Job Description

Reporting to the Maintenance Managers, you will be responsible for supporting the manufacturing operation by performing preventative and reactive maintenance on a range of plant and machinery and standard factory facilities to ensure minimum factory down-time and maximum machine availability.

Main Duties

? Implementing and executing preventative maintenance programme for site plant and equipment

? Maintaining inventory of repair equipment and supplies

? Troubleshooting by consulting blueprints, schematics, electrical drawings, and other sources as necessary

? Responding to Company's maintenance emergency needs, including on call

? Assisting with equipment installations

? Operating/interrogating controls/PLC

? Routine lubrication of equipment

? Identification and implementation of continuous improvement activities

? Learn the Extrusion process to assist in troubleshooting

? Downtime analysis / Root cause analysis

Essential Criteria

The ideal candidate must have completed a recognised engineering apprenticeship in a relevant mechanical discipline with some electrical knowledge and experience in a similar role, have a good working knowledge of and be able to demonstrate competence in standard engineering disciplines including hydraulics and pneumatics, and day to day fault finding ability.

Desirable Criteria

Worked in a manufacturing factory environment

Knowledge of the Extrusion process and maintaining extrusion equipment including, as examples, changing heaters, granulator blades, level sensors, safety devices, proximity switches, bearings, and rollers.

Experience with scissor lifts and Cherry pickers

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From 38,000.00 per year

Benefits:

Company pension Life insurance
Work authorisation:

United Kingdom (required)
Work Location: In person