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MUTLISKILLED ELECTRICAL BIASED MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

Zenith People LTD
Posted a day ago, valid for 20 days
Location

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

Salary

£28,000 - £33,600 per annum

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Contract type

Full Time

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  • The position is for a permanent Multi Skilled Electrical Biased Maintenance Technician, requiring a minimum of NVQ Level 3 and experience in high-volume manufacturing plants.
  • The basic salary is £40,000, with an annual on-call allowance of £2,000, leading to potential total earnings of approximately £50,000 per annum.
  • The role involves performing electrical and mechanical maintenance, repair, and fault finding on various types of equipment, including PLC control and conveyor systems.
  • Candidates should have experience working within a GMP facility and be familiar with on-call maintenance systems, as the job includes support during both working hours and on-call shifts.
  • The position requires strong communication skills and the ability to work on plant improvement initiatives to reduce unplanned downtime.

MUTLISKILLED ELECTRICAL BIASED MAINTENANCE TECHNICIAN

PERMANENT

2 SHIFTS Days & Lates

Basic Salary is £40K Plus an annual On Call Allowance is £2K Per annum

For each on call they work they get at least 4 hours overtime paid at time & 1/2 Monday to Thursday. Friday to Sunday Call Outs are paid at Double Time. Currently an average of 4 x call outs per month per Engineer.

Potential annual earnings with £2K call out plus call out overtime - estimated at £50K per annum

Zenith People are working with our client who are recruiting for an experienced, Time-served Multi Skilled Maintenance Technician on a permanent basis.

The main purpose of the role is to provides 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

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

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.