Maintenance Engineer
Posted a week ago by Major Recruitment Huddersfield
Major Recruitment are currently seeking a Maintanence Engineer for our client based in the Huddersfield area.
The ideal applicant should be apprentice trained, with good all-round skills, i.e. fitting, turning, milling and welding. They should have a minimum of five years' experience in a maintenance engineering environment.
Knowledge of any of the following would be beneficial: overhead traversing gantry cranes, compressors, refrigeration plant, low pressure air blowers, gas-fired combustion equipment, forklift trucks (diesel & electric), pumps, valves and associated systems.
Electrical knowledge and experience of electro-chemical process plant would be an advantage.
Although the position is more mechanical biased, a suitably experienced electrician would be considered.
Responsibilities:
- Responsible to the Maintenance Manager.
- Working alongside other Maintenance Technicians to complete both planned and reactive maintenance, ensuring resources are allocated to priority areas.
- Assisting with major breakdowns.
- Minimise Plant downtime.
- Provide a daily shift report.
- Assist in maintaining the cleanliness of plant and adjacent areas.
- Perform other reasonable duties as agreed with management
- Perform testing and inspecting of mechanical systems in accordance with industry standards
- Be resilient under pressure and be able to converse confidently with staff.
- Planned preventative maintenance
- Implement all mechanical maintenance and corrective works on the site in accordance with Maintenance Instructions, site specific procedures.
- Undertake defect surveys on electrical plant and systems and providing reports as requested by engineering management
- Assist in other areas of the company when requested by Management.
Personal Attributes:
- Hands on approach to Plant maintenance.
- Fault finding and diagnostic ability.
- Safe approach to all work tasks.
- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills.
- Problem solving attitude.
- Knowledge/Qualifications in electrical and mechanical engineering disciplines.
- Multi skilled engineer in a manufacturing or production environment.
- Able to ARC/MMA welding
- Ideally multi-skilled
- Mechanically biased
- Good understanding of pumps and ancillary equipment
- 18th Edition Preferred (but not essential)
- Willing to undertake Further Training where needed
- A flexible approach to working hours and duties is essential due to the 24hr operation of the plant/process-line
Hours
- 00-16.30 Monday - Thursday
- 00- 15.30 Friday
- Saturday as required
- Call outs when Needed
INDAC
- Type:
- Permanent
- Start Date:
- ASAP
- Contract Length:
- N/A
- Contact Name:
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- Job Reference:
- MAint/Eng/AC_1713341959
- Job ID:
- 221485648
- Applications:
- Less than 10
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