Maintenance Engineer

Our client, a major manufacturer of bearings for the aerospace and automotive industry, is looking for a Maintenance Engineer – with an electrical bias. You will be servicing, fault finding, repairing and improving on a wide range of production equipment – including CNC lathes, mills and grinding machines.

This opportunity is a permanent opportunity with an attractive salary. You will be working on a double day shift rotating, the hours are 05:50-14:00 and 13:50 – 22:00 Monday to Thursday and Fridays 05:50-11:20 and 11:10-16:40 shift premium is offered.

What would you do?

• Carry out Preventative Maintenance in accordance with schedules
• Resolve breakdowns
• Fault find to the cause of failures
• Source and purchase spares
• Carrying out both electrical and mechanical maintenance tasks
• Test & inspect electrical installations
• Communicate to operators/mangers/engineers/contractors
• Be active in supporting, creating and implementing new ways of working/good working practices
• Drive a continuous improvement culture
• Support supplier and subcontractor development, where applicable
• Run your operations according to the Code of Conduct, Environment Health & Safety (EHS) and Quality Policies, and work according to the Quality Management System

What are we looking for?

• Apprentices trained and have a range of industry recognized qualifications such as: City & Guilds, NVQ's , BTEC, HNC, HND etc.
• Experience in a CNC manufacturing environment
• Understand good maintenance and engineering practices
• Excellent Electrical knowledge
• Excellent Mechatronics knowledge
• Good understanding of Preventative Maintenance principles/methodologies
• Able to use own initiative and work autonomously when required
• Be flexible to work overtime and support a small team