Maintenance Engineer

JB316 – Maintenance Engineer
Location: Bilston
Salary: £35,000 – £38,000
Overview:
First Military Recruitment are currently seeking a Maintenance Engineer on behalf of one of our clients.
As a Maintenance Engineer, you must be very hands on, mechanically minded and be confident working on your own as you will be solely responsible for the repair and maintenance of our clients equipment and machinery.
Our client encourages applications from ex-military personnel however all candidates will be given due consideration.
Duties and Responsibilities

• Being responsible for the repair and maintenance of all our tools, equipment and machinery.
• Minimise factory lost time by organising plant maintenance and prompt attention to plant breakdowns.
• Arrange maintenance of Laboratory & office equipment with prompt attention to breakdowns.
• Carrying out preventative maintenance.
• Keeping records of all maintenance carried out.
• Outsourcing work when repairs are not able to be carried out inhouse.
• Report all equipment issues and faults for the requirement of ordering parts and process to relevant Departments.
• Arrange any necessary starting up/shutting down procedures of machinery and security of premises.
• Install and commission new equipment as required.
• Conduct routine preventative maintenance work, respond to equipment faults, diagnose break down and arrange specialist procurement of fixtures, fittings, or components.
• Respond to emergencies, unplanned issues, and repairs.
• Ensure health and safety policies and procedures are being adhered to correctly at all times and raising where this is not happening.
• Keeping a record of preventive and emergency maintenance conducted.
• Carry out minor repairs to building fittings and structure

Skills and Qualifications

• At least 3 years’ experience maintaining/repairing special purpose machinery as an electrically based Maintenance Engineer.
• 3+ years of manufacturing and engineering experience is preferred.
• The capacity to understand a range of engineering functions and procedures.
• Team Working skills to work cooperatively and consult with people at all levels.
• The ability to take the initiative as and when required.
• Good diagnostic and critical thinking skills
• The confidence to respond positively when under pressure.
• First Aid experience would be useful.

Location: Bilston
Salary: £35,000 – £38,000