Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Job Description:

Thorn Baker Industrial Recruitment are looking for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join a successful engineering company based in Leicester.

This is a permanent position with the hiring company

The Job:

You will be part of the Maintenance Team responsible for reactive and preventative maintenance of their machines

Hours are: Mon-Thurs 6am-2.30pm and Friday 6am-11.30am - 37.5 hours per week

Salary: £35k per annum

Role Responsibilities:

• Provide  mechanical maintenance to a wide range of CNC and specialist machinery
• Mechanical repairs to gearboxes, bearings, shafts, drive chains, pumps and tanks
• Manage and resolve reactive breakdown repairs, reducing machine downtimes to a minimum
• As required carry out major refurbishment of plant, equipment and machinery
• PLC fault finding and interrogation
• Investigate reported faults, identify the cause and decide the necessary course of action to rectify the fault
• Planned preventative maintenance
• Comply with legal requirements and to work within Company health and safety guidelines

The Person:

• HNC or equivalent in Mechanical  Engineering
• Minimum 3 years experience in an Engineering environment which includes experience of fault-finding and repairing CNC multi-axis machines - ESSENTIAL
• Conversant with Fanuc & Siemens controls
• Conversant with present and emerging technology, up to date knowledge of equipment and techniques

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