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Job Ref: KB73
Location: Melksham, Wiltshire
Salary: £40,000 DOE
Role: Multiskilled Engineer
Working Hours: 40 hours per week - Monday to Friday based on Double Day shift – 6am-2pm/2pm-6pm

First Military Recruitment are working with a worldwide organisation, leading the way in print industry, looking for a Multiskilled Engineer to join the business, and continuously improve their every expanding teams.

Within this role you will maintain efficiency in all areas of the factory.  This includes reactive and planned maintenance with industrial manufacturing machinery. You will also be involved in projects and continuous improvements to site.

This is a role that Mechanically minded engineers are key, with a solid understanding of Electrical maintenance partnered with it, so its split around 60% Mechanical and 40% Electrical.

Your duties as a Multiskilled Engineer:

Reactive Maintenance on automated production machinery
Pre-planned Maintenance (PPM) - Input to and carry out preventive maintenance routines
Mechanical fault finding
Electrical fault finding with and without diagrams (three phase and control systems)
Fault finding and repair on hydraulic or pneumatic systems
Contributing to cost effective technical solutions
Be part of a weekend call-out rota
Maintain and increased machine efficiencies re: OEE
Unplanned Downtime Reduction
Route Cause Analysis
Component Failure Analysis and MTBF used for predictive and preventative planning.

Ideal experience for the successful Multiskilled Engineer

A relevant recognised engineering qualification in mechanical or electrical engineering to a level of City and Guilds level 3/ NVQ level 3
Experience working in a small team and must have an aptitude for dealing with mechanical/electrical works, breakdowns, repairs and fault diagnosis
Strong mechanical skills to repair machinery to keep downtime to a minimum
Strong electrical fault-finding skill in particular on PLC’s, drives and inverters
Excellent fault finding and diagnostic skills
Ability to read and interpret engineering diagrams
Pneumatic skills and experience
Knowledge of HV/LV Switchgear and electrical drives
Understanding of PLC’s, their function and program modification/fault finding (Elec)

Desirable skills:

Apprentice trained to ONC/HNC level or equivalent in mechanical or electrical engineering
18th Edition qualified
Hydraulic knowledge would be advantageous
Strong Continuous Improvement Experience
Print background preferred, but not essential