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Maintenance Engineer

St. Andrew's, Greater London
6 days ago
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Role: Maintenance Engineer

Shift: Mon-Fri Double Days (6am-2pm, 2pm-10pm)

Salary: £49,419 (O.T. 1.5 + 2.0)

Location: Hornchurch

The Company

Do you want to work for one of the largest pharmaceutical companies in the world?!

Are you the type of person who values autonomy and transparent career progression?

Our client is one of the biggest pharmaceutical companies worldwide, and a key player in dealing critical care and painkiller products to the NHS and entities within the private healthcare sector. Our client has been trading for centuries; however they have recently merged and have invested just under £20 million in the latest state-of-the-art machinery which you will be working on. As a result, their volume of products manufactured has tripled in the past fifteen years. They have lots of new automated machinery, PLC equipment and training to invest in you to upskill and make you a better Engineer!

The Role

As a Maintenance Engineer, your responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

Fault finding electrically in control panels, working on sensors, relays, contactors, three phase kit etc.
Working on fillers, conveyors, bottling plants, packaging machinery, ovens, autoclaves etc.
Conducting reactive and PPM maintenance
Ability to work confidently in a mechanical and electrical capacity
Work mechanically on gearboxes, bearings, pneumatics, pulleys, shafts and deal marginally with hydraulics

About You

The ideal Maintenance Engineer will have the following:

Recognised engineering qualification
A keen interest in handling continuous improvement within a fast-paced environment
An open mindset regarding manufacturing, automation and the pharmaceutical industry
Proven experience working with mechanical and/or electrical components
Company Benefits

The company also discloses numerous benefits for the role of Maintenance Engineer which include:

A competitive salary with clear shift patterns
33 shifts of holiday
The opportunity to work in a collaborative team environment supported by 20+ engineers
A healthy budget for on-site training applicable from day one
Welding, Electrical, Iosh and Compex training
Clear career progression – our client’s Engineering Manager began as a Maintenance Engineer
ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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