Mechanical Maintenance Technician
Posted 2 weeks ago by Morgan Gray
£53,538 Per year
Undetermined
Undetermined
IG8, Woodford Green, Greater London
Summary: The Mechanical Maintenance Technician role at a FTSE250 manufacturing company in Essex involves maintaining and optimizing complex automated production machinery on an 18-month fixed-term contract. The position focuses on minimizing equipment downtime and enhancing production performance through proactive maintenance strategies. Candidates should possess a mechanical skillset and relevant experience in a production environment. Opportunities for permanent employment may arise after the contract period.
Key Responsibilities:
- Ensuring optimum production performance and minimizing equipment downtime
- Responding to and resolving electrical and mechanical breakdowns
- Driving reliability through a proactive approach to maintenance
- Delivery of continuous improvement strategies and support/lead projects to improve equipment efficiencies
- Working through planned maintenance tasks and using/updating CMMS
- Maintaining equipment including hydraulics, pneumatics, boilers, and high-speed mechanisms
Key Skills:
- Mechanical skillset
- Educated to NVQ Level 3 in a mechanical engineering discipline
- Experience maintaining complex equipment in a production or related environment
- Fault finding and repair experience on control systems
- Experience using a CMMS system
Salary (Rate): £53,538/year
City: Woodford Green
Country: United Kingdom
Working Arrangements: undetermined
IR35 Status: undetermined
Seniority Level: undetermined
Industry: Other
A FTSE250 manufacturing company in Essex who are a global leader in their industry are recruiting for a Mechanical Maintenance Technician for their production plant.
Working a rotating double day shift (Mon-Fri) the role would be on an 18-month fixed term contract with poential opportunitiy to go permanent.
The focus of the role is to maintain and optimise a range of complex automated production machinery and equipment.
Key tasks will include:
- Ensuring optimum production performance and minimizing equipment downtime
- Responding to and resolving electrical and mechanical breakdowns
- Driving reliability through a proactive approach to maintenance
- Delivery of continuous improvement strategies and support/lead projects to improve equipment efficiencies
- Working through planned maintenance tasks and using/updating CMMS
- Equipment includes hydraulics, pneumatics, boilers, high speed mechanisms
Successful applicants will need to have mechanical skillset and be educated to NVQ Level 3 in a mechanical engineering discipline. Experience maintaining complex equipment in a production or related environment is also required. Experience of fault finding and repair on control systems is beneficial as experience using a CMMS system.
Benefits of the role include paid overtime, 34 days total annual holiday, a defined pension scheme and life insurance.
The position may be suitable for applicants who are currently a Mechanical Technician, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Maintenance Engineer or similar working in manufacturing, power generation, distribution, or relevant automated environment