Workshop Engineer

Job Description

Working in a small team of Workshop Engineers to service, maintain, and customise machinery in line with customer needs. Daily duties include working with mechanical, electrical and pneumatic elements. Working across departments such as service, R&D, Stores to coordinate various information needed. This is a hands-on role.

Duties Include:

• Working to set checklists to prepare machines prior to sale or customer on-site use
• Performing service and/or maintenance on industrial food processing and packaging machinery
• Building control panels from scratch using mechanical, electrical and pneumatic components
• Fault finding on electrical systems
• Designing small scale electrical and pneumatic systems in order to fill unique customer requirements
• Changing or retrofitting electrical, mechanical, pneumatic or hydraulic machine parts for a variety of food processing and packaging machinery according to customer requirements
• Working on projects or machinery both alone at times and as part of a team.
• Stripping down existing machinery and carrying out repairs
• Manoeuvring heavy machinery around the warehouse and workshop using forklift truck or pump truck
• Ability to use safe Manual handling practices to move heavy machinery parts.
• Awareness of COSHH safe working practices
• Accurately documenting and recording machine information to ensure that all departments are kept informed
• Using word and excel to create, edit and document various process in the warehouse
• Programming drives with pre-programmed manufacturer software and settings
• Maintaining clean and safe work area at all times
• Liaising with stores team to ensure accurate booking-out of any required machine parts
• Cleaning machinery parts
• Working with various electrical systems (single phase, 3-phase and 24v)
• Working with R&D to ensure that projects designed in-house are fit for customer purpose
• Working with Service to communicate about machinery in the workshop
• Working with service engineers to support them with machinery queries
• Displays positive attitudes and behaviours at all times
• Is proud to represent our brand and culture, and promotes our values
• Ensures that the best interests of Reiser are upheld at all times.
• Operates within the legal and regulatory framework.

Skills & Experience

Necessary Qualifications/Skills

NVQ level 3 in an engineering discipline

Great communicator

Ability to take initiative

Hands on approach

COSHH awareness

Hands on experience with pneumatics, electrical and mechanical engineering

Computer literacy and ability to use Microsoft software (Word, excel, outlook)

Desirable Qualifications/Skills

Level 3 BTEC in engineering (or equivalent)

Apprenticeship in mechanical or electrical engineering

Forklift licence

Experience of using drawing software or programming software would be highly beneficial

Experience of using Solidworks, Rockwell Alan Bradley and Omron software desirable but not essential

Experience of deciding panel layout of electrical systems

If you are interested or would like more information on this role. Apply now!