We are looking for an experienced Maintenance Engineer with strong mechanical, electrical, and electronic maintenance experience for a large, well established and stable manufacturing and production company in the Brighton area.
As the multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer job duties include:
- Complete scheduled maintenance work, as well as responding to ad-hoc machinery breakdowns, ensuring product quality and food safe standards are met
- Maintain workplace equipment ensuring a smooth and productive operation
- Operate machinery to agreed parameters
- Identify issues and problem solve on the production line
- Report daily on breakdowns tended to
- Provide suggestions and solutions to help improve efficiency and reduce downtime
- Cover on shift repair activities across site as required
- Carry out mechanical work but some electrical work will also be necessary
Skills & experience required:
- Ideally you will have experience in a similar role
- It is essential that you have experience as a Maintenance Engineer, with a mix of electrical/electronic and mechanical experience (ideally 60% mechanical and 40% electrical experience)
- Able to read electrical and mechanical drawings and diagrams
- Previous experience in food production or similar, working with machinery such as conveyors, metal detectors, blenders/mixers, form/fill liquid fillers and such like is highly desirable
Company Benefits:
- 25 days annual leave plus bank holidays
- Product discounts
- Pension scheme
- Life cover
- Employee Assistance / mental health support
- Reward Gateway - discounts at supermarkets and other retail outlets
- Salary finance
- Free eye tests
- Cycle to work scheme
- Discretionary annual bonus
This is a full time permanent position working 8.30am to 4.30pm Monday to Friday and offering a salary of up to £40,000 dependent on experience and qualifications.
Wild Recruitment Ltd T/A First Recruitment Services is acting as an employment agency in relation to this vacancy