Maintenance Technician

Maintenance Technician focuses on reliability and continuous improvement work including installation, relocation, and optimisation of machinery, alongside developing robust maintenance strategies.

What the role involves

• Reliability and continuous improvement work including installation, relocation, and optimisation of machinery, alongside developing robust maintenance strategies.
• Fault finding using PLCs, multi-meters, schematics, and visual inspection techniques.
• Breakdown maintenance, diagnosing issues and repairing or replacing faulty components.
• Carrying out Planned Preventative Maintenance (PPM) and routine servicing of equipment.
• Mechanical maintenance including pumps, solenoid valves, pneumatics, bearings, rollers, gearboxes, motors and related systems.
• Electrical maintenance including three-phase motors, sensors, proximity switches, relays, safety circuits, control panels and LV systems.

Skills and requirements

• NVQ Level 3 (or equivalent) in Electrical or Mechanical Engineering.
• Minimum 5 years’ experience within an engineering/manufacturing environment, including post-apprenticeship experience.
• Strong electrical and mechanical fault-finding.
• Experience working within regulated environments (GMP/QMS preferred).

Confirmed role details

• Type of work: Permanent.

Candidate fit

• technical judgement, safe working habits, fault finding, and practical repair discipline

Known job details

• Pay: £50,000