Maintenance Engineer

Job Title: Maintenance Engineer

Salary: Between £40,000 - £45,000 Depending on experience.

Company Benefits:

• Health Care Cash Plan.
• Employee Assist Programme
• Working Monday – Friday
• Christmas Shutdown
• Employee Discount
• Refer a friend scheme (£150)
• Free On-site parking.
• 22 days of annual leave (Plus bank holidays off), increases with length of service.
• Subsidised tea and coffee.
• Attendance Bonus.
• Length of Service Award

Hours of Work:

• 40 hours per week, Monday to Friday.
• Overtime – There is a possibility of some weekend/bank holiday overtime for essential repair, maintenance and installation. All overtime will be pre-planned and agreed with the Operations Manager beforehand, given as Time off in Lieu.

Overview:

We are currently looking to recruit a new Electrical/Mechanical Site Maintenance Engineer to join our team.

The successful candidate will be responsible for ensuring that site machinery is maintained in good working order and repairs are made in a timely fashion with minimum disruption to production.

This role incorporates reactive maintenance together with PPM in accordance with a programmed schedule. All work must adhere to current legislation and regulations.

Key Responsibilities:

• Electrical and Mechanical diagnostics, maintenance (reactive and PPM) and repair of all site machinery in Wellingborough. This includes specialist production machines.
• Respond to machinery breakdowns as required by the Production Manager/Supervisors, ensuring the minimum downtime of machinery.
• Maintaining all services of the site, including electrical reticulation, lighting, heating and air reticulation of offices, factory and outbuildings.
• Assuring Company quality standards are maintained.
• Ensure all work carried out adheres to current Legislation and Regulations.
• Carry out modifications and installations as necessary.
• Rectify faults in a cost-effective manner.
• Provide feedback to the Production Manager, including any outstanding work and unavailable machinery.
• Maintain machinery spares to prevent excessive downtime.
• General site maintenance.
• Contribute to continuous improvement of the business.
• Liaise with contractors and suppliers.
• Carry out project work as required.
• Assist with Health and Safety procedures.
• Travel to our Peterborough site weekly, using company vehicle, UK driving licence is needed.
• Other duties as reasonably required by the Company.

Person Specification:

• Valid UK Driving Licence, as travel to other sites will be needed.
• Excellent attention to detail.
• Multi-skilled with knowledge and experience in electrical engineering.
• Good mechanical knowledge, including pneumatics.
• Ability to work autonomously.
• Confident at diagnosing faults on PLC and PC/CNC automated machinery and general mechanical and pneumatic equipment.
• Ability to prioritise jobs and minimise downtime.
• A willingness to learn.
• Ability to work to deadlines.

Qualifications / Experience:

• Previous experience in a production maintenance role is essential.
• Previous experience in the fenestration industry is desirable, but not essential.
• Must be qualified to a minimum of ONC/City & Guilds or equivalent in electrical or electro-mechanical engineering.
• Fully competent on the current Legislation and Regulations to carry out the work necessary.

Who we are:

At Glazerite UK Group Ltd, we’re proud to be one of the UK’s leading trade suppliers of VEKA and Halo windows and doors. With one of the widest product ranges in the industry, we’re able to offer our customers plenty of choice, backed by quality and expertise.

With over 25 years of experience, we’ve grown into a business with manufacturing sites in Wellingborough, Peterborough and Bolton, as well as a trade counter in Bristol.

With a strong focus on People, Passion, Performance and Partnership, we’re continually investing in our people, products and processes as we look to grow and build an even stronger future together.

Pay: £40,000.00-£45,000.00 per year

Benefits:

• Company pension
• Employee discount
• Free parking
• Health & wellbeing programme
• On-site parking
• Referral programme

Work Location: In person