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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

  • Location: Matlock
  • Salary: £45000 - £47000 per annum per year
  • Job Type:Permanent

Posted over 1 year ago

Metalis are working with a reputable and well established company who for their forging capabilities within a range of different industries.

They have an exciting opportunity for a full time permanent electrical maintenance engineer to join their team on a shift basis.

Working Hours:

Your standard working hours per week 44 (190.67 Average Standard Hours per Month). The role from time to time may require the working of longer hours and weekends. The shift involves working days and nights.

Summary:

A time served maintenance engineer with experience of working in a medium to heavy engineering environment. The position will involve carrying out preventative and reactive maintenance duties on a variety of machinery and equipment. Continual improvement and the use of RCA to improve the equipment OEE will be an essential pre-requisite for this position. Willingness to work overtime and differing shifts pattern is also required.

Duties & Responsibilities:

  • Ensure all PPM tasks are completed on time and to the required standards.
  • Use RCA to identify true cause of failures and report corrective action necessary.
  • Improve plant OEE by ensuring issues are dealt with in a swift and effective manner with an effective first time fix.
  • Ensure all departmental documentation is completed on time and to company standards.
  • Develop the PPM system for key items of plant in conjunction with the maintenance planner to improve plant OEE.
  • Carry out proactive and reactive maintenance on a variety of equipment.
  • Rapid response to customer's demands with a quick diagnosis of the issue and an effective fix.
  • Develop and recommend solutions to improve equipment availability to Maintenance Manager.
  • Ensure all work undertaken is done via the company safety rules and procedures including the undertaking of risk assessments, method statements, safe systems of work, and safe lock off procedures.
  • Be aware of incident reports and work with operational managers to promptly implement solutions to prevent re-occurrence.
  • To co-operate readily on the development & implementation of autonomous maintenance (TPM). ▪ To undertake any other duties that may reasonably be requested.

Ideal candidate:

  • NVQ Level 3 or equivalent in mechanical engineering.
  • Able to read mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic engineering drawings.
  • Ability to logically fault find.
  • Working with a CMMS.
  • High level of understanding of pneumatics & hydraulics.
  • Worked with CNC machines, Lathes, NDT processes or forge industry.