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Multiskilled Electrical Biased Maintenance Technician

Zenith People LTD
Posted a day ago, valid for a day
Location

Houghton le Spring, Tyne and Wear DH4 5SA, England

Contract type

Full Time

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  • The role involves providing engineering and maintenance support by performing preventative maintenance and fault finding on plant equipment.
  • Candidates are required to have a minimum of NVQ Level 3 and prior practical experience in a High Volume Manufacturing Plant.
  • The position includes working on an on-call roster with a basic salary of £40K, potentially rising to an estimated £50K with call-out overtime.
  • Key responsibilities include maintaining electrical and mechanical systems, ensuring compliance with safety regulations, and managing critical spares.
  • Experience with PLC control, Variable Speed Drives, and GMP facility requirements is essential for applicants.

The main purpose of the role is to provide engineering/ maintenance support by performing plant preventative maintenance, engineering support both during working hours and also out of hours support by working as part of an on-call roster (on call allowance when on call)

  • You will be responsible for electrical/ mechanical maintenance, repair and fault finding of plant and equipment.
  • Fulfilling the requirements of the facility CMMS to reduce unplanned downtime and works towards improvement of OEE.
  • Electrical/ mechanical fault finding, isolation and repair of equipment.
  • Providing input into the electrical maintenance and operation of plant equipment.
  • Carry out evaluation and risk assessments within all areas of the plant to ensure safe working methods and environment
  • Ensure that plant critical spares are maintained at the required level.
  • Identify suitable external resource when appropriate for routing maintenance activities or ongoing improvement projects.
  • Use SAP to raise purchase requisitions as appropriate.
  • Working on plant improvement initiatives and makes recommendations to reduce unplanned downtime.
  • Working with suitable external engineering services as and when required to ensure safe and effective operation of plant equipment.
  • Undertaking periodic training to ensure that maintenance activities are performed in compliance with best safe working practice and current legislation.

Qualifications & Skills Required

  • Minimum NVQ Level 3 - Previous practical experience working in High Volume Manufacturing Plant
  • Experience of maintaining and fault finding on the following types of equipment; PLC control, Variable Speed Drives, Conveyor Systems and Thermal processing equipment
  • Familiar with the requirements of working within a GMP facility
  • Excellent internal and external communications skills
  • Experience of working an on-call maintenance system

2 SHIFTS, DAYS AND LATES

£40K BASIC, ESTIMATED £50K INCLUSIVE OF CALL OUT OT

If you are a time-served Maintenance Technician with PLC Fault Finding experience and would like to be considered for this vacancy please click apply now.

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In order to submit this application, a Reed account will be created for you. As such, in addition to applying for this job, you will be signed up to all Reed’s services as part of the process. By submitting this application, you agree to Reed’s Terms and Conditions and acknowledge that your personal data will be transferred to Reed and processed by them in accordance with their Privacy Policy.