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Maintenance Engineer – Manufacturing

Job Posted: 12 days ago

Salary: £ 40,000 - 40,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Portsmouth

Expire in: 15 days

Job Description

Portsmouth

Starting salary £40,000 + 20% shift premium, 33 days holiday, pension, life assurance, employee assistance programme, wellbeing support, and benefits scheme

Please note that the working pattern is a double days fortnight working pattern (6am - 2pm week 1 and 2, 2pm - 10pm weeks 3 and 4)
 
About the Job
 
As a Maintenance Engineer here at Unipart you will ensure that UPCS production facilities can operate at full availability through periodic maintenance in accordance with the Planned Maintenance System.  You will provide reactive breakdown maintenance cover to all production equipment using fault finding techniques to minimise downtime.  You will also install, test and inspect minor electrical installations with recorded results, and support facilities maintenance including any audit rectification work.

As part of your key responsibilities you’ll:
Provide reactive breakdown support to all production equipment.
Complete planned maintenance tasks on schedule to the desired standard.
Install, test and inspect minor electrical installations, and support Tool Room activities with electrical support.
Participate in continuous improvement throughout the production areas of the business, and be a strong member of the lean improvements team.
Coordinate and supervise contractors, and supervise the department apprentice.
Record all work on the maintenance work log.
Complete minor fabrication work.
Ensuring all activities are undertaken in a safe manner, compliant with all Health and Safety Legislation.

About You

We’d love you to have the following skills and experience, but please apply if you think you’d be able to perform well in this role!
Experience working in a fast paced production environment.
Experience with CMMS.
Experience with injection moulding machines or paint booths would be beneficial.
Ideally apprentice trained to NVQ level 3 or equivalent with a relevant engineering qualification such as City and Guilds or BTEC. 17th or 18th Edition.
Hydraulic, pneumatic, and mechanical skills or qualification would be beneficial.
Understanding the requirements of BS7671 is essential and City and Guilds 2392 or 2391 is advantageous.
Ability to methodically fault find across different systems.
Ability to communicate and interact with people at all levels.
Must have full driving licence and own transport.

Our recruitment and selection process has been developed to ensure that it is consistent, fair and provides equality of opportunity - all selection decisions are based solely on technical and behavioural competencies.  
 
We do not discriminate on the grounds of race, colour, or nationality, ethnic or national origins, sex, gender reassignment, sexual orientation, marital or civil partnership status, pregnancy or maternity, disability, religion or belief, age or any other current or future protected characteristic as defined in the current Equality Act of England and Wales.  As an organisation we also promote an environment which encourages diversity of characteristics and thought, where you feel included, safe and confident to be the best version of yourself and do your best work every day.
 
You may have experience of the following: Manufacturing, Production Environment, Industrial Engineering, Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Maintenance, Manufacturing, Production, PPM, Reactive Maintenance, Fault Finding, CMMS, Lean Manufacturing, Continuous Improvement, TPM, Hydraulics, Pneumatics, Mechanical Maintenance etc
 
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