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Questech Recruitment are recruiting for one of our clients who are a household name in the UK and we are currently looking for an Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer to join the team as an Automation Maintenance Technician in Northampton.

The Pay

£51,051 per year basis, plus additional night shift allowance & weekend supplement payments where applicable.

The Shifts

Fortnightly shift rotation system 12 hour shifts - Days 07:00 - 19:00 & Nights 19:00 - 07:00
You must have some degree of voluntary flexibility to meet the business 24/7 operational needs on occasion, including voluntary overtime coverage and occasional shift pattern flexibility.

The Role

* Responsible for ensuring availability and performance of automation assets through completion of effective maintenance procedures.

* Perform maintenance tasks, including preventative, predictive and corrective maintenance

* Performing continuous improvement activities

* Provide effective and efficient support to the Engineering Manager, Maintenance Team Leads, completion of end of shift reports, fault logging and data entry

* Identify the root cause of automation breakdowns and prioritize corrective actions to meet operational processing requirements

* Monitor equipment performance and improve automation outputs in collaboration with operational stakeholders. Identifying and working on Continuous Improvement projects, conception to implementation ownership for machinery.

* Ability to work on own initiative and as part of a team to achieve common goals

About You

* You need to be an experienced multi-skilled engineer qualified in electrical and mechanical engineering (minimum ONC Electrical Engineering / NVQ Level 3 – or equivalent).

* Must have a good understanding of Health & Safety legislation.

* Have first-hand experience of maintaining automation equipment, ideally PLC.

* The ability to communicate complex issues effectively.

For more information about this role please contact Simon or alternatively to be considered for this role please apply with your most up to date CV