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Maintenance Engineer

Knottingley
1 week ago
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Maintenance Engineer

Location: Knottingley

Salary: £45,000 + Pension + Overtime

Shift Pattern 4 on 4 off 2D/2N, with 5 paid 18 day breaks off pear year

Reference: Jo6510/AD

The Company

My client is one of Europe’s leading manufacturers within its field of premium glass process engineering and associated products supplying into a wide variety of industries. The company is a well established producer to the global markets, having plants in the UK, Europe, Asia, and America. The Knottingley site is looking once again to expand due to further investment, within this globally secure organisation.

Key Skills

  • Apprentice Trained Engineer in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering

  • Experience of Automated machinery

  • Understanding of PPM systems

    The Role

    The successful candidate will be responsible for all aspects of day-to-day engineering and maintenance activities ensuring work is carried out to the highest standards and maximising machine efficiencies. The ideal candidate will have a full apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering and have process machinery manufacturing experience, with experience working on PPM systems,

    On a day to day basis you will work on glass forming machinery, furnaces, clutches, drives, gearboxes, pumps, general mechanical work, together with other manufacturing machinery. There is a huge amount of training on offer so the successful candidate will be in line to broaden their skills considerably.

    If you are interested in this role, please send a copy of your current CV using the details provided, interviews will be held locally and the company is looking to recruit this role as soon as possible.

    ETS Consulting Ltd – Recruitment specialists with specific areas of expertise in the Manufacturing, Technical, Engineering and Sales markets.

    ETS Consulting Limited act as an employment business and employment agency and are registered in England and Wales as ETS Consulting Limited, registered no (phone number removed). Registered office address 7 Stamford Square, Ashton Under Lyne, Lancashire, United Kingdom, OL6 6QU.

    If one of our consultants contacts you in relation to this role, please be aware that as part of our registration process you will be required to provide ETS Consulting with proof of your identity along with proof of your eligibility to work in the United Kingdom

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