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Maintenance Technician

Job Posted: an hour ago

Salary: £ 45,000 - 48,000 / Annum
Job Type: Permanent
Location: Ipswich, Suffolk

Expire in: a month

Job Description

Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician (Electrical Bias) - Packaging

📍 Location

Ipswich, Suffolk

💼 The Role

We are a leading packaging manufacturer in the Ipswich area, looking for a highly skilled and motivated Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician with a strong Electrical and PLC bias.

You'll be instrumental in ensuring the efficiency and reliability of our automated packaging machinery and plant equipment. This role offers the opportunity to use your electrical expertise and PLC fault-finding skills daily, splitting your time between rapid reactive maintenance to minimise downtime and essential planned preventative maintenance (PPM) to drive long-term improvements.

🛠️ Key Responsibilities

Reactive Maintenance: Promptly diagnose and repair mechanical and electrical faults on a wide range of packaging equipment, including conveyors, robots, palletisers, and automated control systems.

Preventative Maintenance (PPM): Execute and contribute to the development of planned maintenance schedules to ensure machine longevity and operational reliability.

Electrical & PLC Expertise: Perform in-depth electrical fault-finding, diagnostics, and repair on control panels, motors, drives, and PLC systems (e.g., Siemens, Allen Bradley).

Continuous Improvement: Participate in project support, including the installation and commissioning of new equipment, and proactively seek out opportunities for equipment modification and performance improvement.

Safety & Compliance: Ensure all maintenance activities adhere strictly to Health & Safety and quality standards.

✨ What We Offer

Salary: £45,000 per annum.

Work-Life Balance: Favourable day-shift pattern with an early finish on Friday:

Monday to Thursday: 8:00 am to 5:00 pm

Friday: 8:00 am to 4:00 pm

Career Growth: Excellent opportunities for professional development, including exposure to new technologies and career progression within the engineering department.

✅ About You

Proven experience as a Maintenance Technician/Engineer in a fast-paced packaging or automated manufacturing environment.

Strong Electrical bias with relevant technical qualifications (e.g., NVQ Level 3, C&G, BTEC, HNC/HND in Electrical Engineering).

Solid, hands-on experience with PLC fault-finding and diagnostics is essential.

A good understanding of mechanical systems (hydraulics, pneumatics, motors, bearings, conveyors).

Proactive, methodical, and capable of working independently and as part of a team under pressure.

➡️ Apply Now

If you're an ambitious Maintenance Technician ready to take on a challenging and rewarding role in Ipswich, applying your strong electrical and PLC skills, please send us your CV today!

Randstad CPE values diversity and promotes equality. No terminology in this advert is intended to discriminate against any of the protected characteristics that fall under the Equality Act 2010. We encourage and welcome applications from all sections of society and are more than happy to discuss reasonable adjustments and/or additional arrangements as required to support your application.

Candidates must be eligible to live and work in the UK.

For the purposes of the Conduct Regulations 2003, when advertising permanent vacancies we are acting as an Employment Agency, and when advertising temporary/contract vacancies we are acting as an Employment Business

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