£42000 - £45000 per annum + Benefits Surrey

Maintenance Engineer (Mechanically Biased)

Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Biased)
North Hampshire / Surrey (GU12)

Commutable from – Basingstoke, Farnham, Woking Guildford, Aldershot, Reading, Farnborough

Monday-Friday 6am-2pm / 2pm-10pm

£42,000-£45,000 + Overtime

Benefits:-

Private Pension (3% Employee / 6% Employer) + X4 Life Assurance
25 Days Holiday + Bank Holidays
Company Sick Pay, Buy/Sell 5 Days Holiday

Our client is a leading packaging manufacturer, part of a multi-billion-pound global group, with a reputation for product quality which is second to none and industry leading standards. Due to growth and investment in the site, they are looking for 2 additional maintenance engineers – ideally mechanically biased.

Role & Responsibilities:

Working in a small team of engineers, responsible for providing engineering services to ensure high levels of machine availability, efficiency, reliability, safety & quality standards
Dealing with a variety of conveyors, production & packaging machinery, site services and automation
Electrical & mechanical fault finding, repairs of breakdowns and PPM schedules
Working sometimes on shift unsupervised
Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding and machining
Assist in project work – continuous improvements, new machine installations and upgrades
Electrical fault finding on safety circuits, motors
Provide long-term solutions to continuously improve machine reliability

Knowledge, Skills & Experience:

Must be a mechanically biased engineer
Need to have some electrical fault finding skills on safety circuits, motors etc.
Ideally have completed a time-served-apprenticeship
Must have worked in manufacturing / FMCG / fast-paced environment
Able to read electrical & mechanical drawings
Need to have a get stuck in attitude, working in a small engineering team, sometimes unsupervised
Previous experience of conveyors, chains, belt driven machinery, rotating equipment
Mechanical fabrication, fitting, welding, machining experience
PLC – electrical fault finding skills would be great
Ideally level 3 qualified in engineering discipline

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If you are interested in this role or looking for something similar, please contact our Managing Consultant Chris Gumm directly at chrisg@hunterselection.co.uk or call them for a confidential discussion on 01275 371981.

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