Our client is seeking an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Technician.
Salary: £48,604.00 basic + £5,206 shift allowance
Hours: Rotating Shift - Monday to Saturday - 5:15am - 2pm, 1:15pm - 10pm and 9:15 pm - 6am - - from Monday to Saturday will work only 3 days on the rota - 40,5 hours
per week
1 x 40 min meal break
2 x 15 min tea breaks
Location: Purfleet, Essex
Benefits: 25 days leave + BH, pension up to 10% employer contribution
Health cash plan, employee assistance program, corporate perks discounts
Maintenance Technician, skills and experience required:
- Multi-skilled engineer, preferably with a strong foundation in mechanical engineering.
- Experience in industrial maintenance and/or automated production environment (ideally packaging).
- CMMS experience/knowledge is preferred.
- Working at heights and in confined spaces will be required.
- Time served as an Mechanical maintenance apprentice.
- TIG and MIG welding
- Educated to C&G, NVQ, ONC or HNC in Mechanical Engineering.
Maintenance Technician responsibilities:
- To liaise with the production management team to achieve production targets.
- To carry out fault-finding and repair on packing machinery and process plant.
- To carry out general maintenance on processing and packing machinery.
- Repairing and installing a wide range of mechanical equipment using precision maintenance techniques.
- To operate within Company Health and Safety policies.
- Continuous improvement of equipment and participating in equipment health discussions.
- Using the CMMS system to raise and update work orders.
- Experience using PLC and pneumatic systems an advantage ( Siemens and Rockwell)
- Participate in the creation risk assessment and method statements for maintenance tasks.
- Understanding of maintenance metrics.
- Support organisational goals.
- Mentor and coach colleges where needed.
- To maintain company housekeeping standards.