Mechanical Maintenance Engineer – Plymouth based

My client is looking for a mechanical maintenance engineer to join their team to support their growth. Established over a decade ago, they have gone from strength to strength and with ambitious plans for the future, are looking to grow their team of skilled engineers.

They are partnered with a global, award-winning food manufacturer and this role gives you the opportunity to work in a technically challenging and diverse environment, carrying out mechanical maintenance on a range of production and packing machinery.

Your prime objective is to ensure that machinery and equipment is kept in good working order through both planned and reactive maintenance.

Key responsibilities:

• Perform regular maintenance checks
• Take proactive measures to prevent issues and maintain machinery/equipment functionality.
• Predictive maintenance
• Unplanned maintenance (corrective/reactive)
• Replacing worn components, lubricating gears, motors, pumps and other moving parts, calibrating instruments, replacing filters, gears, valves etc.
• Document all maintenance operations
• Collaborate with co-workers to schedule planned maintenance

The person:

• Mechanical or multi skilled maintenance background
• 3 years experience in a similar role
• FMCG factory experience desirable
• Flexible
• Reliable

Benefits:

• Salary £38k-£40k DOE
• Private Pension
• 25 days holiday + Bank holidays
• 40 hours per week, Monday – Friday, 6am – 2pm shift