Maintenance - Maintenance Engineer

Amphenol Ltd - Whitstable, Thanet Way, Whitstable, Kent, United Kingdom

Posted Friday 19 December 2025 at 06:00

The Company: With innovation and engineering at the heart of our business, Amphenol Ltd (ALTD) has been at the forefront of using the latest technologies and practices for over 50 years to meet the needs of interconnection in a variety of applications. As part of the Amphenol Corporation - a leading global interconnect Fortune 500 specialist company, ALTD is continuing to grow and significantly investing in the future.

Based in Whitstable Kent, ALTD has maintained its status as a market leader in the Aerospace and Military industries and growth targets remain on track as part of our strategic plan. With c230 employees across a wide range of disciplines, our end-to-end manufacturing capabilities provide endless opportunities for our employees to grow their career and professional experiences.

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The Vacancy:

Purpose of the role:

To be a key member of the Maintenance team working on:

• Ensuring the internal customers are supported.
• PPM (Planned Preventative Maintenance) – to plant and facilities.
• Reactive work orders – working on equipment failures & facilities issues.
• Continuous improvement to manufacturing processes.
• Deliver/support projects – such as new equipment installations, site regeneration activities and sustainability improvements.

In addition, this position will support the implementation of key changes and improvements within the department and Facilities, including but not limited to opportunities for increasing flexibility and work processes to improve overall performance and efficiency.

Duties and responsibilities:

Maintain a responsible attitude to work, be able to work unsupervised and apply technical and manual skills required to meet requirements of the role when carrying out:

• Diagnose the failure and causes of asset/component breakdowns, repair or fit new parts and make sure the equipment is working correctly.
• Complete PPM tasks including Condition Based Monitoring. Identify remedial works and coordinate the resolutions in a timely manner.
• Utilise the CMMS system to prioritise works, lead discussions within the departmental morning meeting, balance resolving long term actions along with the short-term urgent actions.
• Maintain a responsible attitude to work, and liaise with departments, customers and other engineering and production colleagues in a professional manner.
• Maintain and store maintenance tools and equipment to the standard required.
• Provide a timely breakdown response to emergencies, unplanned problems, and repairs.
• Work with specialist equipment such as programmable logic controllers (PLC), hydraulic and pneumatic systems, which control machinery in the machine shop, assembly and plating shop area.
• Installation of electrical and / or mechanical plant and equipment i.e. Control panels, fixed electrical installations & testing,
• Support with facilities maintenance i.e. Buildings, roadways, water systems (plant & operations), communication systems
• Interpreting electrical / mechanical drawings, schematics, and operating instructions to support the planned maintenance schedules.
• Satisfying maintenance database documentation, records, and reporting requirements.
• Assist in the development and implementation of site services procedures, work instructions and safe systems of work.
• Liaise and coordinate third party activity including management of contractors, reviewing RAMS, issuing PTW etc when required.
• Support with sourcing components and processing the purchase order.
• Review and conduct internal risk assessments and methods statements as required by the business.
• Support with identifying gaps within current processes and providing solutions to bridge them.
• Support with overtime as required by the business.
• Adhere to Company policies and procedures and identify any training and development requirements for individuals to the F&M Manager or Team Leader for inclusion in the departmental training plan.
• Carries out such…