Maintenance Engineer

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer - MONDAY-FRIDAY

Salary: £46,000

Location: Basildon, Essex

Shift- Double Days

An established manufacturing site is seeking an innovative and proactive Maintenance Engineer to support production through effective planned and reactive maintenance. This is a critical role within a large-scale, continuous process environment, working on specialist production lines and complex machinery. The position has a strong focus on planned preventative maintenance and continuous improvement, while still requiring the ability to respond quickly and effectively to breakdowns.

Skills required for Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer:

• You will be responsible for maintaining plant and services to ensure maximum performance, efficiency, and safety across production lines.
• 60% planned preventative maintenance / 40% reactive maintenance
• Carry out maintenance on production machinery, plant, and site services
• Respond to and resolve breakdowns to minimise downtime
• Support installation work alongside a dedicated project team
• Must be apprentice trained
• Electrical maintenance, fault-finding, and repairs on production machinery
• PLC fault-finding and diagnostics
• Work on:
  • Electrical and control panels
  • Motors and motor control circuits
  • Sensors and instrumentation
  • Inverters, relays, and contactors
• Mechanical maintenance and inspection of processing machinery
• Diagnosing mechanical faults and carrying out repairs
• Preventative maintenance to reduce unplanned downtime
• Working on moving parts, drives, and process equipment

The Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineer will benefit from:

• Monday to Friday - Double Days Shift Pattern (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm)
• Technically interesting, large-scale production environment
• Strong focus on preventative maintenance and continuous improvement
• Opportunity to improve OEE and make a real operational impact
• Stable site with dedicated engineering and project support

If you are interested in this role and feel that you have the right skills then please click apply at the bottom of this advert.

For further details contact Eyleesha Bhatti  at Pioneer Selection

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