Maintenance Engineer
Preston / Blackpool
Salary circa £40,000 pa
Days - Monday to Friday Days 8am-4.30pm (No Evenings, No Weekends)
Great opportunity to join a food manufacturing business that has experienced tremendous growth through industry-leading levels of investment in their people, products, and production facilities. The business is keen to appoint a Maintenance Engineer (Electrical OR Mechanical bias) to join the Engineering Team and work across the full scope of production facilities on site.
The Role
* Work 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday (No evenings or weekends);
* Undertake planned preventative maintenance, liaising with the production department;
* Ensure that machinery, systems, infrastructure, and equipment run optimally with minimal downtime;
* Respond to equipment breakdowns and conduct routine and condition-based maintenance;
* Diagnose faults and research solutions to stop re-occurring breakdowns;
* Establish different maintenance procedures and protocols;
* Conduct and oversee maintenance process audits;
* Be involved with Project Engineering at a site benefitting from considerable CAPEX investment;
* Assist with the implementation of robust Engineering systems;
* Work closely with all departments: Operations, Manufacturing, Quality/Technical, Supply Chain;
* Work with the production team to improve production flow, throughput and productivity on a variety of products and manufacturing processes;
* Liaise with Engineering suppliers to ensure timely and cost-efficient solutions to parts ordering, spares holding and service contract support;
* During new product trials the Engineer appointed will provide expertise, guidance and practical support in the specification, trialling and introduction of new products into Manufacturing.
The Person
* Experienced with automated factory and planned maintenance systems;
* Possess Maintenance Engineering experience gained from within a Manufacturing environment;
* Have the ability to work well within a team and independently;
* To be a proactive problem-solver with excellent attention to detail;
* Self-motivated and willing to go the extra mile;
* Educated to NVQ L3 / ONC / HNC (Mechanical or Electrical);
* Competent in a variety of engineering disciplines (Electrical, Mechanical, Plant);
* Able to work at pace and possess the passion and determination to improve the Engineering function, always looking for better. Ref 3570