Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer
Location: Clevedon
Salary: Circa £46,000 starting salary
Shift: Continental
Our client, a leading manufacturer supplying products to a wide range of market sectors, is looking for a Multiskilled Maintenance Engineer to join their growing team. This is an exciting opportunity for an engineer confident in both electrical and mechanical fault-finding skills to join a market leader known for strong financial performance and a commitment to improving equipment performance, reliability, and workforce development.
Here's what you'll be doing:
* Ensuring that production targets are met by providing timely technical support in the correction, prevention, and elimination of technical issues.
* Driving the shift from reactive maintenance to a proactive, improvement-focused culture to enhance equipment performance and reliability.
* Performing routine and reactive maintenance on production machinery to reduce downtime.
* Conducting electrical and mechanical fault-finding
* Implementing preventive maintenance schedules and ensuring all safety protocols are followed.
* Collaborating with production teams to identify opportunities for continuous improvement.
* Assisting with new equipment installations and commissioning.
* Keeping detailed maintenance records and ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations.
* Working unsupervised in accordance with established safe systems of work.
Requirements for the role:
* Recognised Level 3 qualification in either Electrical or Mechanical discipline.
* Experience with PLCs (ideal but not essential).
* Strong background in Hydraulics and Pneumatics.
* Flexibility to cover occasional weekends.
* Ability to work effectively both independently and within a team.
And this is what you'll get in return:
* Starting salary of circa £46,000, plus a variety of benefits.
* Training and development opportunities.
* Opportunity to work on exciting new projects.
* Ample opportunities for overtime at enhanced rates, bringing realistic annual earnings to £55,000+
Are you up to the challenge?
If you think you have the skills and experience required to excel in this role, we would love to hear from you. Please apply now with your CV and a brief covering letter.
Yolk Recruitment is an equal opportunities employer and embraces diversity in our workforce. We employ the best people for the job at hand and actively encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, age, race, religion, sexual orientation, disability, educational background, parental status, gender identity or any other protected characteristic. We champion and celebrate diversity at Yolk allowing our team to bring their whole selves to work.
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