Manufacturing Engineer

We’re working with a large pan-European manufacturing business which operates 7 days a week that is actively seeking to add an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Electrician to join one of its site Manufacturing Engineering Support teams.

Shift Maintenance Engineer

40 hours per week - Triple Shift or Permanent Nights (plus overtime)

Location: Nr Bognor Regis, Sussex

Salary: Dependent on Experience

The position’s responsibilities are: 

• Reactive Maintenance on automated production, printing, packaging or finishing machinery
• Pre-planned Maintenance (PPM) - Input to and carry out preventive maintenance routines
• Mechanical fault finding
• Electrical fault finding with and without diagrams (three phase and control systems)
• Fault finding and repair on hydraulic or pneumatic systems
• Small installation projects
• Continuous Improvement to maintain optimal machine efficiency
• To keep clean any areas in which you are working, including transit areas to and from the workshop, the workshop and stores
• Support the Operations team in achieving targets
• Complying to the company’s Health and Safety policies and procedures
• Contributing to cost effective technical solutions
• Deliver to the operational expectations
• Be part of a weekend call-out rota

To be successful, we would like you to have:

• A recognised industrial Electrical qualification 18th Edition and Level 3 Engineering qualification (City & Guilds, NVQ or equivalent)
• Have experience working as a Maintenance Engineer or as a dedicated Multiskilled or Electrical Engineer in a Manufacturing environment.
• Experience in the print, packaging or associated industries would be great but is not essential. But experience in a manufacturing or industrial automation environment is critical.
• Strong electrical fault-finding skill in particular on PLC’s, drives and inverters
• Excellent fault finding and diagnostic skills
• Ability to read and interpret engineering diagrams
• Experience with maintenance PPM and RM programmes.
• Ideally experience working with highly skilled Operators or Technicians.
• Have good communication, organisational and team work skills.
• Self motivation, ability to apply initiative and determination.

Specific training where required will be provided, OEM suppliers and via remote modem diagnostic support from the OEM.

This is a great opportunity to join a leading manufacturer in a key maintenance engineering role working on large scale machinery in a time-sensitive manufacturing environment.

Unfortunately, we are not able to provide sponsorship at this stage