level in a relevant discipline.