Maintenance Engineer
Posted 1 day ago by ATA Recruitment
£32 Per hour
Outside
Undetermined
Westhoughton
Summary: The role of Maintenance Engineer involves managing reactive breakdowns and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to ensure the efficiency of critical plant machinery in a high-security document production environment. The position requires strong electrical engineering skills, particularly in fault finding and troubleshooting of electrical systems. This is a contract role based in Bolton, with potential for extensions based on performance. The engineer will contribute to continuous improvement initiatives while ensuring compliance with safety standards.
Key Responsibilities:
- Managing reactive breakdowns and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to ensure plant efficiency
- Working on critical plant machinery including presses, conveyors, packaging machines, and sorting systems
- Fault finding, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical systems, including PLCs, drives, motors, and control panels
- Ensuring compliance with safety standards in a high-volume industrial production environment
- Logging and reporting necessary maintenance and operational data in accordance with internal processes
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and maintaining plant performance
Key Skills:
- Time-served electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification
- Strong experience with electrical systems, including PLC fault finding, drives, motors, and automation systems
- Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams
- Proactive, self-driven, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail with a focus on maintenance improvements
Salary (Rate): £32.00/hour
City: Westhoughton
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: outside IR35
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
Electrical or Mechanical Maintenance Engineer Initial 3–6-month contract + Likely extensions Location: Bolton Rate: Up to £32.00p/h DOE (Limited – Outside IR35 / PAYE / Umbrella) Shifts: Panama Days and Nights High Speed / Machinery / Automation
We are currently recruiting an Electrical Maintenance Engineer on a contract basis for a leading client based in the Northwest. This well-established company is renowned for its innovation in the design and production of secure documents, including currency and other high-security items.
Responsibilities for the Maintenance Engineer role include:
- Managing reactive breakdowns and Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) to ensure plant efficiency
- Working on critical plant machinery including presses, conveyors, packaging machines, and sorting systems
- Fault finding, troubleshooting, and repair of electrical systems, including PLCs, drives, motors, and control panels
- Ensuring compliance with safety standards in a high-volume industrial production environment
- Logging and reporting necessary maintenance and operational data in accordance with internal processes
- Contributing to continuous improvement initiatives and maintaining plant performance
Key skills and attributes required:
- Time-served electrical engineering apprenticeship or equivalent qualification
- Strong experience with electrical systems, including PLC fault finding, drives, motors, and automation systems
- Experience in an industrial manufacturing environment
- Ability to read and interpret electrical schematics and wiring diagrams
- Proactive, self-driven, and able to work independently with minimal supervision
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail with a focus on maintenance improvements
Benefits of working with this company:
- Outside IR35 Ltd company contract
- Potential for contract extensions based on performance and business needs
I am looking to speak to talented Electrical Maintenance Engineers, who are looking for a very rewarding and challenging contract position. For more information, please contact Sam Martlew, Recruitment Specialist at ATA Recruitment.
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