Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer - Electrical & Hydraulic

Continental Shifts £40,000 + 19.75% Shift Allowance Permanent Full Time

Are you a multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer with strong electrical fault-finding and hydraulic experience?

A growing automotive manufacturer is looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join its engineering team, maintaining high-volume injection moulding and automated production equipment.

This is a hands on role combining reactive maintenance, PPM and continuous improvement across a fast-paced manufacturing site.

The Role

• Diagnose electrical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mechanical faults.
• Carry out reactive and planned preventative maintenance.
• Maintain injection moulding machinery, robotics and automation equipment.
• Fault find on PLC controlled machinery and electrical systems.
• Diagnose hydraulic pumps, valves, cylinders and control systems.
• Support root cause analysis and reliability improvements.
• Help improve equipment uptime, OEE and production efficiency.
• Support machinery upgrades and engineering improvement projects.

Essential Requirements

• Strong electrical fault-finding experience within manufacturing.
• Hands on experience maintaining hydraulic systems.
• Experience maintaining automated production machinery.
• Knowledge of PLC controlled equipment and fault diagnosis.
• Ability to read electrical and hydraulic schematics.
• NVQ Level 3, HNC/HND, City & Guilds or equivalent engineering qualification.
• Flexibility to work a continental shift pattern covering 12-hour days and nights.

Desirable

• Injection moulding machinery experience.
• Automotive manufacturing background.
• Siemens, Allen Bradley or Mitsubishi PLC knowledge.
• Robotics and automated handling experience.
• 18th Edition qualification.
• Knowledge of Lean, TPM and OEE principles.

Benefits

• Competitive salary + 19.75% shift allowance.
• Company pension.
• Life assurance.
• Employee Assistance Programme.
• Ongoing training and development.
• Career progression opportunities.

If you're an experienced Maintenance Engineer who enjoys fault finding, problem solving and improving the reliability of production machinery, we'd love to hear from you.