Maintenance Engineer

The Maintenance Engineer vacancy is working with a market leading manufacturer of building products, based in the Reading area. The position offers excellent opportunities for both training and career development.

What's in it for your as a Maintenance Engineer:

• Hours of work 42 hours per week from Monday to Friday - based on a rotational 3 shift pattern of 8-hour days, afternoons and nights. 6 hours work is required every 3rd Saturday morning.
• Salary - 57,134
• Overtime at 1.5x for Monday to Saturday and 2x for Sundays and bank holidays
• Service Bonus
• KPI Bonus
• Excellent pension company contribution, plus employee benefits package
• Training and career development opportunities
• 26 days holidays plus bank holidays

Main Duties & Responsibilities of Maintenance Engineer include:

• Ensure the continuous running of the production process by eliminating downtime through a safe and logical approach to fault finding and maintenance of equipment.

• You'll be involved in a variety of tasks, ensuring a proactive approach to preventing equipment failure. Working on various types of equipment including complex hydraulic, pneumatic, and electrical/electronic control systems, you'll be responsible for carrying out a range of planned and reactive activities on site.

• Monitor & supply support of machine set-up & changeovers to ensure that the product conforms to any quality assurance standards and ensuring changeovers are as efficient as possible.

Experience and Qualifications Required for Maintenance Engineer:

• Recognised Engineer Apprenticeship & Qualification or equivalent, e.g. NVQ, City and Guilds, ONC, BTEC or above - Mechanical or Electrical
• High degree of Health & Safety awareness.
• Good knowledge of Electrical / Mechanical Engineering within a heavy industrial / manufacturing environment
• PLC programming skills with knowledge of Allen Br
• Ability to fault find, repair and provide solutions to problems.

This position would suit a Multi Skilled Engineer with a recognised background in, either Mechanical or Electrical.

Please apply directly for this position.