Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer Leigh 4 on 4 off, days and nights (7am-7pm / 7pm-7am) Salary up to 56,000 (dependant on experience) Excellent benefits package including a 7% bonus, 10% matched pension, life assurance, holiday allowance, training, overtime, canteen with a number of free meals, financial advice and an employee assistance programme. Healthcare is also planned, with details to be confirmed. This is a genuinely rare opportunity to work with a manufacturer that values its employees and develops engineering careers. The business champions workplace culture, training, support and engineering excellence. If you are looking for a brilliant long-term employer, this could be the opportunity for you. Role Description - What you will be doing Complete planned and reactive maintenance to maximise OEE, reduce downtime and improve machinery performanceCarry out electrical testing, fault-finding and safe isolation, with safety paramount at all timesUse CMMS systems to record, plan and manage maintenance activityWork collaboratively as part of a four-person engineering team and communicate effectively with production and other key stakeholdersMaintain the highest health and safety standards and safe working practicesIdentify opportunities for process improvement and work with the team to implement themMaintain mixers, valves, reactors and other mechanical equipmentSupport improvement projectsSkills and qualifications required: Time-served engineering apprenticeshipAt least three years of hands-on engineering experience after completing the apprenticeshipExperience within food manufacturing or food productionEither an electrical or mechanical bias will be consideredA good understanding of electrical testing, fault-finding and safe working practicesComfortable using CMMS systems; experience with the company's specific system is not requiredA strong team player, comfortable working within a four-person engineering teamAbility to work independently when requiredWillingness to undertake internal training and continue developing as an engineer Company Information Both Hunter Selection & our client strive to build an inclusive work environment for all and will consider all candidates without regard to gender, including gender identity, gender expression and gender reassignment, race including colour, nationality, ethnic or national origin, religion or belief, marital or civil partnership status, disability, age, sexual orientation, pregnancy or maternity or trade union membership. If you need assistance and/or reasonable accommodation due to a disability during the application or recruitment process please let us know. In return for your commitment my client offers a stable and secure career for technically motivated engineers. If you feel this is of interest, please click the link to apply Code: INDEMN If you are interested in this position please click 'apply'. Hunter Selection Limited is a recruitment consultancy with offices UK wide, specialising in permanent & contract roles within Engineering & Manufacturing, IT & Digital, Science & Technology and Service & Sales sectors. Please note as we receive a high level of applications we can only respond to applicants whose skills & qualifications are suitable for this position. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business.