Package
Role - Maintenance Engineer (Shift)
Location - Peterborough
Contract Type - Permanent, Full time
Working Pattern - Site based (Continental shift pattern)
Salary - £53,553 per annum
Start Date - ASAP
What's in it for you
- Competitive salary
- Attractive pension scheme
- Opportunities for career growth and development
- Collaborative and dynamic work environment
- Comprehensive benefits package
About the role - Maintenance Engineer
Our client is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to maintain all their electrical equipment, machinery, auxiliary instruments, and gauges, ensuring minimum disruption to production and compliance with safety requirements across their state-of-the-art factory.
Responsibilities
Maintenance, Repairs and Changeovers
- Complete planned maintenance activities as per schedule
- Conduct equipment set-up evaluation (ESE) after maintenance, breakdowns, and tooling replacements
- Complete size changeovers as per production planning requirements and seek to improve the changeover process
- Ensure availability and efficient function of re-conditioned spares
- Support the Production Team during major machine and services breakdowns
Manufacturing of Parts & Unit Spares
- Where necessary, re-engineer spare parts using drawings or reverse engineering from existing parts
- Manufacture unit spares for machines using a full range of engineering machines (lathes, millers, grinders etc.)
- Manufacture small component parts for production machinery (E.g., bushes, pins, guards etc.)
- Manufacture, fit and maintain machine guards, where required
- Re-dress grinding machine wheels
- Maintain all safe working practices as required by Health and Safety Legislation and Power Press Regulations
- Maintain a good standard of housekeeping by regular cleaning of machines and floor and disposing of scrap
Tool Care
- Service, maintain, re-assemble, and ensure a quality supply of tool parts associated with the manufacture of beverage cans
Additional Duties
- When production demands determine, operate, maintain, repair, and improve all production machinery to produce maximum output of the required quality
- Comply with all administration procedures associated with tooling maintenance
- Assist in trials, installation and commissioning of equipment as directed by immediate Manager
- Work flexibly in any work area as far as safety and capability allows
What we need from you
- Level 3 Apprenticeship (or equivalent) in Mechanical Engineering/Maintenance
- Previous experience in using workshop machinery and measuring equipment (lathe, milling, welding, cutting etc)
- Commitment to Health and Safety
- A 'can-do' attitude
- A drive for continuous improvement
What we would like from you
- HNC (Level 4) qualification
- Relevant experience in maintaining can making equipment