Maintenance Engineer

ALPLA UK Ltd

Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers – Multiple Positions

MK10, Milton Keynes Village, Milton Keynes

Shift (4 on 4 off – Days & Nights)

Comprehensive Benefits, Regular Salary Reviews and Continuous development support - Starting salary circa £48,000 dependant on experience + Set increments to be achieved following development/training and completion of probation (circa £52,000)

At ALPLA, we stand for high-quality plastic packaging throughout the world. Around 22,000 colleagues produce quality packaging for foodstuffs, cosmetics and industrial cleaning brands for many blue-chip clients across 182 ALPLA sites in 45 countries.

At our Milton Keynes plant, we are looking to enhance our existing engineering function with the additional Multi Skilled Maintenance Engineers.

Reporting into the Engineering Manager - Your role will see you actively working in both preventative and reactive maintenance activities within the plant, the main focus of your role is to minimise downtime and ensure high efficiencies are achieved within the business unit.

Tasks & responsibilities:

• Ensure that all equipment, machinery and peripherals operate efficiently and at full capability, ensuring a continuous production process.
• Carry out repairs on machines as part of breakdown or preventative maintenance.
• Ensure that all relevant paperwork and maintenance logs are completed correctly and accurately in accordance with company procedure.
• Ensure that all duties are carried out in accordance with quality, hygiene and food safety policies.
• To perform any other duties in connection with the job that may from time to time be reasonably required by supervision and which are consistent with the “Purpose of job/mission”.

Skills/Experience:

• Time served apprenticeship in an electrical biased environment preferred
• Knowledge of hydraulics and the ability to read schematics
• Knowledge of pneumatics and the ability to read schematics
• Full understanding of all energy isolation, safe working and the use of L.O.T.O
• Demonstratable electrical fault finding skills, and good understanding of all control systems
• Must have a clean as you go work ethic, and also have a good understanding of the basic fundaments of 5S in the workplace.

Your profile:

• Reliable, self-motivated and have a resourceful approach to work.
• Have proven experience of reactive and preventative maintenance techniques.
• Good communicators at all levels, possess team working skills.

ALPLA UK offer career development and progression opportunities – we support and upskill, a perfect opportunity for someone looking to enhance their career within a Global Manufacturing organisation

This position is advertised by ALPLA UK - Contact Kerry McCormick – Internal Recruiter – for more information