Maintenance Engineer

Are you a Maintenance Engineer looking for your next opportunity? Our client specialises in producing high‑quality plastic injection‑moulded, painted, and assembled products.

The successful candidate will work closely with Maintenance Engineers and key stakeholders to ensure the effective delivery of both planned and reactive maintenance across all injection‑moulding equipment.

Maintenance Engineer Permanent

Dependent on Experience

Continental Shift - Day Shift: 6:00 am to 18:00 pm - 1st Week: Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday - 2nd Week: Wednesday & Thursday

Rotating Shifts - 6:00 am to 14:00 pm, 14:00 pm to 22:00 pm, 22:00 pm to 6:00 am on a weekly rotation - 1st Week - Monday, Tuesday, Friday, Saturday, and Sunday - 2nd Week: Wednesday and Thursday

Larkhall

 

Maintenance Engineer

Role responsibilities

• Ensure safe working practices at all times
• Resolve machine breakdowns - first response, and if unable to fix, seek advice from the lead engineer or specialist
• PPMS to align with KPI
• Ensure housekeeping is in good order, and 5S is always adhered to
• Execute effective handovers in full and ensure good and timely written and verbal communications
• Ordering of parts when required, using the correct admin process
• Contribute to the store's upkeep and ensure standards are adhered to
• Conduct root cause analysis where appropriate to provide permanent fixes for repeat issues
• Ensure that the correct tools are available for every job
• Role model good standards of conduct – e.g, no eating/drinking in the section (other than water), adopt good time management
• Work effectively with 3rd party Contractor support where required
• Ensure appropriate resources are used on jobs - best use of skills, people resources, and tools
• Provide effective supervision and coaching to Apprentices on jobs

 

Maintenance Engineer

Skills

• Time served and qualified maintenance engineer
• Minimum 4 years of experience
• We are looking specifically for electrical bias, must have 17th/18th edition, and proven experience
• Able to work in a fast-paced environment with effective time management.
• Proactive and self-motivated
• Desirable – hydraulic experience and previous experience in manufacturing