Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineers – Ballymena – Salary £40-45K

Shifts:

Week 1 - 4am-12.30pm

Week 2 - 12pm-8.30pm

The Company:

Our client is a well-established food processing business based in Ballymena, supplying high-quality products to leading retailers and foodservice customers across the UK and Ireland. Due to continued investment and growth, they are seeking an experienced Maintenance Engineers to join their engineering team.

The Role:

• To carry out planned preventative, predictive and breakdown maintenance, repairs, refurbishment, installation, improvements and modification or upgrade to plant and services in order to minimize downtime and maintain the equipment in the best possible condition.
• To strive towards continuous improvement of all machinery and equipment to effectively reduce engineering downtime, thereby maintaining plant availability, efficiency, productivity and product quality at all times.
• To carry out all engineering work to high Engineering, Quality, Safety and Hygienic standards.
• The role holder will be involved in dealing with employees at all levels of the site and liaising with different departments as needed with the key interfaces being the Production Operatives, other craft and Engineering Managers.

Key Responsibilities:

• To work across mechanical and electrical trades as qualified and authorised
• Ensure all engineering work is carried out in an efficient and effective manner, in accordance with Good Manufacturing Practice, Health and Safety Legislation and current Company Standards.
• To work across mechanical and electrical trades as qualified and authorised.
• Fault diagnosis and breakdown repairs of plant, machinery and site services
• Planned maintenance (PM), modifications, installations and upgrades to plant machinery and site services.
• To utilise the CMMS fully and assist in its development to achieve ‘World Class’ asset performance.
• Upkeep and alteration of electrical or mechanical drawings as needed relevant to trade.
• To obtain Permits to Work and to sign out Permits to Work where ever required
• Comply with audit requirements.
• To undertake statutory checks as directed by the management team.
• To undertake other duties as requested with due regard to relevant engineering, operational quality, safety and hygiene standards.

Essential Criteria:

• City and Guilds or ONC (Electrical or Mechanical) or NVQ Level 3 in Engineering (Electrical or Mechanical ) or Apprenticeship followed by practical experience
• 17th Edition Wiring Regulations. (Electrical)
• 2 – 3 years experience as a skilled engineering craftsperson or technician.
• Practical experience gained within engineering function