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Multi-skilled Maintenance Technician | Salary £55k + benefits | Location: Croydon | Working a 12-hour Panama shift pattern.
We’re hiring a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer for a global manufacturing group at their Croydon manufacturing site. This position would suit an experienced Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer from a manufacturing, plastics, or process industry background who enjoys troubleshooting, fault finding, and continuous improvement with experience of working with automated systems, PLCs or SCADA controls.
In this hands-on role, you’ll support the maintenance and reliability of industrial plant equipment including steam boilers, thermal oil heaters, compressors, extrusion lines, and automated systems. Working on a rotating shift pattern, you’ll play a key role in ensuring the site runs safely, efficiently, and continuously.
Multi-skilled Maintenance Technician role responsibilities:
- Carry out planned, preventative and reactive maintenance (PPM and breakdowns) on a wide range of manufacturing equipment.
- Conduct routine inspections, testing, and fault diagnosis of mechanical, electrical and automated systems.
- Accurately record work completed in the computerised maintenance management system (CMMS).
- Lead and support continuous improvement projects to enhance safety, performance, and equipment reliability.
- Identify and report potential Health & Safety and environmental risks, promoting a strong safety culture across the site.
- Collaborate with production, engineering, and process teams to reduce downtime and improve productivity.
Candidate Requirements:
- Experience in a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer or Industrial Maintenance role.
- Recognised electrical qualification (NVQ Level 3 / ONC / HNC or equivalent).
- Experience working with automated systems, PLCs or SCADA controls.
- Strong electrical fault-finding and mechanical maintenance skills.
- Familiarity with planned maintenance systems (CMMS) and engineering reporting.
- Good understanding of Health & Safety in a process or production environment.
If this sounds like the opportunity that you have been looking for then please apply with your CV.
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