Maintenance Engineer - Injection Moulding

A specialist manufacturing company with over 100 years' experience of supplying to the FMCG market is actively looking for mechanically biased Maintenance Engineers to join their team.
***Up to £45,000, choice of shifts, pension up to 7%, 4x Death in Service, 33 days holiday inc. of BHs*** Working within a busy production environment, you will be responsible for ensuring optimal productivity through minimised machine downtime resulting from predictive and efficient reactive maintenance.
As a Maintenance Engineer, your duties will include: Fault diagnosis and correction in a timely manner.
Delivering machine performance improvement projects.
Implementing technical improvement to machine performance through design changes.
Support the development of others with complex fault diagnosis.
To be successful in the role of Maintenance Engineer, the ideal candidate will: Be educated to HNC standard (or equivalent) in mechanical / hydraulics with relevant experience in plastic injection moulding machinery and ancillary equipment.
Be able to fault find and resolve mechanical issues.
Have a sound understanding of mechanical design.
Possess a good knowledge of bearings, linkages, lubrication, loads & tolerances.
Be familiar with engineering standards and best practices.
Although part of a larger organisation, the business retains the charm of a family-run company, creating a warm and welcoming atmosphere where everyone feels at home.
If you feel you have the experience to fulfil this role and are keen to find out more, please click Apply to submit your application!
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