Maintenance Engineer

Job Description:

Role: Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical & Electrical)

Salary: £40,000 to £45,000 DOE

Location: Whetstone, Leicester LE8

Hours: Rotating Shifts / Mon - Fri / 0600 - 1400 & 1200 - 2000

• You MUST have the RTW in the UK
• There is NOT sponsorship for this role

Accept Recruitment Ltd are delighted to be supporting our client to recruit for this role. We are experts in high-performance syntactic materials.

Summary
The ideal candidate will be experienced in Mechanical & Electrical and responsible for minimising down-time through Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM), improve production facilities, reduce the costs of breakdowns, resource and repairs, and increase overall reliability and safety of the plant, personnel and production processes.

Responsibilities

• Carrying out routine scheduled maintenance work and responding to equipment faults.
• Dealing with emergencies, breakdowns and repairs.
• Checking and calibrating instruments to ensure accuracy.
• Breakdowns: Use diagnostic and fault-finding methods to establish route cause and repair plant and equipment ensuring the minimal downtime. Using your findings, contribute to improving planned preventative maintenance.
• Always adhere to safety protocols and regulations.
• Fit new parts and making sure equipment is working correctly.
• Ensure that there is continuous cover of the machinery and equipment in case of breakdowns.
• Provide training to operators to enable them to perform routine basic maintenance activities such as cleaning valves etc.
• Participate in training programmes to stay updated with new technologies and best practices in maintenance engineering.
• Collaborate with other departments to address maintenance issues and improve overall efficiencies.
• Keep accurate records of maintenance activities and equipment performance.
• Manage external contractors whilst onsite.
• Assist with new plant builds / and installations across the sites.

What experience we need from you to secure the role:

Required Skills:

• A mechanical engineering apprenticeship or qualification.
• Industrial, agricultural or manufacturing background.
• Electrical and mechanical training/experience within an industrial setting.

Desirable Skills:

• An electrical engineering qualification.
• Working at Heights.
• Fabrication – manual machining/fitting/welding.
• Planned Preventative Maintenance.
• PLC Fault Finding / 3Phase.

Key Personal Attributes / Behavioural Competencies

• Capacity to understand a range of engineering functions and procedures.
• Team-working skills to collaborate and liaise with people at all levels.
• Good diagnostic and problem-solving skills.
• Confidence to respond positively when under pressure.
• Ability to logically fault find.
• Ability to read and understand electrical and mechanical drawings (desirable).
• Understanding of hydraulics and compressed air systems (desirable).

Salary: £40,000 - £45,000

Benefits: Pension / 33 days Holiday (FTE)

Hours: Rotating Shifts / Mon - Fri / 0600 - 1400 & 1200 - 2000

If you are interested in this position and meet the criteria, please apply today with your CV.
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Please note: We may close this vacancy early if we receive a high number of suitable applications. If you have not heard from us within 14 days of applying, please assume your application has not been successful on this occasion. Accept Recruitment is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy. We are recognised as one of the leading recruitment agencies in Leicester. If this role isn’t quite right for you, please visit our website to explore other permanent and temporary opportunities across various sectors. Equal Opportunities: Accept Recruitment is an equal opportunities recruiter. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, or any other protected characteristic.