Lead Engineer

Are you a Multi-skilled Maintenance Engineer looking for a new opportunity? An exciting opportunity has arisen for our client who is a leading manufacturing company in their sector. This is an exciting opportunity for a Maintenance engineer to lead and contribute to the development of the maintenance team through further planned maintenance, reactive and development of continuous improvement activities. The role: Working on a day shift Monday to Friday, you'll be reporting to the Engineering Manager responsible for maintenance duties on manufacturing and plant equipment. Working in a fast-paced, manufacturing environment, you will be an experienced maintenance engineer who is skilled and knowledgeable in Mechanical and Electrical maintenance. The client will consider a bias in Electrical or Mechanical, however Multi-skilled is essential. Duties: -You will be responsible in carrying out regular routine and breakdown maintenance on Electrical/ Mechanical equipment. Please note the majority of the breakdowns are of a Multi-skilled nature. - Working knowledge or understanding of electrical systems, transformers, motors and various types of motor control systems, PLC fault finding. - Repair and maintain plant manufacturing equipment for all Hydraulic, Pneumatic and Electrical breakdowns. - Experience with machine HMI`s, PLC`s and diagnostics is desirable - Developing and implementing planned maintenance systems. The requirements: - Experience working with Pneumatics, Hydraulics and Electrics. - Strong Mechanical/Electrical fault finding skills. - Adaptable, flexible and self-motivated individual. - Time served as an apprentice in a mechanical/electrical engineering background or HNC/HND qualified. -Experience of working within a manufacturing environment - A good working knowledge of manufacturing processes Please note that whilst this is a wish list of requirements for the ideal candidate the client would also provide professional training to the right individual