Multi skilled Engineer - Electrical bias

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Multi- Skilled Engineer - Electrical bias

Up to £48,000 per annum (depending on skills and abilities)

Permanent opportunity in Wrexham.

Working hours 6-3/7-4/12-8

Additional benefits:

30 days holiday
State of the art machinery
5% pension contributions
Paid overtime
Progression opportunities

The role:

Our client, a rapidly expanding food manufacturer committed to delivering high-quality products, is looking to expand their engineering team to work in their state-of-the-art production facility.

Responsibilities of the Multi-Skilled Engineer:

Ensuring production downtime is kept to an absolute minimum, completing planned and preventative maintenance for a wide variety of equipment including but not limited to; Siemens PLC system, conveyor system, boiler and steam system, depositors, packing system, robotic tray sealing machine, jet printer etc.
Managing reactive maintenance and responding to breakdowns
Completing the daily striping down and rebuilding of machines once cleaned by colleagues
Ensuring compliance with Health and Safety operating procedures and ensuring company and customer technical standards are maintained.
Contributing to the construction of a planned preventative maintenance programme
Identifying improvements and carrying out the improvement plan
Training and mentoring newer members of the team as it evolves.
The Candidate:
The successfully appointed Multi-Skilled Engineer will have the following skills and abilities:

Proven experience with planned and preventative intervention maintenance, preferably gained within a food manufacturing business.
Experience with PLC systems and automated robotics machinery.
Exceptional fault finding and problem-solving skills.
Understanding of PPM systems in an FMCG environment.
Qualified to at least minimum BTEC/NVQ Level 3 in Engineering as well as a City and Guilds Level 3 Electrical qualification.
18th Edition would be advantageous
Knowledge with inverters and drivers would also be an advantage but not essential.

Friendly Note: If this job is not for you but you are looking for a new opportunity, please contact us for a confidential discussion on your career.

Additional skills and job titles: Multiskilled Engineer, Electrical Engineer, Lead Electrical Engineer

To Apply
This vacancy is advertised by Travail Employment Group who are acting as an Employment Agency.

Once you click to apply for this job your application will be immediately received by Travail Employment Group. If your application is successful, a consultant will be in contact with you within the next 7 days. If you do not hear within the next 7 days, you have not been successful on this occasion.

All candidates registering with Travail Employment Group will need to provide proof of identity, and evidence of any experience, training and qualifications our client considers necessary for this position

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