Job Details

Do you have previous experience working as a Maintenance Engineer within a manufacturing/production/engineering environment or similar, maintaining automated machinery? If so, then please read on!

The basics:

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Location: Bedford - Kempston

Industry: Manufacturing

Pay: £53,288 inclusive of shift premium + Overtime = earnings of £60,000 and upwards achievable

Shift pattern: Panama.

2 days on, 2 days off, 3 days on, 2 days off, 2 days on, 3 days off. Each team works the same shift (days or nights 6:30-6:30) for 28 days then switches over to the other shift for the next 28 days. After 56 days, the same sequence starts over.

Overview:

With manufacturing facilities located across the UK, you will be working as part of a larger group. The role will offer variation, from projects and installations to reactive and planned maintenance within a varied engineering environment from small to medium machinery and automated robotics to some medium to heavy engineering production methods.

Key responsibilities of the Maintenance Engineer role:

• To maintain service and repair all automated plant machinery to minimise production down time.
• Provide technical support on all projects, installations and breakdowns
• PPM's

The ideal candidate / Maintenance Engineer may have some of the following, however, please note these are only desirable and not essential as all applications will be looked at individually:

• Previous experience working as a maintenance engineer within a manufacturing/production environment or similar - maintaining automated machinery
• Qualified in a relevant engineering discipline at Level 3 or above.
• Both electrical and mechanical skill sets considered - Basic electrical skills - changing like for like parts - motors, sockets etc. Fault finding skills required if you are mechanically qualified only.

Commutable from: Bedford, Milton Keynes, St Neots, Luton, Northampton and surrounding areas.

If you are interested in the Maintenance Engineer role, please apply immediately due to the urgency of this position.

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