Mechanical Maintenance Engineer – Panama Shift Pattern

Job Summary

• Salary: £48,985 (including shift allowance)
• Market Rate Allowance: £6,000 (post-observations)
• Total Earnings: £54,985 + up to 10% bonus (OTE £60,843)

Responsibilities

• Perform both reactive and proactive maintenance tasks, including VIM, VAR, and ESR furnaces.
• Diagnose mechanical system problems and plant faults accurately.
• Develop, create, and implement PPM schedules to maximize machine availability.
• Record daily activities and create work orders within CMMS (Pirana), using the system for fault diagnosis.
• Attend and contribute to daily and weekly planned maintenance meetings and plant priority reviews.
• Identify, specify, and order critical parts using the company’s system.
• Control and improve critical spares requirements.
• Ensure all required parts are booked out correctly and recorded as necessary.
• Collaborate with specialist OEM service engineers when required.
• Facilitate lean working methods to minimize waste and maximize efficiency, ensuring departmental objectives are met.
• Participate in training and upskilling activities to maintain and improve site and technical knowledge.
• Perform safety and quality risk assessments.
• Adhere to standard safe practices, procedures, environmental, and legislative requirements.

Skills, Experience, and Qualifications

• Some electrical experience/qualification or willingness to undertake electrical cross-skilling training.
• Experience with furnace mechanics and control systems is advantageous.
• Experience with furnace vacuum systems or vacuum technologies is advantageous.
• Demonstrable experience in a medium to heavy manufacturing environment (applicants from other industries considered).
• Essential fault-finding and problem-solving skills in mechanical, hydraulic, and pneumatic systems.
• Ability to read and understand engineering drawings.