Maintenance Engineer

K.A.G. Recruitment is proud to be exclusively partnering with our client a leading manufacturing company to recruit a Maintenance Engineer to join their team based in West Bromwich, Birmingham.

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer
Location: West Bromwich
Salary: £42,000 - £47,000 DOE
Hours: 42.5 hrs per week (flexibility due to business needs with weekend working when required)

The role: You will work as part of a small team to provide a fully comprehensive maintenance service to the manufacturing facility, providing a reliable and professional service. You will ensure all machinery and equipment is available to use as required to meet the production plan. Supporting and contributing to a continuous improvement culture for site maintenance activity, continually seeking out cost reduction and efficiency improvement initiatives.

Duties & Responsibilities:

• Assessment, diagnosis and repair of equipment as required to maintain production build plan
• Completion of annual Planned Maintenance plan
• Supervise contractors to carry out occasional work from time to time
• Maintain accurate records of work carried out on all equipment
• Carry out TPM routines for every production section
• Carry out all refurbishment work
• Utilise downtime periods to effectively overhaul equipment
• Assist in redesign of processes
• Carry out routine maintenance and machine refurbishment or upgrades as required to keep the machinery or equipment fit for purpose
• Re-locate and install equipment
• Identify machinery / equipment not fit for purpose and propose cost effective solutions to ensure activity can still be carried out
• Ensure all work that is undertaken is completed safely and with relevant authorisation
• Comply with the Health and Safety responsibilities as defined in the company health and safety policy, and ensure that any specific responsibilities are adequately delegated in their absence.
• Ensuring maintenance of plant production machines including CNC machines, edge-banders, saws, presses, and glue and lacquer line.

You will be educated in an Engineering related discipline and also ideally have completed an apprenticeship or an equivalent formal training programme within manufacturing and maintenance that includes relevant practical experience.

You will be an excellent communicator with the ability to take direction and challenge in a professional manner alongside proven experience of planned maintenance systems, continuous improvement, breakdown maintenance and installations, knowledge of PLCs and controls systems with good hands on knowledge within a manufacturing environment.