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- Job Title: Title-Maintenance engineer-Junior- (responsible for maintaining factory equipment)
- Location: Ideally based at Beaconsfield site, but Harlow & Northfleet also acceptable. Expectation to travel between neighbouring sites to work and learn from experienced team members
Salary: 45k (negotiable)
Job Overview
We are seeking a skilled and motivated Maintenance engineer - Junior level, to join our dynamic team. This role involves servicing, diagnosing, and repairing a wide range of heavy plant and construction equipment directly on-site. You'll play a critical role in keeping our clients' machinery in top working order, minimizing downtime, and ensuring safe and efficient operations.
Key Responsibilities
- Routine Servicing and Maintenance:
Perform scheduled maintenance, inspections, and servicing of plant equipment such as conveyors, screws, mixers, control equipment.
- Breakdown Repairs:
Respond promptly to on-site machinery breakdowns, diagnose faults, and carry out repairs under pressure to minimize disruption to construction schedules. - Preventive Maintenance:
Identify and address potential mechanical, electrical, or hydraulic issues before they become major problems, helping to extend the life of equipment. - Record Keeping:
Maintain accurate service records, including job details, parts used, time spent, and condition reports. - Health and Safety Compliance:
Follow all relevant health and safety regulations and best practices while working on-site, ensuring the safe use and operation of machinery.
Skills and Qualifications
- Technical Expertise:
Ideally looking for someone that's finished a engineering apprentice, familiar with tools and repairing stuff. Ideally the type of person that spends their spare time working on cars or fixing stuff etc.
Problem-Solving Abilities:
Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills to resolve faults efficiently.
Communication Skills:
Clear and professional communication, both verbal and written, with team members.
Physical Capability:
Able to work in physically demanding environments, including lifting, crouching, and operating on uneven terrain, and as the job can be a dusty environment (PPE provided)
- Driving License:
A full, clean UK driving licence is essential for travel between job sites.
Desirable:
- Relevant NVQ, City & Guilds, or equivalent qualifications in Plant Maintenance or Mechanical Engineering.
What We Offer
- Competitive salary and overtime opportunities
- Company vehicle and tools provided
- Ongoing training and development
- Supportive team environment
- Opportunities for progression within the company
If you're a motivated engineer who enjoys working and happy to learn and train up to standard, solving mechanical challenges, and playing a key role in keeping vital equipment running, we'd love to hear from you.
Emma Smith- Principle Recruiter -(phone number removed)
Brook Street (UK) Limited
Brook Street NMR is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
