Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, permanent career opportunity for a qualified and experienced mechanical maintenance engineer working a double day shift (Monday to Friday), based in Leicestershire. Working for a well-established UK manufacturer, the package offers a salary of £46500 plus a range of attractive employee benefits and ongoing career training and development.
Your maintenance engineering skills will include continuous maintenance of fully automated machinery and plant equipment, ensuring that all equipment and services are maintained to the highest operating standards. You will be responsible for conducting PPM checks, identifying and implementing machinery and equipment breakdowns, conducting repair and replacement of parts, training of production operatives and the completion of engineering paperwork.
There is a consistent need to reduce engineering down time, therefore the need to respond rapidly to machine breakdowns and failures is critical, working within the wider engineering team to deliver, develop and improve maintenance schedules.
Ideally educated to HNC/ONC and/or NVQ Level 3 in electrical engineering or as a time served engineer, you will be able to evidence at least 3-5 years previous, relevant electrical maintenance engineering experience. Reporting to the site engineering manager, you will need to undertake projects and assist with all on site installations and machinery/equipment assessment.
As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, you will endorse high standards of work output, identifying any areas for immediate remedial action, ensuring that all machinery and equipment performance is maintained at optimum levels. Naturally there is a need to comply with all Health and Safety operating procedures, identifying and managing risk, reporting on any accident, assessing near misses and any property damage caused at any time. A very challenging and rewarding mechanical engineering vacancy that offers career stability.