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Electrical Maintenance Engineer

Banbury
6 months ago
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Electrical Maintenance Engineer

We’re looking for a highly motivated Electrical Maintenance Engineer to join a hugely successful tier one automotive supplier based in Banbury. You’ll be working with some of the most modern automated technology out there, within a fully established maintenance division that have the mindset and culture of continuous improvement, any and all ways.

Working a rotational shift of mornings and afternoons, you’ll be reporting into the senior maintenance engineer and engineering management team.

Key Responsibilities include -

  • Carrying out electrical breakdown repairs of on site machinery which include robots, assembly cells, conveyor systems, and various automated plant

  • Upgrade, improve, modify or change components on all factory equipment

  • Working with Siemens S7 & TIA Portal for basic fault finding, interrogation, testing and analysis

  • Basic HMI/Visualization editing and programming

  • Industrial electrical and controls troubleshooting

  • Instrumentation and process control

  • Planned preventative maintenance, following the schedules but also identifying and suggesting improvements

  • Using the internal CMMS to record all maintenance activities, and to request for spares/replacement parts

    Qualifications & Experience we’re looking for -

  • Strong background within automated production plant, including multi axis application robots and assembly lines

  • Electrically qualified, along with PLC fault finding skills

  • Strong awareness of health and safety, best practice and ideally a lean manufacturing environment

  • Ability to manage projects including new machines / upgrades/relocation of plant

  • Flexibility to work rotational morning and afternoon shifts of 37.5hrs per week

    Package on offer includes -

  • Circa £46K including shift allowance

  • Weekly paid rather than monthly

  • 32 days per annum including Christmas shutdown and bank holidays

  • Private pension

  • Company pension, laptop, mobile phone, and expenses covered

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