Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Salary: £40,000

Benefits: To be discussed at interview

Job Type: Permanent

Location: Banbury

Job Start date: ASAP

Shift Pattern: Double days

We’re supporting our client, a leading global Storage components manufacturer based in Banbury, who are looking for a Maintenance Engineer to join their growing team. The successful Maintenance Engineer will have experience of resolving maintenance issues, rectifying breakdowns and troubleshooting.

Position Overview: As a Maintenance Engineer, you'll manage the day-to-day issues within the department to resolve maintenance issues and breakdowns, plan and execute preventative maintenance schedules and work closely with production personnel to ensure equipment/plant usage/efficiency is maximized, without compromising safety or quality.

Responsibilities for Maintenance Engineer:

* Troubleshoot and solve where possible machine and site breakdowns.

* Ensure maintenance records are maintained.

* Liaise with suppliers when external expertise is required to maintain site or machines.

* Responsibility for all stock replenishment of spare parts and consumables whilst working within predetermined budgets.

* Liaise with suppliers to ensure stock availability of critical parts.

* Control maintenance tools, stores and equipment.

* Continuously review the maintenance plan for optimal usage of labour and reduce machine downtime costs.

* Together with Production Manager plan preventative maintenance schedules for all machinery and ancillaries.

* Undertake planned maintenance programs and review task and frequency to ensure that all machinery and ancillaries receive the optimum maintenance.

* Ensure all statutory inspections, testing and certification is undertaken on time and adequate records are maintained.

About You:

* Have a good appreciation and experience of organisation of shop floor work processes and priorities.

* Will have a time served, high level, technical expertise of modern machinery, with Injection Moulding machines necessary.

* Qualification in Mechanical or Electrical engineering.

* Be able to take personal leadership to develop and promote fundamental disciplines and principles through cross-functional team building.

* Be highly self-motivated, demonstrate passion, and be a team player with a flexible and ‘can-do’ attitude and the ability to work under pressure within tight deadlines.

* Be well organised and adhere to administrative procedures to ensure that records are accurate and accessible to other members of the team in any absence and allow a full audit trail.

* Possess and be able to demonstrate excellent communication and relationship-building skills at all levels of the organisation including senior management and at senior stakeholder level within our trade partner base.

* Possess a technical aptitude to understand and convey product knowledge through business competency.

* Be strongly analytical and display critical thinking and problem-solving skills.

* Ability to work in a multicultural environment.

* Demonstrates and actively promotes company values.

* Always working safely in accordance with company Health and Safety procedures and relevant risk assessments.

Job Application:

If you would like to be considered for the role of Maintenance Engineer, please apply with your full CV - or call us now. Whilst this position may not be of interest to you or suit your skills and experience, please don’t hesitate to get in contact with a member of the team at Willcox Matthews to understand how we can support you.

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