Maintenance Engineer

Role Type: Permanent

Location: Huddersfield, West Yorkshire,

Salary From: £28500

Salary To: £35000

Contact Name: Amanda Craven

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Major Recruitment are currently seeking a Maintanence Engineer for our client based in the Huddersfield area.

The ideal applicant should be apprentice trained, with good all-round skills, i.e. fitting, turning, milling and welding. They should have a minimum of five years’ experience in a maintenance engineering environment.

Knowledge of any of the following would be beneficial: overhead traversing gantry cranes, compressors, refrigeration plant, low pressure air blowers, gas-fired combustion equipment, forklift trucks (diesel & electric), pumps, valves and associated systems.

Electrical knowledge and experience of electro-chemical process plant would be an advantage.

Although the position is more mechanical biased, a suitably experienced electrician would be considered.

Responsibilities:

  • Responsible to the Maintenance Manager.
  • Working alongside other Maintenance Technicians to complete both planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring resources are allocated to priority areas.
  • Assisting with major breakdowns.
  • Minimise Plant downtime.
  • Provide a daily shift report.
  • Assist in maintaining the cleanliness of plant and adjacent areas.
  • Perform other reasonable duties as agreed with management
  • Perform testing and inspecting of mechanical systems in accordance with industry standards
  • Be resilient under pressure and be able to converse confidently with staff.
  • Planned preventative maintenance
  • Implement all mechanical maintenance and corrective works on the site in accordance with Maintenance Instructions, site specific procedures.
  • Undertake defect surveys on electrical plant and systems and providing reports as requested by engineering management
  • Assist in other areas of the company when requested by Management.

Personal Attributes:

  • Hands on approach to Plant maintenance.
  • Fault finding and diagnostic ability.
  • Safe approach to all work tasks.
  • Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
  • Problem solving attitude.
  • Knowledge/Qualifications in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines.
  • Multi skilled engineer in a manufacturing or production environment.
  • Able to ARC/MMA welding
  • Ideally multi-skilled
  • Mechanically biased
  • Good understanding of pumps and ancillary equipment
  • 18th Edition Preferred (but not essential)
  • Willing to undertake Further Training where needed
  • A flexible approach to working hours and duties is essential due to the 24hr operation of the plant/process-line

Hours

  • 00-16.30 Monday – Thursday
  • 00- 15.30 Friday
  • Saturday as required
  • Call outs when Needed

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