Maintenance Engineer - Days

Wellingborough
2 weeks ago
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Maintenance Engineer, £40,000, 06:00 – 14:00pm Days only, Wellingborough.

Package includes; 23 + 8 Days bank holiday & 4 x Death in Service cover.

About the company

ATA are working with a well-established, American-owned group with a heritage spanning over 120 years and now in its fourth generation of family ownership. In the UK, they operate a specialist manufacturing facility responsible for producing and assembling high-quality consumer products used in homes across the country. With demand continuing to grow, the business has seen a sustained increase in sales, leading to recent CAPEX investment to support ongoing expansion.

The site offers a supportive, close-knit culture, led from the front by an Engineering Manager who brings a positive attitude and is genuinely committed to putting his engineers first.

About the role

As a maintenance engineer you will be responsible for maintaining a variety of machinery, which includes, injection moulding, blow moulding, pick and place robotics, Carton erectors plus more.

Other responsibilities will include;

Keeping up to date with the planned preventive maintenance schedule.

Reacting to breakdowns in a safe and timely manner.

Mechanical and electrical fault finding and fault rectification.

About you

Our customer is happy to see maintenance engineers from various backgrounds and industries; however, would welcome the opportunity to speak to those specifically from injection/blow moulding.

To be considered what’s important is;

Being able to work within a small team and add to the positive working environment.

You are able to work safely electrically and complete safe LOTO procedures.

Recognised engineering qualification: ideally level 3, however those with a level 2 would be considered with strong experience.

The benefits

Joining our customer as maintenance engineer, you will benefit from specific training to help you develop in areas that are important to the job – Such as injection & Blow moulding.

Long term Job security

Working for a company who are happy to invest in the site.

Working within a supportive culture for a well-liked engineering manager.

If you think you are the right Maintenance Engineer for this market leader, please press apply, call Ashton on (phone number removed), or email your CV too   

ATA Recruitment specialises in Manufacturing, Infrastructure, Civil, Transportation and general Engineering recruitment on both a permanent and contract basis – for more opportunities like this one, visit our website. 

ATA is committed to creating a diverse workforce and is an equal opportunities employer. We welcome applications from all suitably qualified persons regardless of age, disability, gender, marriage and civil partnership, pregnancy and maternity, race, religion or belief, sex, and sexual orientation

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