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Maintenance Engineer

Knowsley

Salary: Circa £39,500kpa

Shifts: Rotating Shift Pattern, Mon-Fri 6:00am – 14:00pm / 14:00pm – 22:00pm

A local Manufacturing company who are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their team.

Purpose of Role – Maintenance Engineer

* Undertake the day to day electrical and mechanical maintenance and repair of all machinery, plant, equipment & facilities.

* Liaise with Engineering Manager, Shift Managers and other shift staff in providing electrical and mechanical maintenance support on shift.

* Undertake electrical and mechanical fault diagnosis and repair on plant and machinery.

* Identify and report on materials and parts required to overcome breakdowns and repairs.

* Breakdown resolution, repairs and improvements to all machinery and processes.

* The use of multi test equipment to identify and rectify faults within control systems.

* Record detailed and accurate repairs information relating to repair inspections or completed repair jobs.

* Ensure parts required to repair machines are ordered through the relevant process in a timely fashion.

* Ensure all work is carried out to the highest standard and ensure compliance with the Company’s Health and Safety Policy.

* Observe and comply with all good working practices and embrace the company team ethic of success.

* Complete an end of shift report detailing work undertaken in the shift.

* Provide shift handover information for oncoming shift and for engineering department.

* Undertake training, as necessary to maintain high standards in the quality of work provided.

* Any other duties as required by line management, commensurate with the post holder’s level of training and competence.

Candidate requirements – Maintenance Engineer

The ideal candidate must come from the engineering industry as a Maintenance Engineer. You will also have the following skills, qualifications and experience:

* Ideally hold an electrical qualification such as C&G, HNC, HND or similar

* Ideally hold 17th/18th edition in wiring regs

* Experience gained in a manufacturing environment (Essential)

* Pneumatics fault finding (Essential)

* Interpretation of complex electrical drawings (Essential)

Experience in the following modern control systems (Desirable)

* PLCs fault finding

* Drives & Controls

* Encoders, sensors & feedback systems

* CNC machine controls

* Modifications to electrical and electronics circuits (Desirable)

* Retrofitting of drives and configuring parameters (Desirable)

* Some experience of installation projects (Desirable)

Ler (SG) Ltd are acting as a 3rd party on behalf of our client. All applications will be held on our database for current and future positions.

We will endeavour to get back to all applicants but if you have not heard from LER within 10 working days then your application has been unsuccessful but please feel free to contact us for an update