Do you like tinkering on classic cars or bikes?
Have you worked as a mechanic in a work shop?
Have you a background mending tractors and agricultural vehicles, then this could be the job for you…
Maintenance Engineer
Salary: £14.50 - £15 BASIC / hour (plus £1.97 per hour hours 6pm- 7 am and £5.50 an hour 11am to 6 am). Hours are 6-2/1-10 and occasional nights 11-6
Benefits: 23 days holiday + bank holidays, Pension scheme, NHS Top up scheme
Hours: Full time
Location: South Chard
Our client Based in South Somerset, produce fabric for film and theatre, bridal wear, military, parachute, radar reflective among other applications
Due to an on-going expansion within their engineering department, they are looking to recruit a maintenance engineer.
The successful candidate will be primarily involved in carrying out mechanical maintenance on large production machines as well as responding to and repairing mechanical breakdowns. The maintenance engineer must use their problem-solving skills to help trouble shoot issues to prevent re-occurrence. Once trained, the maintenance engineer will be involved in conducting planned on-going refurbishments to production machinery.
Duties Include:
- Carry out checks and thermal inspections on production machinery
- Carry out TPM and respond to reactive maintenance requirements
- Work efficiently to ensure all works are completed in a safe manner and to Health and Safety regulations
- Conduct relevant repairs or improvements and carry out preventative maintenance on equipment
- Respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns and other engineering problems
- Accurately complete all engineering documentation required
- Manufacture spare parts (simple brackets, guards and fixtures) using lathes or milling
The Ideal Candidate:
- Excellent communication skills
- Good eye for detail
- Ability to maintain performance and work effectively under pressure
- Good knowledge of mechanical/ maintenance engineering
- Welding certificate (ideal not essential)
- A self-starter who enjoys the challenges presented by complex machinery
- Bright and technically sound individual with a commercial outlook
- Enthusiastic and clear thinking
- Embraces change and continuously looks for ways to make improvements
