Plant & Maintenance Technician
Location: Redditch
Salary: £27,000 - £35,000 per annum
Type: Permanent, full time Monday to Friday + required weekend overtime
Benefits:
33 days holiday (including statutory holidays), pension scheme, free parking, workwear, and full training will be provided on all site-specific areas of the role.
Job Description:
Our client, a well-established company, is currently seeking a Plant & Maintenance Technician / Engineer with an all-round skillset to apply themselves in a "hands-on" role. This position will suit those looking to ultimately "own" the maintenance function on our site and feel appreciated in a team-based, friendly environment, supported by the Factory Manager & Plant Director.
The Role:
1. Full responsibility for all the regular scheduled PPM for all the plant and equipment, focused on minimising downtime and maximising efficient operation.
2. Reacting quickly and proactively to breakdown situations, including out of hours if required (premium rate applies).
3. Testing, cleaning, and replenishing processing tanks, salt spray testing, and paint thickness checks.
4. General site maintenance and upkeep of factory buildings.
5. Organising external contractor visits and supervision on site.
6. Stock-checking & ensuring re-order and sometimes collection of consumables.
7. Includes weekend working (circa 4 hours per week or bi-weekly at premium rate).
The Person:
1. Background in a manufacturing production environment or engineering with good fault-finding skills and mechanical bias.
2. PPM & reactive experience.
3. Ideally proficient in all tasks of replacing sensors, motors, pumps & inverters, stripping pumps, gearboxes, replacing drives & bearings.
4. Experienced in basics of site maintenance (i.e., simple plumbing, painting, mending, and fixing).
5. Willing and able to work regularly at weekends, usually Saturday mornings (premium rate applies), and work overtime if required during the week.
6. Able to respond quickly to out of hours breakdowns.
7. Car owner with full driving licence.
8. Counterbalance FLT licence desirable.
Please apply with your CV in the first instance.
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