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Mechanical Maintenance Engineer

Job Posted: 11 days ago

Salary: £ Competitive
Job Type: Permanent
Location: HD5, Almondbury, Kirklees

Expire in: 17 days

Job Description

Questech Recruitment are recruiting on behalf of our client for an experienced Mechanical Maintenance Engineer to join their engineering team within a busy manufacturing environment.

Salary: Around £39,000 per annum
Hours: Monday to Friday – Rotating Days & Afters
Overtime: Weekend overtime available at enhanced rates

This is an excellent opportunity for an apprentice-trained Mechanical Engineer who enjoys hands-on maintenance and working with a wide variety of machinery. The site operates an interesting mix of equipment ranging from 1950s machinery through to modern-day equipment, making this a varied position for an engineer with strong mechanical fault-finding and problem-solving skills.

The Role

  * Responding promptly to machinery breakdowns and carrying out effective repairs to minimise production downtime.

  * Mechanical fault finding, diagnostics and repairs.

  * Carrying out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) in line with the site maintenance schedule.

  * Completing regular machine maintenance programmes and associated documentation.

  * Maintaining and repairing gearboxes, bearings, belts, motors and other mechanical components.

  * Working on press brakes and similar manufacturing machinery.

  * Maintaining a varied range of machinery, from equipment dating back to the 1950s through to modern-day machinery.

  * Supporting general building and facilities maintenance when required.

  * Carrying out basic electrical fault finding and maintenance where appropriate.

The Person

The successful Mechanical Maintenance Engineer will:

  * Be apprentice trained with an NVQ Level 3 or equivalent engineering qualification.

  * Have previous experience as a Mechanical Maintenance Engineer, Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or similar.

  * Have strong mechanical maintenance and fault-finding experience.

  * Have experience working with press brakes or similar industrial/manufacturing machinery.

  * Have hands-on experience with gearboxes, bearings, belts, motors and mechanical systems.

  * Be comfortable working on both older and modern manufacturing machinery.

  * Have experience within a manufacturing, production or industrial environment.

  * Ideally have some electrical maintenance and fault-finding knowledge.

For more information or to apply, contact:

Holly Walker
Questech Recruitment

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