Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Location: Burnroot Sawmill, Aboyne, Aberdeenshire, AB34 5PN.
Salary: £45,000 to £48,000.
Contract: Full time, permanent.   
Benefits:
•  33 days annual leave (including statutory holidays)
•  Employer pension contribution
•  Health & Wellbeing services (remote GP’s, mental health support, physio)
•  Life assurance cover after 3 months

About James Jones & Sons Limited:

James Jones & Sons Ltd is a 5th generation family business and one of the UK’s largest and most progressive timber processing companies with core activities in timber harvesting, sawmilling, pallets & packaging, and distribution. We operate from 26 sites across the UK, 21 Australian and 2 New Zealand sites and employ approx. 2,100 people. In the UK, we operate seven sawmills throughout Scotland and the north east of England: an engineered wood manufacturing plant in the north of Scotland and pallet and packaging operations at 14 sites across the UK. We produce high quality, British grown timber for the UK construction, landscaping, and agricultural sectors; market-leading JJI-Joists for the housebuilding and construction markets and pallets and packaging for blue chip domestic and exporting businesses.

For further information about James Jones & Sons Ltd, please visit our website.

About the role:

We are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join our small Engineering/Maintenance department reporting to the Engineering Manager.   This is a hands-on role where you will be either in the workshop or out in the Sawmill for most of your time. Responsible for ensuring equipment and facilities function reliably and efficiently. You will be involved in preventive, predictive and corrective maintenance, to minimise downtime, reduce costs and maximise productivity.

Candidates must be willing to work a shift rota/system and out of hours working, as and when required.

Hours of work are: Shift 1 – 06:00 to 14:30 Monday to Friday and Shift 2 – 14:00 to 22:00 Monday to Thursday, 14:30 to 19:30 on a Friday and 06:00 to 16:00 on a Saturday.

Key tasks and responsibilities:

•  Continually improve equipment
•  Carry out planned monitoring and maintenance inspections
•  Follow preventative maintenance schedules
•  Fault finding and diagnostics
•  Plant repairs
•  When required, actively support the engineering team carrying out multi-skill tasks

Skills and Experience:

•  A good practicable knowledge of mechanical, hydraulic, pneumatic and mobile plant applications.
•  Knowledge of electrical control systems
•  Experience of fabrication and welding
•  A good team player, but also have the ability to work alone
•  The ability to adapt and improvise under breakdown conditions
•  Ability to take ownership of the task with a positive can-do attitude
•  Full driving licence
•  Be safety conscious

If you feel you have the skills and experience to be successful in this role then apply today!

Applicants must be able to provide eligibility to work in the UK without the need for sponsorship.

A relocation package will be considered.