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Maintenance Engineer - £55k nights

Ashford
2 days ago
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Maintenance Engineer Kent near Ashford needed for a nights role x 37.5 hours a week. this will be working for an international manufacturer and YOU MUST have experience of maintaining machinery.

Maintenance Engineer based near Ashford, Kent

£55,000

Monday to Friday 10pm-6am

Multi Skilled role working for a high speed packaging manufacturer

Maintenance Engineer must have FMCG experience

Excellent money

Maintenance Engineer will be working for a very friendly company and team, staff really enjoy working here and are treated well with lots of career progression and opportunity to enhance on skill set, extra courses and development. The company like to promote from within and have opportunities to do this if you wish as well as further progress skills.

Maintenance Engineer Desired Skills and Experience

Mechanical or Electrical qualification or Apprenticeship and experience.

Maintenance Engineer Duties

To carry out the requirements of the planned preventive maintenance programme.

Solid practical electrical or mechanical hands on experience maintaining machinery
Attending to breakdowns in a fast paced environment
Using initiative to solve breakdowns
Planned maintenance
Mechanical or electrical fault finding
Adhere to H&SCommutable from Ashford, Maidstone, Folkstone, Charing, Canterbury, Winchelsea, Kingsnorth, Sittingbourne, Dover, Rochester, Chatham, Aylesford, Snodland, Strood, Sevenoaks and other parts of Kent.

How to apply for the Maintenance Engineer role.

For more information on Maintenance Engineer please apply or call Simon (phone number removed) or email (url removed)

Proactive (about us)

Specialising in FMCG Manufacturing, with an additional growing presence across pharmaceutical, injection moulding and household care. Proactive's FMCG division is broken into four niche and specialist teams; Engineering, Operations (Technical, Production) and Senior Appointments.

Operating from a network of offices, covering London, Egham (Surrey), Milton Keynes, Heathrow and Brighton, Proactive supply permanent and contract workforce to clients nationwide. Utilising a long track record of successful partnerships, we understand the challenges that you currently face, working alongside you to find the right role.

Application Process

If you have the above skills and wish to be considered for this position or find out more details then please submit your CV to (url removed) or simply click apply below.

I will endeavour to contact all applicants however if you do not hear from me within two weeks then unfortunately you have been unsuccessful.

Proactive also offer a referral scheme for successful applicants - if you know anyone that could be suited to this position then please contact Proactive with their details and if they are placed by Proactive you will £250*. *T&Cs apply

Proactive Global is committed to equality in the workplace and is an equal opportunity employer.
Proactive Global is acting as an Employment Business in relation to this vacancy

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