Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Bishop Auckland
8 months ago
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Rewards and Benefits on Offer;

  • Bonus scheme including performance bonus

  • Bereavement leave

  • Company pension

  • Cycle to work scheme

  • Employee discount

  • Enhanced maternity/paternity leave

  • Health & wellbeing programme

  • Life insurance and private medical insurance

  • Free On-site parking

  • Private medical insurance

  • Sick pay

    MTrec’s New Opportunity;

    MTrec Technical are proudly representing a prestigious manufacturing client based in County Durham with their plans for growth and expansion, by recruiting a permanent Maintenance Engineer to join their team. You will be joining a rapidly growing, dynamic company, with an excellent team-based culture and fantastic opportunities to progress your career.

    If you have a background in Maintenance with an electrical bias, please apply now for an immediate response.

    The Job You’ll Do;

  • Attend equipment breakdowns and seek to reach resolution in a timely manner.

  • Complete PM's against monthly plan.

  • Adhere to H&S requirements whilst performing duties.

  • Act as initial mentor to trainee/apprentices.

  • Actively manage critical spares including cycle counts and ensuring issue of supplies is carried out for shift.

  • Mentor and develop trainees/apprentices, promoting best practice techniques.

  • Ensure full accuracy of shift reporting within concise technical detail and timely work order management.

  • Liaise with production and provide accurate information regarding breakdowns and servicing to ensure plant operations remain efficient.

  • Work collaboratively with Manufacturing and Process Engineering to provide solutions to ongoing problems.

  • Seek to use condition monitoring techniques for accurate fault analysis and update planned schedules accordingly.

  • Work with vendors during breakdowns and planned visits and arrange support out of hours.

  • Proactively develop Maintenance Work Instructions to support creation and maintenance of procedure library.

  • Actively seek root cause conclusions during equipment breakdowns.

    About You;

  • HNC in relevant engineering discipline or NVQ Level 4 Maintenance.

  • Fully competent in both mechanical and electrical maintenance including fault finding, repair and understanding schematics.

  • Fully competent with robotic maintenance and programming.

  • Ability to connect and diagnose PLC programs

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