Multi-Skilled Maintenance Technician

Contract Type: Permanent

Salary / Benefits

Up to £40k including shift allowance

• Shifts: Three Shifts-Days (6am-2pm), Nights (10pm-6am) and Afternoons (2pm-10pm) 

Job Elements 

• Working Three Shifts: Days (6am-2pm), Nights (10pm-6am) and Afternoons (2pm-10pm)


• To ensure efficient production through maintenance of assets, assured technical capabilities and compliance with regulatory and company requirements.


• Ensure products are produced exactly as intended and are free of defects.


• Perform equipment setup, operation, equipment adjustments and minor preventative maintenance tasks to meet all standards for safety, quality and efficiency.


• Setting up and operating different machines, running and monitoring the output of machine tools, a highly automated manufacturing cell or process.


• Working on or monitoring the output of an assembly station.


• Monitor and check the product quality as they will be responsible for identifying when the process is deviating from the norm and acting to correct it.


• Maintain accurate and clear documentation that proves that manufacturing is being carried out in accordance with both internal and external quality systems or regulations.


• Keep equipment in good working order by performing regular inspection, cleaning, servicing along with routine and preventative maintenance to make sure the machine or process never breaks down.


• Keep maintenance logs for all the machines or process they oversee, which requires proficiency in word processing and spreadsheet software.


• Apply lean manufacturing principles to eliminate waste in the production process.


• Identify and debug problems in processes, products, equipment.

The ideal candidate will have: 

• A time served engineer with minimum HNC/HND qualification in an Engineering discipline is essential.


• Experience of working within a fast moving manufacturing environment within a maintenance role


• Excellent trouble-shooter with the ability to resolve problems effectively and within a cost effect manner


• Confident decision maker who understands the commercial implications of decisions 

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