Maintenance Technician

Location: Aldershot, Hampshire
Salary: £18 - £20 per hour
Hours: 39 hours per week
Job Type: Full-Time, Permanent

Benefits

* 33 days holiday (including Bank Holidays)

* 5% employer pension contribution

* Stable engineering environment

* Opportunity to work on bespoke machinery and specialist equipment

Overview

The successful candidate will join a small, hands-on maintenance team and will also have the opportunity to support mechanical builds of bespoke machinery and equipment projects when required.

This position would suit a mechanically biased maintenance engineer, fitter, technician or service engineer looking for a stable site-based role.

Key Responsibilities

Maintenance & Fault Finding

Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) and reactive repairs on production machinery and plant equipment.

Diagnose and resolve mechanical faults to minimise downtime and maintain production efficiency.

Production Equipment Support

Maintain a range of manufacturing equipment, machinery and supporting plant systems.

Assist with troubleshooting equipment issues and supporting production teams.

Maintenance Planning

* Contribute to the site maintenance schedule and PPM programme, helping to improve reliability and reduce breakdowns.

Site Facilities

* Assist with general maintenance across the site, including mechanical infrastructure and auxiliary equipment.

Continuous Improvement

* Identify opportunities to improve equipment reliability, safety and production efficiency.

Candidate Requirements

Essential Experience

* Previous experience in a maintenance, engineering, or mechanical technician role.

* Strong mechanical fault-finding and repair skills.

* Experience working with industrial machinery, plant equipment or production environments.

Desirable Experience

* Experience within manufacturing, engineering, production or industrial environments.

* Basic electrical fault-finding or multi-skilled maintenance experience.

Suitable Backgrounds May Include

* Maintenance Engineer

* Mechanical Maintenance Technician

* Mechanical Fitter

* Multi-Skilled Engineer

* Service Engineer (looking to move into a site-based role)

* Industrial or plant maintenance roles

Qualifications

Mechanical Engineering apprenticeship

or

NVQ / City & Guilds Level 3 in Mechanical Engineering (or similar)

or

Equivalent hands-on industry experience

Working Environment

The role supports a technically interesting manufacturing environment where machinery ranges from legacy equipment through to modern production systems, providing engineers with a varied and hands-on role.

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