Maintenance Engineer

Maintenance Engineer

Downpatrick, Co. Down

£40,000 £44,500 + 11% Shift Bonus (potential £50,000) + Excellent Benefits

Continental Shifts 6am6pm / 6pm6am

Bela Recruitment is currently hiring a Maintenance Engineer to work in a modern, highly automated manufacturing facility in Downpatrick, Co. Down.

This is an excellent opportunity for an experienced Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Mechanical Engineer or Shift Engineer who enjoys hands-on fault finding, problem solving and keeping production machinery running at its best.

You'll join an established engineering team, maintaining a wide range of electrical, mechanical, pneumatic and PLC-controlled production equipment.

The Job

• Working as part of the shift engineering team, you will:
• Carry out planned preventative maintenance (PPM) on production and processing machinery.
• Respond quickly to breakdowns, carrying out electrical and mechanical fault finding, diagnostics and repairs.
• Maintain and repair electromechanical, pneumatic and PLC-controlled equipment.
• Use the site's CMMS to record maintenance and engineering activity.
• Support production teams to maximise equipment availability and minimise downtime.
• Identify recurring faults and opportunities to improve equipment reliability.
• Assist with new equipment installations, modifications and process improvements.
• Support continuous improvement using Root Cause Analysis, 5 Whys and 5S.
• Ensure all engineering work meets Health & Safety, food safety and quality standards.

What We're Looking For

Ideally, you will have:

• An Engineering Apprenticeship, ONC, OND, HNC or equivalent qualification.
• Strong electrical and/or mechanical maintenance experience.
• Experience fault finding and repairing production or manufacturing machinery.
• Experience with **PLCs, pneumatics and electromechanical equipment.
• Experience working within a fast-paced manufacturing environment.

The company is ideally seeking around 5+ years' relevant maintenance experience.

Experience within food manufacturing, food processing or FMCG, would be useful, but isn't essential.

Most importantly, you should be a practical engineer who enjoys fault finding, solving problems and working as part of a multi-skilled engineering team.

Salary & Benefits

£40,000 £44,500 basic salary + 11% Shift Bonus (Potential £50k+)

You will also receive an excellent benefits package including:

• Private healthcare
• Pension scheme
• Subsidised canteen
• Free breakfast option
• Free food products
• Retail discount cards
• Discounted gym membership
• Cycle to Work scheme
• Staff sales
• Learning & development opportunities
• Training Academy
• Long Service Awards
• Annual employee & family Fun Day

Interested?

If you're a Maintenance Engineer, Multi-Skilled Maintenance Engineer, Electrical Maintenance Engineer, Mechanical Maintenance Engineer or Shift Engineer, living within travelling distance of Downpatrick, Ballynahinch, Newcastle, Castlewellan, Saintfield, Crossgar, Carryduff or the surrounding Co. Down area, I would be very interested in speaking with you.

You don't need to be actively looking for a new job.

Contact me directly for a confidential discussion about the company, shift pattern and opportunity.

Jason Corr Bela Recruitment

Skills:
Factory Maintenance Electrical Maintenance

Benefits:
Huge benefits list - see advert Free Food, Gym Membership, Healthcare Schemes. Free Electric Car Charging, Electric Car Scheme Health & Wellbeing schemes

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