Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

REED Engineering & Manufacturing are working with a leading Engineering & Manufacturing Company.

Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Job Summary

Responsible for the mechanical engineering maintenance activities within a medium to heavy manufacturing

environment. Providing a proactive service which contributes towards reducing downtime, improving plant performance

and reliability using preventative and predictive maintenance methods and techniques.

You will be highly motivated, with a 'can do' attitude towards your work, as well as having a degree of flexibility to help meet business needs and market demands.

You will be a major exponent of Health and safety practices, with a strong focus towards work quality and plant standards.

Main Duties and Responsibilities

* Carry out both re-active and pro-active maintenance tasks, including various furnaces.

* You will be required to understand mechanical systems and be able to diagnose problems/plant faults constructively and accurately.

* Take part in the development, creation, and implementation of PPM schedules to achieve maximum machine availability.

* Record daily activities and creation of work orders within a CMMS (Pirana), as well as using the system to assist with any fault diagnosis.

* Attend and contribute towards daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings/plant priority reviews.

* Identify/specify and order critical parts using the companies internal system.

* Contribute towards the control and improvement of critical spares requirements.

* Ensure that all parts required are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.

* Work with specialist OEM service engineers where required.

* Facilitate lean ways of working to minimise waste and maximise efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are

achieved.

* To participate in training and upskilling activities to help maintain and improve your site and technical knowledge.

* Undertake any other tasks, which are reasonable in relation to the skills, knowledge, and experience.

* Able to perform safety & quality risk assessments and work.

* Adhere to standard safe practices and procedures, environmental and legislative requirements.

Skills Experience and Qualification

Desirable

* A relevant vocational qualification e.g., NVQ, ONC, HNC, HND, C&G or an appropriate apprenticeship. E

* Some electrical experience/qualification or the willingness to undertake electrical cross skilling training.

* Experience of furnace mechanics and their control system would be advantageous but NOT ESSENTIAL

* Experience of furnace systems would be advantageous but NOT ESSENTIAL

Demonstrable

* Experience within a medium to heavy manufacturing environment, although applicants from other industries would also be considered.

* Good fault finding and problem-solving skills essential - mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic systems.

* Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.

Panama shift pattern

The position also includes a bonus of up to 10% paid quarterly OTE £59,220