Maintenance Engineer

Job title | Maintenance Engineer

Reporting to: | Maintenance Manager

Location | The role will be based at our manufacturing Site in Leicester.

Hours | Either working the Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 7.30am to 4.30pm) or the Double Day Shift (Monday to Friday, 06:00 to 14:00 & 14:00 to 22:00, rotating weekly)

The Nylacast Group are a worldwide leader in the design, manufacture and supply of engineering plastic solutions, with a global brand presence and 9 worldwide locations.

The Maintenance Engineer roll will aid the overall effectiveness & efficiency of the division by reducing downtime on machines whilst continuously striving to improve processes to plant & machinery and furthermore to provide a support service to the production and to the Division in relation to maintenance issues to ensure machinery has maximum uptime possible.

Main duties include:

• Responsible for Reactive / Breakdown Maintenance
• Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM)
• Support in the improvement of processes and machinery
• Comply with Nylacast Ltd H&S policy and all statutory Safety, Health and Environment requirements and ensure that all H&S procedures, engineering best practices are adhered to at all times.
• Ensure accurate & timely records are entered / recorded of all work carried out, root causes of failures and of spares / consumables used.
• Regular sourcing and interaction with our suppliers and sub-contractors for products and services
• Ensure engineering downtime is accurately logged, monitor repair times, and find new methods / procedures to reduce these.
• Provide engineering support to production to ensure efficient performance of all equipment.

• Must be a time served engineer (Mechanical or Electrical)
• Recognised engineering qualifications (essential)
• Previous maintenance experience – manufacturing environment preferable (essential)
• Competent electrical / electronic fault finding and analysis skills (essential)
• Self-managing - Must be able to work under own supervision or as part of a team
• Excellent communication skills

Nylacast Ltd welcomes the talent of people from diverse backgrounds to provide expertise dedication and imagination to propel us to a prosperous future. We believe that all employees have a right to be treated with dignity and as such will not tolerate any form of harassment and furthermore Nylacast operates Non-Smoking Policies.

Please note due to the high level of Applications/CV's that we will potentially receive, we will only be contacting applicants that will be taken through to the next stage