Maintenance Engineer

Role: Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer

Location: Halifax

Shift: Permanent Nightshift

Salary: Upto 48K (Neg on experience)

GPS are looking for a highly motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer to work for a leading PVC manufacturer working a permanent nightshift. Reporting directly to the Engineering Maintenance Manager you will be a key member of the site team ensuring the production facility is kept running to maximum efficiency and output.

Key Responsibilities

* Deal with machine breakdowns to ensure that the site can maximize throughput and meet customer demand.

* Reactive, proactive and planned maintenance across a wide range of factory equipment to support plant uptime.

* Maintaining site services and facilities.

* Focuses on saving cost on maintenance work and contributes to cost reduction initiatives.

* Plans and manages individual and team projects.

* To ensure that Quality, Health, Safety and Environmental standards are adhered to including the requirements of

* ISO 9001, 14001 & 45001

Key Skills/Experience Desired

* Strong practical and legal knowledge of electrical and mechanical engineering/maintenance

* Level 3 electrical engineering qualification or equivalent

* Experience working as a Maintenance Engineer in a manufacturing environment.

* Knowledge of extrusion, mixing & blending machines is advantageous but not essential.

* Know and can apply the techniques of Planned Preventative & Total Productive, Maintenance to improve machine condition, improve product quality and reduce downtime.

* Good oral and written communication skills.

* Welding qualification/experience but not essential(MIG & Stick)

Able to read engineering drawings