Maintenance Engineer / Maintenance Engineeress

Job Opportunity: Maintenance Engineer

W Talent is exclusively representing a well-established manufacturing company that is seeking to recruit a permanent Maintenance Engineer. This is an excellent opportunity to join a dynamic manufacturing environment, where you'll support production through proactive maintenance and a rapid response to equipment breakdowns while ensuring high engineering and safety standards are upheld at all times.

Job Description

The successful Maintenance Engineer will be responsible for both reactive and preventative maintenance across a busy manufacturing facility. The role will involve responding to machinery breakdowns, completing planned maintenance activities, and ensuring all engineering work is accurately recorded and communicated to the wider engineering and production teams.

You will play a crucial role in maintaining equipment reliability, minimizing downtime, and ensuring all maintenance activities are completed safely and effectively in line with company procedures.

Key Responsibilities

• Respond promptly to machinery breakdowns, diagnose faults, and complete repairs to minimize production downtime.
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance activities across production machinery and equipment.
• Work in accordance with all health and safety procedures, including LOTO and Dynamic Risk Assessments.
• Prioritize and act on Engineering Reports generated following machinery breakdowns.
• Accurately record completed engineering work, faults identified, and any further actions required.
• Provide detailed shift reports outlining engineering activities completed and any outstanding issues.
• Communicate effectively with the Engineering Supervisor and Engineering Manager regarding breakdowns, machine status, and repair progress.
• Liaise with Planning Teams and Shift Managers when machinery needs to be stopped for maintenance or repairs.
• Contact machine manufacturers' technical departments when additional technical support is required and document advice and fault diagnosis.
• Ensure daily, weekly, and monthly preventative maintenance checks are completed within the required timeframes.
• Complete daily machinery checks, including checking oil levels and lubrication requirements.
• Maintain high standards of housekeeping within the maintenance workshop, engineering stores, and machine manual areas.
• Accurately record spare parts used and ensure replacement parts are requested when required.
• Ensure outstanding maintenance requirements are clearly communicated to the wider engineering team.
• Support ongoing improvements to machine reliability, availability, and overall production efficiency.

Key Requirements

• Engineering qualification or relevant engineering experience.
• Previous experience working within a manufacturing or industrial environment.
• Experience in carrying out reactive and preventative maintenance.
• Strong fault-finding and problem-solving skills.
• Good understanding of planned preventative maintenance systems and processes.
• Understanding of health and safety requirements within a manufacturing environment.
• Experience working with procedures such as LOTO and Dynamic Risk Assessments.
• Strong communication and organizational skills.
• Ability to work independently and effectively as part of an engineering team.
• Good attention to detail when completing engineering reports and maintenance records.

Advantageous Requirements

• Previous experience within FMCG or high-volume manufacturing.
• Experience using CMMS or engineering reporting systems.
• Electrical and mechanical fault-finding experience.
• Experience with pneumatics and hydraulics.
• PLC fault-finding experience.
• Experience working with machinery manufacturers' technical support teams.

Details & Benefits

• Salary: £42K
• Job Type: Permanent, full-time
• Hours: Monday-Friday, 3-shift rotating
• Location: Alfreton, Nottingham
• Additional: Overtime opportunities, training and development, employee benefits package

If you believe you possess the relevant background, experience, and skills for this position and are located within a commutable distance of Alfreton, please apply online using the form below. Only applications matching the job profile will be considered.