Maintenance Fitter

Maintenance Fitter - Permanent Limavady

This is an exciting opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Fitter to join a successful manufacturing operation, where you'll play a vital role in maintaining plant equipment, responding to breakdowns, and supporting preventative maintenance programmes to keep production operating at peak performance. Apply today to express your interest.

About the role:

• £37,000 - £45,000 per annum (depending on skills and experience)
• Day shift only
• Monday to Friday
• Permanent position
• Regular overtime available every week (5+ hours) paid at time and a half

What you'll be doing in this role:

• Mechanical reactive and preventative maintenance;
• Plant improvements, upgrades and installations;
• Fault diagnosis to establish root cause of failure on mechanical, pneumatic and hydraulic systems;

What you'll need for this role:

• Must have a recognised time served apprenticeship and achieved a relevant recognised qualification;
• 3 - 5 years' experience gained working within a manufacturing environment in a similar role;
• Strong technical skills;
• Welding and fabrication experience;
• Strong analytical skills with proven problem-solving ability;
• Experience of planned preventative maintenance systems;
• Experience of troubleshooting, fault finding, and repairs on modern machinery and equipment, hydraulics and pneumatics systems;
• Confident in reading and understanding engineering drawings to include hydraulic and pneumatic diagrams;