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£54000 + Pension (match to 4%), Holidays 25+ Bank Holidays

A fantastic opportunity for and experienced Mechanical Engineer to join a global business at their manufacturing facility in Newport.

Working on a rotating 3-shift system you will be responsible for ensuring high levels of equipment availability across the plant.

Key Tasks:

Reactive, planned and pro-active maintenance on a wide range of process plant and equipment
Fault finding, diagnostics and repair
Planned and reliability maintenance tasks
Equipment installation
Update planned maintenance system
Requisition of spare partsSkills/Experience:

Time Served MechanicalEngineer (C&G, NVQ, HNC)
Min of 5 years post apprenticeship experience in a manufacturing environment
Experience of lathes, milling, welding, turning, fitting
Strong fault-finding skills and ability to work from engineering drawings
Team player
Excellent communication skills

On Offer:

Salary; £54000 (including payment for 1 weekend in 4 and 50-days holiday cover)

25 days holiday + stats

Shifts Wk 1 06.00 - 14.00 M-T 06.00 -11.00 Fri

Wk 2 14.00 - 22.00 M-T 10.00 - 16.00 Fri

Wk (phone number removed) M-T 16.00 - 21.00 Fri

Pension match up to 4%

For more information APPLY NOW or email cv to

At Morgan Ryder we can provide you with a full range of employment opportunities from short term and fixed term temporary vacancies to permanent positions.

We recruit for companies that operate in the following industries: Food and Drink Manufacturers, FMCG, Packaging, Engineering, Automotive, Aerospace, Warehousing, Logistics, Waste Management, Petro Chemical, Pharmaceutical, Power & Renewable Energy.

Please note that calls to and from the offices of Morgan Ryder Associates Ltd. may be monitored or recorded. This is to ensure compliance with regulatory procedures, record business transactions and for training purposes

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