Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer

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Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias)
Location: Widnes
Salary: £51,600
Shifts: 4 on 4 off (Days and Nights)

Looking for a new challenge as a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a mechanical bias? Join a leading manufacturer in Widnes and help keep our operations running smoothly!

Why Work for Us?

Competitive salary: £52,320
Shifts: Enjoy a 4 on 4 off shift pattern with both days and nights for a balanced lifestyle.
Generous Benefits Package:

23 days holiday (including bank holidays)
Stakeholder pension scheme matching up to 8%
4 x Life Assurance Cover
Healthcare Cashback Scheme
Group Income Protection
Workplace Nursery Scheme
High Street Discount Club
Employee Assistance Programme (EAP)

About the Role

As a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer (Mechanical Bias), you’ll play a vital role in maintaining, repairing, and ensuring the operational efficiency of our advanced manufacturing equipment. If you have a passion for mechanics, a proactive attitude, and enjoy working in a fast-paced environment, this is the role for you!

Key Responsibilities:

Conduct preventive and reactive maintenance on mechanical and electrical systems to keep production running smoothly.
Read and interpret engineering specifications, design drawings, and technical manuals.
Identify and troubleshoot mechanical, pneumatic, hydraulic, and electrical system faults, including motors, drives, and control systems.
Perform repairs on machinery using a range of tools, including power tools and hoists.
Supervise routine preventive maintenance tasks carried out by production operatives.
Support machine installations, including equipment lifting, placement, alignment, and connection of services.
Maintain safety standards by ensuring machine guarding, interlocks, and safety devices are functioning correctly.
Generate maintenance reports and analyse equipment downtime trends to identify areas for improvement.
Requirements:

HNC or equivalent in Mechanical or Electrical Engineering.
At least 5 years of hands-on industrial maintenance experience, ideally in a manufacturing or processing environment.
Solid understanding of pneumatics, hydraulics, and electrical/electronic motion control systems.
Experience with electrical installations and wiring, including troubleshooting and repairing motors and drives.
Web handling experience and knowledge of tension measurement/control systems is highly desirable.
Proficiency in Microsoft Office.

Apply Now!
If you are an experienced Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer with a strong mechanical bias, we want to hear from you!. For further information, please contact Clare Butler at Winsearch UK.

Keywords:

Multiskilled Maintenance Manager, Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer

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