Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Are you a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer with experience of working within Heavy Industry or Process Manufacturing?

Are you looking to work for an established but continually growing company where you can continue to develop new skills and build on your career? If so we would like to hear from you.

As a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer you will be responsible for carrying out planned, predictive and reactive mechanical maintenance to ensure optimum efficiency of all machinery and plant requirements are met. Involvement in all mechanical activities on a day-to-day basis, current projects, and future projects.

Key activities and responsibilities of a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

• Perform planned, predictive, and reactive mechanical maintenance in a timely manner, whilst adhering to safe working procedures
• Attending breakdowns, fault finding and conducting rectifications of faults
• Perform preventative maintenance inspection (PM), diagnose, repair, and rebuild major equipment/components including pumps, centrifuges, screw conveyors, gearboxes, milling equipment, pulleys, shafts, bearing and belts
• Perform Daily Equipment Inspections (DEI) and greasing schedules
• Involvement in the testing, improvement and maintenance of manufacturing processes and infrastructure
• Work in conjunction with contractors/vendor service teams when more specialised skills are required
• Support the implementation of a computerised maintenance management system (CMMS) of all repairs, servicing, and modifications to equipment
• Work towards a zero-breakdown and zero-stop mentality

Skills & Knowledge

• Apprentice trained or relevant mechanical engineering qualifications, with the ability to demonstrate suitable experience in a similar role
• Ability to work unsupervised when tasked to do so, and to organise the work of others, where relevant, in response to the site needs
• Proven ability to multi-task and manage multiple priorities, whilst working to high standards and time constraints
• Positive and proactive problem solver
• Machine shop experience would be beneficial
• Experience in fabrication and welding such as TIG, MMA, MIG etc
• Ability to be on call out of hours on a rota system

What's in it for you?

• Competitive salary relevant to work experience
• 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)
• Generous Pension Scheme
• Life Assurance Scheme
• Healthcare scheme available after one year’s service

Applicants must have unrestricted right to work in the UK. Visa sponsorship is not available for this role.

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